One of the most common uses for bamboo is basketry, but basketware is dogged by the difficulty of long-term preservation, and by the common misconception that it is strictly a utilitarian pursuit with no artistic value. As a result, the art of basketry has gone into gradual decline.
然因其保存不易，或被誤解為工匠技術而忽略其藝術價值，致使竹編藝術逐漸沒落，近年來又因人工昂貴，牽制竹編藝品的發展而瀕於湮沒。