Why are there cherry blossoms only in Japan?

Cherry blossoms are not only found in Japan, but also in China. It's just that the Japanese love cherry blossoms and make them the national flower, and there is a cherry blossom festival every year. In fact, in Wuhan City, where I am located, Wuhan University is very famous for its cherry blossoms, and every year on the day of the Cherry Blossom Festival, Wuhan University will be crowded, which also causes the congested traffic in Wuhan to be even more congested.

Cherry blossoms are not unique to Japan.

There are cherry blossoms in China, too.

Japan's cherry blossoms are famous as a national symbol.

The folk also appreciate cherry blossoms, "cherry blossoms in spring and autumn maples".

There is also a regular cherry blossom festival in Japan, which seems to be held from March 15 to April 15.

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In fact, it is because the Japanese and their own bushido believe that the blooming and withering of cherry blossoms are very similar to themselves, as detailed in Bingxin's "Praise of Cherry Blossoms".

Yes, cherry blossoms are not unique to Japan, and cherry blossoms in Japan come from the Korean Peninsula

Halo, Nanjing also has, Hangzhou also has.

Says who. There are a lot of them in China, too.

It's just that Japan is more famous.

According to Japan's Sakura Dakan, wild cherry blossoms originated in China and are native to the Himalayas.

Many people take this as evidence that cherry blossoms originated in China. However, we are talking about wild cherry blossoms from millions of years ago, and the cultivated cherry blossoms we see today are not the same thing.

Statistics show that there are 38 species of wild cherry blossoms in China, and 29 of them are unique to China, which is more than the wild cherry blossoms in Japan. However, cherry blossoms are traditionally not valued in China.

Although there are also poems describing cherry blossoms, such as "newly planted red tassel trees in the small garden, leisurely walking around the flower branches" and "Where to mourn the kite with the emergency, cherry blossoms will always hang on the poplar bank", there is still a gap between cherry blossoms and the famous flowers such as plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and peony that Chinese like.

When it comes to the cherry blossoms we enjoy now, they are mainly cultivated cherry blossoms cultivated in Japan, and there are also "safflower high-pot cherry blossoms" from Yunnan, China, which were originally produced in the Qing shed.

In Japan, the cherry blossom tree was once regarded as a sacred tree. Some scholars in the state have pointed out that cherry blossoms are associated with the god of grains, so cherry blossoms are also associated with rice rituals. Later, cherry blossoms entered the court from the local customs, and gradually entered the public life.

However, Japan's love for cherry blossoms is not as deep as it was from the beginning.

In Japan's earliest waka song, Manyoshu, there are many more poems about Yongmei than cherry blossoms, but in the "Kojin Wagashu" of the Heian period, the cherry blossoms in the poems are overwhelmingly more than plum blossoms.

The specific reasons for the shift vary in account.

One of the perceptions is that as Japan's native culture matures, they need a "flower totem" that is different from China's.

As a result, the plum blossoms from China gradually faded out, and the cherry blossoms, which were more in line with the aesthetics of "mourning", were replaced.

The Japanese philosopher Tetsuro Tsuji believes that the "sudden and sudden bloom" of cherry blossoms is very appropriate to the Japanese temperament.

Some of the cherry blossoms in our country were left over from the invaders during the war years. The first batch of cherry blossoms on the Luojiashan campus of Wuhan University was transported from home by the invading Japanese army.

After the end of the war, some people advocated that these cherry blossom trees should be cut down, but reservations prevailed.

In 1972, Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations were normalized, and 20 of the white mountain cherries given to them by Japanese friends were planted in Wuhan University.

Since then, Japanese friends have given hundreds of cherry blossom saplings, including "weeping early cherry blossoms" and "Japanese cherry blossoms". At this time, the cherry blossoms have become a symbol of peace and friendship.