Text丨Wu Gang
The beautiful coastal city of Qingdao, referred to as Qingdao, formerly known as "Jiaoao", also known as "Qindao" and "Island City", belongs to Shandong Province, is the world's beer city, the world's sailing capital, the country's first batch of coastal open cities, the national health city, known as the "Oriental Switzerland", named after the ancient fishing village of Qingdao. Every year in April, the island city will bloom in spring, peach red and willow green, coupled with the greening, lighting, road and street renovation, house painting and other urban beautification projects in recent years, so that Qingdao has become more beautiful. At the beginning of the day, the whole city is beautiful, giving people a wonderful feeling of entering a fairyland.
When outsiders come to Qingdao, the first thing that comes to mind is the sea, beer, and clams. But Qingdao in April reminds people of cherry blossoms. Walking into the streets and alleys of Qingdao, buildings, halls, office areas, residential buildings, and courtyards are full of cherry blossoms in full bloom. It adds a more charming view to the island city.
Warm, pure, and noble, cherry blossoms are a symbol of love and hope as well as beauty, pretty, and romance. Originally originating in China, cherry blossoms were brought back to Toei by Japanese worshippers during the Tang Dynasty, and later cultivated a variety that is the best in the world. Cherry blossoms are cultivated all over the world, and in modern times, Japanese cherry blossoms are the most famous, and they have grown to more than 200 varieties through plundering, introduction, and cultivation, so Japan is also known as the "Land of Cherry Blossoms". At the same time, cherry blossoms are also deliberately culturally carved as a symbol of the Japanese nation and nation. In Japan, there is a folk proverb that says, "7 days of cherry blossoms", that is, it takes about 7 days for a cherry blossom to wither from opening to withering, and about 16 days for the whole cherry tree to bloom and fall. It is also this characteristic that makes Japan focus on promoting it as a unique flower language and is respected as the national flower, not only because of its charm and charm, but more importantly, it has experienced a short period of splendor and then withered "magnificent", and died at the most beautiful moment.
Qingdao cherry blossoms have been introduced for nearly 100 years, and most of them are planted in Zhongshan Park, with a total of more than 20,000 trees. Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival has a history of more than 80 years, held in Zhongshan Park in April and May every year, when thousands of cherry blossoms bloom on both sides of the park's cherry blossom road, and citizens come to enjoy the spring flowers. Many counties, cities and regions in the suburbs of Qingdao have also made a special trip to Qingdao by train, car, subway or self-driving car to attend this grand event. Now every spring, more than 10 varieties of cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, peonies, rhododendrons and other flowers bloom in Zhongshan Park, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists to enjoy the flowers. It receives as many as 1 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year, and the daily passenger flow can reach more than 200,000 at its peak.
In addition to Zhongshan Park, another hot spot for enjoying spring in Qingdao is the "Eight Passes". Badaguan is the scenic spot that best reflects the characteristics of Qingdao's "red tiles and green trees, blue sea and blue sky". From the beginning of spring to the end of autumn, the flowers continue to bloom, and it is known as the "flower street". The flowers and trees are colorful, and the four seasons are reincarnated, so there is a taste of "seeing the flowers, smelling the fragrance and knowing the way".
Stroll through Qingdao and look for the tenderness of the spring breeze. Red bricks and green tiles, blue sea and blue sky, an island city, a cherry tree. In full swing, poetic and picturesque, beautiful to the extreme, beautiful to the heart.
Walking among the cherry blossoms, I can't help but think of a poem by Lin Huiyin: "You are the blossom of a tree, the swallow whispering between the beams, you are love, warmth, hope, you are the April day in the world."
There is also the dream-like words of the great writer Lu Xun: The cherry blossoms in Ueno are romantic, but they look like crimson light clouds.
Crimson light clouds, what a trembling beauty it is!
Sakura, what kind of light, flexible and romantic beauty do you have? In this life, I will come to find you, see you, start a romantic date with you, and write the most beautiful love letter in the world for you.
Qingdao's most beautiful April day, the city is beautiful, it is eye-catching, intoxicating, and forgetful;
"Xianyun fell into Tingke last night and turned into Wan Yu'e. "I love this newly decorated city, I love the crimson cherry blossoms, and I love all the grand beauty in this spring light.
The April wind, blowing wantonly and kissing our faces, gently swaying our hearts, and the April clouds, hiding in the starry sky, silently carry the eternal attachment of the earthly world.
The green willow spits smoke, and the flowers are gorgeous. The breeze passed by, lost the eyebrows, and sweetened the heart.
Walking in the late spring season, as long as you glance at the eyebrows, there will be soft bright and enchanting eyes.
April is the most beautiful season, and its beauty is like the wind coming for eight thousand miles, quietly bringing the breath of spring to you.
The herbs are delicious and fragrant everywhere. The willow is like silk, and the smoke and rain are like weaving. April is a picturesque season, which is affectionately depicted on the picture scroll of spring, dyeing the earth, mountains, rivers and people's hearts.
Spring is beautiful, spring is fleeting, April, is finally warm and uplifting.
There is the purest beauty, and there is also the most profound thinking. What we can do is to do it and cherish it, wait calmly, feel the amazement of time, and understand the growth of life.
A pot of wine among the flowers, a cup to send to the past, a glass to respect tomorrow, only wish: no negative April good times!
☆ About author:Wu Gang, formerly known as Wu Xucheng, is a native of Jianli, Hubei Province, with a master's degree and a freelance writer. He has served as deputy director and deputy chief of the Propaganda Department (Section) of the Political Department of the army and division, acting political commissar of an antiaircraft artillery regiment of the Navy, and director of the Political Department of the Military Logistics Department (administrative regimental level). In the past 10 years, more than 3,000 works have been scattered in newspapers and magazines, radio stations and WeChat public accounts inside and outside the military, and more than 100 of them have won the news award and the excellent essay award inside and outside the army.
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