The meaning of "birch"

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Bai Hua, China film playwright, poet and writer. Formerly known as Chen Youhua. 1930 was born in Henan, belonging to a generation born in misery. /kloc-published his first poem at the age of 0/5, and used birch as his pen name for the first time. He joined the army from 65438 to 0947, and successively engaged in propaganda, culture, education and literary creation in the Central Plains Field Army, the Second Field Army, the Kunming Military Region, the Southwest Military Region and the General Political Department of China People's Liberation Army. 1958 was classified as Rightist, and it was written for many years, which led to the waste of youth. 196 1 ~ 1964 worked as an editor in Shanghai Haiyan Film Studio. After the "Cultural Revolution", the creation that was interrupted for many years continued, and the creation group of Wuhan Military Region changed from 65438 to 0964, but the works were controversial. 1985 transferred to Shanghai Writers Association as a professional writer. 65438-0988 participated in the writing project in Iowa, USA, and lectured in more than 20 universities in the United States, such as Harvard, Columbia and Minnesota. After 1986, he was invited to visit more than a dozen countries such as the United States, France, Germany, Japan and Australia. In creation, I have tried almost all literary forms: poetry, novels, movies, plays, essays and so on. And they have all been published. His masterpieces include Mountain Bell Horse, Dawn, Falling Sky, Princess Peacock, The Last Noble and so on.

Contemporary writer, a famous young poet of underground literature during the Cultural Revolution, was criticized for writing the drama "Relatives after the Cultural Revolution", which expressed a generation's doubts about real politics. His works have obvious romantic and idealistic styles. Among them, the novel There is a Country of Daughters in the Distance describes a young man's mental journey during the Cultural Revolution, and takes personal and political issues, ethnic gender and other issues into consideration. The writing is beautiful and powerful, and it is worth reading. (Author Hui Yu)

Birch trunk stands upright, branches and leaves are scattered, bark is white and branches are soft; Swaying with the wind and graceful posture, from a distance, it seems that groups of angels in white are dancing, which has always been called "Beauty Tree".

Birch belongs to betulaceae. There are 40 species of birch in the world and 22 species in China, which are mainly distributed in the northeast, central and southwest regions. Among them are bulletproof birch, hard birch sinking into the water, red birch wearing a "red coat" and black birch wearing a brown coat.

Birch is a deciduous tree with a height of 25 meters and a DBH of 50 cm, and its leaves are triangular and oval. Bark is famous for its white color, because it contains 35% birch brain, so it often gathers into a layer of "silver frost" on the bark. Bark paper is layered and can be peeled off layer by layer with a knife. Like hard paper, it can be used for writing and drawing, and also for making exquisite handicrafts. There are linear holes in the bark. From a distance, it seems that there are countless pairs of eyes on the trunk, looking around.

Birch blooms first in spring, and the flowers are monoecious. Many small flowers merge into catkins, and the spikes of fingers are hung on the branches. The leaves were then covered by the canopy, a mass of green, slim, dignified and beautiful. The fruit of 65438+ 10 is ripe, and the nuts are small and flat with fruit wings on both sides, which can be scattered and propagated by the wind.

Betula platyphylla likes light, is cold-resistant and drought-tolerant, and grows rapidly in moist and fertile soil. It is a pioneer tree species for afforestation.

The wood of Betula platyphylla is hard and elastic, and has a wide range of uses. Betula platyphylla oil can be extracted from bark and used in cosmetics and spices. Birch juice can be used medicinally.

In German folk, people regard birch as a noble symbol of love. Every May 1, young girls always plant a birch branch on the balcony. Young men will present a small green birch seedling to the girl they like.