Winter bamboo shoots are a kind of delicious food in bamboo forests, which usually grow around beginning of autumn. When bamboo is still underground and has not completely grown out of the soil, or when it has just emerged and has not yet begun to grow into bamboo stalks, it can be eaten at this time, that is, winter bamboo shoots.

However, if the winter bamboo shoots are not dug up, they will eventually break down for various reasons, such as lack of nutrition and worms, and will not grow into bamboo.