Long-time residents, having grown up in these surroundings are naturally adept at creating small treasures from the leaves and fine stalks of this plant. Look around any temple entrance or in front of any home and you can see elderly folk or young children using the bamboo to create small treasures like flutes or simple animal likenesses. But use of the versatile plant does not stop with these rural object d'art.
竹山因地之便，人人多少有些編竹小手藝，隨便在那個廟口或人家門前，無論老嫗或剛上小學的孩子，只要從地下撿起幾枝竹桿兒，樹上摘下幾片竹葉，就能劈作竹笛、編作竹蟑螂或竹蚱蜢。