竹林 bamboo grove

　竹は日本で普通に見られるので、日本古来の植生のように思われますが、中国原産です。

　竹やぶは、地下茎が縦横に這っているので地盤が強いらしく、地震のときは竹やぶに逃げろと、子供の頃教えられました。

　Bamboo is common in Japan, so it tends to be considered ancient Japanese vegetation, but it really originated in China.

　The ground of a bamboo grove seems to be strong because the rhizomes stretch out to mesh pattern, so when I was a child, I was taught to go there if I felt an earthquake.