Abstract: As one of the most important food resources for Ailuropoda melanoleuca in Minshan Mountains, the edibility study of Fargesia denudata is the key to evaluate the nutritional status and palatability for A. melanoleuca. In order to reveal the effects of different light intensity on the nutritional contents and palatability of F. denudata, the edible contents in its shoots, stems and leaves of F. denudata, which grown in natural forest understory, forest edge and forest gap in Wang Lang National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, were analyzed. The results were as follows: (1) the low light intensity environment in forest understory was beneficial for the accumulation of total phenols in the bamboo shoots, but unbeneficial for the accumulation of crude protein, crude fat and total amino acids. It was beneficial for the accumulation of crude protein, crude fat, total amino acids in stems, but unbeneficial for the accumulation of cellulose. It was beneficial for the accumulation of total amino acids, cellulose in leaves, but unbeneficial for the accumulation of crude protein and tannin. (2) The middle medium light intensity environment in forest gap was beneficial for the accumulation of crude fat, total amino acids in shoots of F. denudata, but unbeneficial for the accumulation of crude protein in stems and leaves, and unbeneficial for the accumulation of crude protein, cellulose and total phenols in leaves. (3) The high light intensity environment in forest gap was beneficial for the accumulation of crude protein in the bamboo shoots, and unbeneficial for the accumulation of total amino acids, total phenols. It is beneficial for the accumulation of cellulose in stems, and unbeneficial for the accumulation of crude protein, crude fat, total amino acids. It is beneficial for the accumulation of crude protein, tannin, total phenols in leaves, and unbeneficial for the accumulation of total amino acids, cellulose. These results indicated that different light intensity had different effects on the edible contents in shoots, stems and leaves of F. denudata. It would be advisable to increase the comparative study of different bamboo species, different organs and different microenvironment in the the edible bamboo studies for A. melanoleuca, which may enrich the research content of edible bamboo species in different growth environments.