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Sakura are the pride of Japan. People who go to Japan must first think of cherry blossoms before arriving; after arriving, they must first talk about cherry blossoms. If you arrive in summer and autumn, your Japanese friends will say with regret: "You missed the cherry blossom season!" If you arrive in winter, they will try to persuade you: "Stay a little longer and wait until you see the cherry blossoms." Let's go!" All in all, cherry blossoms have become a symbol of Japan, just like Mount Fuji.
I have seen cherry blossoms dozens of times. See them at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo, Ueno Park, Chidorigafuchi...; see them in Kyoto, see them in Nara...; see them in the rain, see them in the fog, see them under the moon... There are cherry blossoms everywhere in Japan, some with hundreds of trees. Flowers and trees are clustered together, and some of them are one or two quietly standing alone by the roadside and water. Spring in Japan is all about immersing yourself in the scent of cherry blossoms!
My Japanese friend told me that there are more than 300 kinds of cherry blossoms in a row, and the most common ones are mountain cherry, Yoshino cherry, and Yae cherry. Mountain cherry and Yoshino cherry are not white and red like peach blossoms, nor are they white and green like pear blossoms. They are lotus gray. The Yae Sakura is plump and rosy, almost like the spring begonias in Beijing. In addition, there are light yellow tulip cherry blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms with low-hanging branches, Higanzakura blossoms that bloom earliest during the "Spring Equinox", and chrysanthemum cherry blossoms with more than 300 petals... they overlap and compete with each other for beauty. The Qing Dynasty poet Huang Zunxian's cherry blossom song includes:
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Mojiang River splashes green water and microwaves
Thousands of flowers cover the river
The alluring city Look at the hanana flowers
Everyone sings the cherry blossom song
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The flowers illuminate the sea and the shadows are like waves
The rangers gather together to gather together Yuansou
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The whole country went crazy during the ten-day tour
Every year, the Yu Dynasty returns to dusk
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This song describes the Japanese people’s national enthusiasm for watching cherry blossoms in spring. The "ten-day tour" is short. After a continuous cloudy period, the spring sun warms up suddenly, and the cherry blossoms bloom all over the mountains. After a gust of wind and rain, they quickly wither again, and the mountains are covered with fallen cherry blossoms again! As a result, Japanese literati wrote many desolate poems lamenting the shortness of life. It is said that the characteristic of cherry blossoms is that they bloom early and fall early.
Maybe because I am Chinese, my association with cherry blossoms is not so gloomy. Although I saw cherry blossoms for the first time in the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo in the spring of 1947, the cemetery was full of gloomy grave-sweeping people; occasionally drunken people who had drunk too much wine and sang elegies. When I walked through the corridor covered with lily-like gray flowers, I felt a deep feeling.
When I went to Japan this spring, it was the cherry blossom season. I saw cherry blossoms everywhere, in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hakone, Kamakura... But on April 13th, I was at Mount Kanazawa Roxiang. The cherry blossoms I saw above are the most brilliant and majestic cherry blossoms I have ever seen!
On April 12, it was raining heavily, and we visited the inner beach fishing village not far from Kanazawa City. On the way, I accidentally heard that tomorrow is a strike day for workers of taxi companies in Kanazawa City. There are twelve taxi companies in Kanazawa City, with 250 cars and hundreds of drivers and workers employed. They are demanding an increase in wages due to the oppression of their lives. They have already gone on strike five times, but they have not yet achieved their goal. Tomorrow's strike will be the sixth.
That afternoon, on the beach in heavy rain and at the homes of farmers on the inner bank, we heard many heart-wrenching stories of workers and peasants who fought hard to oppose the U.S. military’s occupation of farmland as a shooting range and finally won. In the evening, I attended another enthusiastic mass welcome meeting. Everyone was so excited that I couldn't sleep well. I got up early the next day and hurriedly packed up and set off. I completely forgot about the car drivers' strike today.
