The fact that the giant bamboo groves – it’s really overgrown grass, a kind of giant meadow, perhaps, almost everyone knows.But bamboo has many strange properties, little-known science. Bamboo belongs to the family Gramineae, and is thus just the grass, and grass can grow this to 40 meters, reaching 80 centimeters in circumference.Distributed by bamboo in all countries of Asia and  America, and where his birthplace.Its highly prized and used in many industries..Svyazkami pine branches and bamboo in Japan adorn the entrance to the home before the New Year to bring good luck into the house, and happiness. Bamboo is considered to be almost animate in Japan: There is a belief that in the small empty bamboo stalks young lives is extremely thin and fragile beauty, and if we cut the stem, it will be released. And in the Andamans believe that all humanity appeared, coming out into the world of stem internodes bambuka.Bamboo not only the high grass, but also the fastest growing. In Japan the same, watching the growth of bamboo, set a record – a stalk of bamboo madake increased by 120 centimeters per day.