The world of nature is amazingly diverse and beautiful. But truly a miracle can name the cherry flowers. Blooming in early spring, they dress each branch of the tree in gorgeous white or pale pink outfits. From ancient times to the present, cherry blossoms evoke admiration, the most tender and touching feelings. They compose verses and sing songs about these flowers. Artists transfer the unsurpassed beauty of a cherry flower onto their canvases.
Due to the unpretentiousness of these plants, resistance to dry weather and frost, the geography of the growth of cherry trees is extensive. They can be found in any corner of our planet. Cherry trees adorn gardens, parks, squares, lawns. This tree grows on the side of the road, pleasing to the eye of any person passing or passing by.
A bit of history
Cherry became known to people long before writing appeared. They learned about it before other peoples of the Mediterranean, from where it came to the Caucasus and Persia. Later, the Romans appreciated the cherry. And already in the first century of our era, it became widespread throughout Europe: it began to be grown in Britain, cherry blossoms like the Germans and the Belgians. But in Russia she appeared much later.
So, during the reign of Yuri Dolgorukov, the decoration of any corner of Moscow was the cherry orchard, whose flowers fascinated with its beauty and aroma. The founder of Moscow brought cherries from Kiev. She became the first fruit tree, which began to grow in Russia. At first, only the inhabitants of the royal estates and monasteries enjoyed and tasted the fruits and the charm of flowers, and only in the fifteenth century did cherries move to peasant farmsteads, winning universal love.
Blooming cherry
Any flowering tree is beautiful, but cherry is a special admiration. When you look at cherry flowers, you want to sing, read poetry, do something good. It is no accident that the people loved the cherry tree so much. In Varna, for example, cherry trees can be found everywhere. They decorated squares, parks, gardens and courtyards of the city. And Taiwan hosts annual festivals in honor of cherry blossoms. Tourists from all over the world gather for a holiday. Similar festivals are held in Washington and Macon, Uzhgorod and Seoul. They originate from the time when, in 1912, the mayor of Tokyo presented cherry seedlings to an American friend.
When you look at pictures in which blooming cherry is presented in all its glory, it is impossible to cope with the desire to see this miracle in reality. Cherry during flowering could not ignore poets, artists, writers. In Russia and Japan, in Ukraine and Bulgaria, in Taiwan and in America, they sing in their works cherry blossoms, which symbolize the beginning of spring, love, tenderness, youth and rebirth.
Cherry Blossom: Build
The cherry flower is mounted on a short pedicel, which expands upward, forming a receptacle. A cup with sepals and five pale pink petals forming a corolla are attached to it. Inside the flower are stamens and pestle. In the lower, expanding part of the pestle there is an ovary, in the upper part of which there is a stigma. Only one fruit develops in the ovary of a flower. Cherry flowers, depending on the type of tree, are white and pale pink.
During flowering, the cherry tree is shrouded, like a bride’s wedding dress, with snow-white flowers with a pinkish tint, gathered in bunches of lush inflorescences. This spectacle leaves no one indifferent.
Cherry flowers and their beneficial properties
Cherry blossoms, the photo of which you see, attract bees toilers. Thanks to their tireless efforts, a favorite treat of both children and adults appears on our table - cherry honey. It has a general strengthening, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory effect on the human body. The use of honey enhances immunity.
Aromatic, insanely delicious tea is brewed from cherry flowers, which contains many organic acids, trace elements and minerals.
Legends, rites and beliefs associated with cherries
Cherry was firmly rooted in folk life at the time of Christianity, while almost all legends were born in pagan times, when everything was deified, and trees were endowed with signs of animated creatures. Therefore, there are few legends about cherry, the beauty of its flowers.
According to Christian traditions, cherries are considered a symbol of human life due to the uniqueness of the flowering of this tree. It first blooms, and only then it is covered with leaves. So is man: naked was born into this world, naked and forsakes him.
Cherry in Ukraine is a symbol of the native land, mother. A flowering tree symbolizes a girl, a bride. A symbol of a happy family life is the cherry orchard. For any Ukrainian, whether he comes from a city or from a village, the image of a cherry symbolizes an ancestral home.