At 8:40 in the morning, we came out of the hotel, and eleven cars were neatly lined up at the door. We got into the car separately and slowly walked along the mountain road, winding down. The weather was sunny, the warm east wind was blowing, and the bright sunshine was dazzling our eyes...
At this moment, I suddenly remembered, isn't today the day when the car drivers go on strike? Isn't their strike starting in the morning? Does it start at eight o'clock? In order to send us to the bus, didn't it delay their strike time? I quickly asked the Japanese friend sitting with the driver in front to find out. The Japanese friend turned around and smiled slightly and said: "In order to send the delegation of Chinese writers to the station, they held an emergency meeting last night and decided to change the strike time to start at nine o'clock in the morning!" I was excited to say something. When he said two words of thanks, the driver who was serious and steady, looking ahead, tilted his head slightly and said humbly: "Promoting the friendship between the Japanese and Chinese people is also part of the struggle!"
< p>My heart jumped suddenly, like a lit firework, spraying out brilliant sparks of gratitude from the depths of my heart...There were no other vehicles on the mountain road in the early morning. There were only eleven cars like us, speeding along the rustling ground. At this moment, I suddenly saw that on both sides of the mountain road, hundreds and thousands of cherry blossoms bloomed after the rain! The cherry blossoms are piled up in layers, like a sea of ??clouds, crimson and shining in the morning sun.
When the winding mountain road is covered by the boundless flower clouds, we are like sitting in eleven canoes connected end to end, riding the swaying east wind, with splashing waves of flowers on both sides, and we move quickly Head towards the rising sun!
After going down the mountain and arriving in the city center, I still saw no other vehicles on the street. I only saw many car dealerships on the street with their doors open and cars of various sizes lined up inside. A large red flag was placed at the door, and the autoworkers stood neatly beside the door, smiling as they watched our group of vehicles pass by.
When we arrived at the station, we got off the bus and held the drivers' hands tightly with enthusiasm, thanking them for helping us and wishing them victory in their struggle.
The warm farewell scene has passed, the train has been driving for a long time, and the rolling snow mountains and rushing spring water are passing by in front of the window, but my eyes are still shining with this strange land that I have never seen before. Beautiful cherry blossoms!
I turned around and asked my Japanese friend who was traveling with me: "It goes without saying that cherry blossoms are beautiful, but from the perspective of Japanese people, what are the beauty of cherry blossoms?" He scratched his head and said with a smile. : "There are no flowers that are not beautiful in the world... As for the love for a certain kind of flower, it is because of the feelings in everyone's heart. Japanese literati feel the shortness of life from the beautiful and easy-to-fall cherry blossoms, and the samurai think of the sacrifice of their lives. Heroic. As for ordinary people, they like cherry blossoms because they are the first to bring excitement and joy to the people after the harsh winter. In Japan, there are so many cherry blossoms on the mountains, by the water, on the streets, and in the courtyards. It's everywhere. The snow has not yet melted, the winter clothes have not yet been put on, and the spring chill is still chilly in the dark room. As long as the east wind blows in the distance and the sun shines in the sky, the cherry blossoms will bloom all over the mountain! The mountain cherry blossoms, Yoshino cherry blossoms, and eight cherry blossoms... reported the exciting news of spring to the people on the three islands of Japan next to it. "
Give me these words. Two principles are clarified. One is: cherry blossoms bloom all over the three islands of Penglai. They are the Japanese people's own flower. They will always give the Japanese people the excitement and encouragement of spring. The other is the psychological activities of flower watchers, which create a special love for certain flowers. The cherry blossoms in Kanazawa are no more beautiful than those elsewhere. The car driver’s deeply moving words, which expressed the deep friendship of the Japanese working people towards the Chinese people, made the cherry blossoms all over the mountains of Kanazawa in my eyes turn into a sea of ??clouds of flowers of friendship between the Chinese and Japanese people, making the boat of friendship, Like an arrow, we are heading towards the bright sun!
Reminiscing late at night brings warmth to my heart, and I gladly pick up the pen to praise the cherry blossoms.