(Zhang Yu, Southwest Business Daily reporter Zhao Di) With the footsteps of the spring wind, the cherry blossoms of various varieties in the Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan Province, gradually bloomed, adding a romantic atmosphere to the city of Dongpo, and many citizens walked together to meet under the cherry blossom trees and enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms are romantic and aesthetic representatives, it has a beautiful and fresh shape, gorgeous romantic posture, all the time to give people the enjoyment of beauty, perhaps because of this, throughout the ages, whether it is ordinary people or literati rioters can not stop loving it!
According to the authoritative Japanese work "Cherry Blossom Dajian", cherry blossoms are native to the Himalayas of China, and after being cultivated artificially, this species gradually introduced to the Yangtze River Basin of China, southwest China and The island of Taiwan. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the imperial family of the imperial court has planted cherry blossoms, which has a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was widely planted in private gardens, and in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, from the palace garden corridor to the folk house field, there were brilliant cherry blossoms everywhere, setting off a magnificent figure of China.
It is precisely because people sincerely love cherry blossoms that from ancient times to the present, the Chinese nation has produced many poems related to cherry blossoms. The Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Shu wrote in the poem "Rewarding Yuan Zongjian in Illness" that "the small garden has newly planted red cherry trees, and the bento swimming around the flowers is idle." Why should I follow the Kurama team more and rush the mud and rain to bend the riverhead. "It tells the story of how many people are looking forward to a date with cherry blossoms in the spring." Even our Su Dongpo once wrote a poem praising "Peony cherry blossoms two buckets of new, famous garden high will send Fangchen." ”
Over the years, people's love for cherry blossoms has not diminished, and for many years, the citizens of Dongpo have suffered from not being able to enjoy the cherry blossoms in the local area, so they have to go to other places to enjoy the cherry blossoms. Nowadays, after years of construction, the Dongpo cherry blossom base has taken shape, Meishan Cherry Blossom Expo Park covers an area of 819 acres, planted more than 20 kinds of cherry blossoms such as Dye Well Yoshino, Chinese Red, Songyue, Guanshan and other more than 11,000 plants, has formed a cherry blossom-themed characteristic landscape; Taihe Town Yuanbao Village has also planted more than 1,000 acres of cherry blossoms, there are 12 varieties of Guanshan cherry blossoms, Guifei and other varieties; in addition, cherry blossoms are loved by the people, but also widely used in landscaping, in the Dongcheng District of large and small streets, you can see the figure of cherry blossom trees.
Now, the early cherry blossoms in Dongpo District have bloomed, and the blooming Chinese red flowers are gorgeous, like clouds, magnificent, adding a red and fiery scene to the spring, and making a good start at the beginning of the new year.
Cherry blossom viewing has two most beautiful moods, one is the "cherry blossom cloud", that is, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom; the other is the "cherry blossom rain", that is, when the cherry blossoms begin to wither, the gust of wind blows, and the cherry blossom petals fall with the wind, as if it has rained a drizzle, with a faint fragrance falling on the body of pedestrians under the trees, extremely romantic.
The folk proverb says "seven days of cherry blossoms", which means that a cherry blossom takes about 7 days from bloom to wither, and the whole cherry tree takes about 16 days from flowering to full thanksgiving. From now until the end of April, it is a good time to enjoy cherry blossoms in Dongpo District, from the joy of cherry blossoms when they first bloom, to the "cherry blossom clouds" and "cherry blossom rain" when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and to the sadness of the cherry blossoms when they fall, which can make people feel the ultimate romance.
So, friends who like cherry blossoms, meet up with friends, go to Dongpo District together, and go on a romantic date with cherry blossoms.
(Photo courtesy of Dongpo District, Meishan City)