Sacred bamboo in East Asia







Nanten

Sacred bamboo in East Asia

Nandina domestica

A folk-belief in Japan
In Japan,...."Nanten-tree"has been used as a decoration of a family Buddhist alter within the New Year's Days. Peoples have handed down to the present day that this tree is an auspicious-tree
from the old days.
So, Some house have planted this tree at unlucky-direction place in the house.
Its leaf has effectiveness to relieve a cough, lower a fever, keep health-stomach, etc.