Bamboo sticks can be found everywhere in China, the hometown of bamboo. Bamboo sticks have many uses and can be used to make many interesting and useful things, such as bamboo ladders, bamboo houses, bamboo chairs, bows and arrows and so on.

The word decay means decline, withering and death. From Bai Juyi's "Yong Huai": "White _ full head returns, poetry and wine gradually fade."