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When the fire is gone, A famous Sakhalin poet Romah Khe gifted us a song in
bamboo quickly Korean and in Russian:
produces new sprouts,
trying to conquer as Tomorrow
much land as possible. My sister is getting married
As a plant that prefers My most
dry climate, it is usually Beloved sister.
drawn towards light and Covered in snow,
avoids wet soil. I'm looking for the bamboo.
Since ancient times is On the hill
used in many Asian Where we were running around
countries. They even I smell
have a saying: "The man Wonderful flowers,
is born in a bamboo And tears
cradle and dies in a Are running down my face...
bamboo coffin". Tomorrow
Nowadays bamboo is widely used all around the world in My sister is getting married,
cooking, medicine, construction etc. Green
However, Sasa is different. Sakhalin people do not Bamboo I will find.
make curtains, baskets or furniture from the bamboo. Once you start travellling, especially to Yalta, you
Instead, they use it for decorative purposes. Sasa is might find good old bamboo growing there. It makes you

considered one of many landscape plants of Sakhalin
region. It is also a beautifully picturesque plant. Incredibly wonder, whethet Anton Chekhov planted Kuril Bamboo in
long thin stems with pointed leaves are perfect for the beautiful garden surrounding his White Dacha after
paintings. In all times bamboo was praised in songs and coming back from his trip to Sakhalin.
legends, especially in China and Japan. Sakhalin poets also
saw the beauty in the bamboo. A famous song written by
Alexander Alshutov mentions bamboo, saying "There is
bamboo growing on your hills, I wish I could see it again".

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