Bamboo charcoal — is made up from pieces of bamboo, which are taken from plants five years or older, and burned inside an oven at temperatures over 800° C. It not only provides a new way to utilize bamboo, but also benefits to environment protection by reducing… … Wikipedia
Bamboo shoot — Bamboo shoots are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of bamboo species Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis . They are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths, and are available in supermarkets in various… … Wikipedia
Bamboo textiles — are cloth, yarn, and clothing made out of bamboo fibres. While historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles and the ribs of corsets, in 2003, inventors Xiangqi Zhou, Zheng Liu, Liming Liu, and Hao Geng developed a way of… … Wikipedia
Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens — (52 acres) is an experimental research station and botanical garden located at 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah, Georgia. The gardens are open daily, except holidays, without charge.The garden s collections began in 1890 when Mrs. H. B. Miller planted… … Wikipedia
Water cure — is a form of water torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death.cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary|quote=In the… … Wikipedia
Bamboo — Bam*boo (b[a^]m*b[=oo] ), n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus {Bambusa}, growing in tropical countries. [1913 Webster] Note: The most useful species is {Bambusa arundinacea}, which has a woody, hollow,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bamboo — For other uses, see Bamboo (disambiguation). Bamboo plant Bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Water puppetry — Performance of the water puppet theatre Thăng Long in Hanoi Water puppetry (Vietnamese: Múa rối nước, lit. puppets that dance on water ) is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red… … Wikipedia
Water puppet — Múa rối nước is Vietnamese water puppetry. Múa rối nước literally means puppets that dance on water. The tradition dates back as far as the tenth century when it originated in the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam.The puppets are built out … Wikipedia
Bamboo stove — The original bamboo stove was made in China in the late 14th century. A monk named Xing Hai in the Ting Song temple on Mount Hui in Wuxi asked a travelling bamboo artisan to make him a stove on which he could boil water for tea. Surprisingly, it… … Wikipedia
