The Amazing Beauty of Bamboo Scaffolding, Hong Kong

The Amazing Beauty of Bamboo Scaffolding, Hong Kong


When walking in Hong Kong, often you just have to look to satisfy your eyes and put your mind at peace.


Bamboo scaffolding are used around buildings of any high, 250 metres tall buildings can be wrapped up in bamboo from penthouse to basement


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Bamboo scaffolding is a time tested techniques that has been used in China for many centuries, possibly for a thousand.  You can see bamboo scaffolding on the painting the River During the Qingming Festival,” by a Song Dynasty artist


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