Why Travel Far for Cherry Blossoms! The Beauty is Right Before Your Eyes! 5 Ancient Poems About Admiring Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms, as the national flower of Japan, many people go to Japan to admire cherry blossoms during the cherry blossom season. But in fact,China began to cultivate and plant cherry blossoms as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties in the 2000s BC.
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And in ancient poetry, there are many praise of cherry blossoms in the spring. Now that you see cherry blossoms, why bother to go so far? You can see cherry blossoms along the roadside, and you can see cherry blossoms at home by reading ancient poetry!
Spring Day Inscribed to Chang'an’s Old Friend
Ming Dynasty: Huge Zither
Beautiful woman remembers West City of Fengcheng, green grass every year, the road wants to be lost.
Today I stepped out, it’s half of spring, cherry blossoms like hail scattered, yellow warblers chirped on the branches.
Fengcheng refers to today’s Xi’an.
This poem says:I still remember when I was in Chang’an admiring flowers, every year the green grass covered the small road. Today when I stepped out, I found that spring has passed halfway, cherry blossoms have scattered like small ice grains, and yellow warblers are chirping sweetly on the branches.
Some people may doubt this ‘beautiful woman’ in the poem. Don’t doubt it, since Qu Yuan, ‘beautiful woman’ can already describe high-quality men.
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And Cui River, since the Tang Dynasty, has been a good place to admire cherry blossoms in the spring. There are not only famous royal gardens, but also all kinds of flowers and trees planted.
During the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, Zhang Ji, and Bai Juyi were three good friends. One year in the spring, Han Yu invited Bai Juyi and Zhang Ji to Cui River to admire cherry blossoms. As a result, Zhang Ji went, but Bai Juyi didn’t come, so Han Yu wrote a poem to ask him, what are you busy with? You don’t want to come to admire flowers!
Spring Day Inscribed to Chang’an’s Old Friend
Tang Dynasty: Han Yu
The evening chill suddenly opened, the blue sky and white day reflect the tower and pavilion.
Cui River is full of water and flowers, there are busy people unwilling to come.
The day is cloudy, and suddenly the night sky is clear, you can see the white clouds on the blue sky, reflecting the tower and pavilion. And the Cui River’s spring water has already risen, and the flowers have also bloomed. You are busy, you don’t want to come to admire flowers, right?
In response to this accusation, Bai Juyi replied with a poem:
Spring Day Inscribed to Chang’an’s Old Friend
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
A new courtyard has planted red cherry trees, idle surrounding flower paths like a stroll.
Why bother to follow the horse team to Cui River, the rain and mud, these days of cherry blossoms are scattered.
I have a cherry tree in my courtyard, I like to walk around under it, just like going out to admire cherry blossoms. Why bother to follow the horse team to Cui River? It rained for two days, and the road in Cui River is very muddy!
From these poems, we can see that during the Tang Dynasty, going to Cui River to admire cherry blossoms was not an individual behavior, but a large team went to admire cherry blossoms and enjoy the scenery, otherwise Bai Juyi would say that I have a cherry tree in my courtyard, I don’t want to join the crowd!
In fact, Chang’an is full of flowers in spring.
Spring Day Inscribed to Chang’an’s Old Friend
The origin of cherry blossoms is uncertain, there has been a dispute about where cherry blossoms originated.
Cherry blossoms are common in China, but they have not been given much attention.
Because we can appreciate so many flowers, even if every spring, there are blooming peach blossoms, plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, pear blossoms, they are all beautiful, and they can also be eaten and have agricultural value.
Never mind Japan’s cherry blossoms are brought back from the Tang Dynasty, even if they are brought back, they have been cultivated and produced many new varieties. At the same time, cherry blossoms as the national flower of Japan have received enough attention.
Therefore, there is no need to make pointless disputes. Cherry blossoms are
a species, a beautiful existence. Appreciate it! What do you think?
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