According to the authoritative Japanese book The Mirror of Cherry Blossoms, cherry blossoms originated in the temperate Himalayan Mountains in the northern hemisphere. After cultivation, they gradually spread to the Yangtze River Basin in China and the southwestern islands of Taiwan Province Province. Two thousand years ago, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the royal family planted cherry blossoms. During the Han and Tang dynasties, cherry blossoms were widely planted in private gardens, and Japanese cherry blossoms became more and more famous in Vietnamese in the world and became the representative flowers of Japan.
Japanese love cherry blossoms, not only carefully cultivated, but also created a beautiful story for it. It is said that a long time ago, there was a fairy in Japan named "Plum Blossom with Leaves" (meaning cherry blossom). 1 1 month One day, I came from Okinawa, started from Kyushu, Kansai and Kanto, and arrived in May next year. She is full of flowers of love and hope everywhere. In order to commemorate the fairy, the local people named the cherry blossoms "Sakura", and Japan became the "hometown of cherry blossoms".
In China, the most famous cherry blossom group should belong to the cherry blossoms in Wuhan University's Wuda Campus. It was after the restoration of the three towns in Wuhan occupied for the first time in the war of aggression against China that more cherry varieties were introduced by teachers and students of Wuhan University. From 65438 to 0972, Premier Zhou Enlai also donated 50 of them to Wuda University. After years of cultivation, they have formed a scale. Cherry blossoms in Wuhan University are in full bloom in mid-March, reaching the peak in about 10 days, and the flowering period is only 13-20 days.
Sakura is a symbol of love and hope, representing elegant, simple and pure love. Therefore, every spring, many young people come to the cherry tree full of worries, hoping that they can also harvest the best love.