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Why is Yiyang known as Bamboo Town?
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Yueyang Tower, Yueyang, Hunan province, China.
Yiyang is known as "Bamboo Town" because it is a city that specializes in the production of bamboo handicrafts.12
The city has a long-established tradition of utilizing local wood and bamboo to create a wide variety of items. This specialization is so extensive that nearly everything required for domestic life in the regionâranging from beds to scrubbing brushesâis manufactured from bamboo.12