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In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7000 years. As early as the Shang Dynasty, bamboo 【小题1】 (use) for food, clothing housing, transportation, musical instruments and even weapons.
The 【小题2】 (apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, 【小题3】(lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, the first irrigation network in the world, in which bamboo played 【小题4】 important role. The world’s oldest water pipe was also made of bamboo. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan 【小题5】 (successful) sank a 1600-metre-deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe 【小题6】 the 19th century, and it was by using the technology 【小题7】 the Americans drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.
In Chinese culture, bamboo is well-known 【小题8】 one of the “four gentlemen” in plants. To many distinguished men, bamboo, always closely 【小题9】 (relate) to people of positive spirits, is a symbol of goodness and honesty. Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when 【小题10】 (face) tough situations.