Cherry has long been revered by our ancestors. They believed in the existence of her powerful patron God Kernis. To help him get a good harvest, he had to be appeased, for which they lit candles on flowering trees. Around the blossoming cherry performed the spring New Year’s rite of the ancient Slavs.
This pagan rite, according to legend, later began to be performed in Germany. For this, by the New Year a flowering cherry tree was grown, decorated with burning candles.
Our ancestors had a sign: a cherry tree planted near the house will bring good luck and prosperity. The first meeting of lovers under this plant will bring them happiness.
If you dreamed about cherry and sakura flowers
People have long used the language of flowers to convey messages, invitations to guests, declarations of love. With his help they expressed admiration, sympathy, regret, hatred, disgust.
The meanings of colors carried over to dreams. To see cherry blossoms in a dream is a good change in fate and good news. If you pick a cherry flower in a dream, then you feel tender feelings for your lover. It’s good if you see cherry blossoms blooming before your eyes. This is a sign of recognition and appreciation of your abilities. Happy changes await you if you dream of cherry flowers. To plant a tree in a dream is a tremendous wealth.
The blossoming sakura tree that you saw in a dream portends happiness and prosperity. Thanks to the openness of your character and disinterestedness, you will achieve great popularity, you will experience a test of passionate mutual love.
Family people, seeing a sakura blossom in a dream, can hope for long happiness and peace in their family. If you have not yet started a family, this dream indicates that a person will soon appear in your life whom you will love forever. And you will experience a passionate, uneasy feeling.
Sakura (decorative cherry) symbolizes purity and purity. If you dreamed of a blossoming sakura, wait for a meeting with a young, immaculate girl in reality.
Cherry flowers in a tattoo
The cherry blossoming branch is a favorite image on the skin of young girls who are not indifferent to Japanese and Chinese culture. Emphasizing the tenderness and vulnerability of the soul of its carriers, such a tattoo is very feminine. In Chinese beliefs, it symbolizes the beauty of a woman and sublime love. And in Japanese legends - the transience of life. Feelings, like the circled petals of a cherry flower, pass away, leaving a light sadness, sadness, a feeling of loss or missed opportunity.
Today's tattoos depicting cherry blossoms emphasize a philosophical and contemplative attitude towards life, aesthetics, short-lived beauty and tenderness.
The national symbol of Japan is sakura
The national symbol of Japan is considered to be sakura, or, as it is called, decorative cherry. Blooming sakura resembles soft pink clouds or airy, almost weightless snow flakes. Pink clouds of flowers form a huge tent from the branches of ancient sakura, in which people rush from all ends to admire the garlands of flowering branches descending to the ground itself.
The flowering of this plant, unfortunately, is a short-term phenomenon. The wind will blow, or it will rain, and the delicate sakura flowers fall, barely blooming. This is probably why blooming sakura in Japanese culture it is a symbol of the impermanence of being, and in poetry - a bygone youth and lost love. The Japanese carried love for these flowers through many millennia.
Japanese tradition - admiring the colors
The tradition of admiring sakura during its flowering in Japan appeared long ago, during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. Aristocrats spent all their free time under a flowering tree: they listened to music, gambled and drank soft drinks. During the reign of Emperor Saga, celebrations of admiring flowering sakura began to be held. They gave rise to the khans - a modern tradition of admiring flowers.
During the reformation era in the 19th century, cherry trees were cut down everywhere in Japan, considering them remnants of feudalism. But after some time, the tradition of admiring flowers has revived again, and now this holiday is considered the most beloved in Japan. With trepidation and excitement, the Japanese are expecting the start of the holiday to enjoy the pristine purity and amazing beauty of sakura flowers.
The modern holiday begins with the khans in the capital, gradually moving to other cities and villages. Special headquarters are being created throughout the country, where information about the time of sakura bloom flocks. Everyone immediately knows about the first blossoming bud of a magic flower with the help of the media.
With the beginning of exuberant sakura blossom, the holiday begins. People still gather under the flowering trees at the walls of ancient monasteries, palaces, in parks and gardens, enjoying the beauty of the sakura flower and a pleasant conversation with loved ones.
Sakura Flower: Legends
Sakura flowers are delicate and beautiful. They personify human life, are considered the embodiment of the beauty of a Japanese woman. The Japanese people have many beliefs and legends associated with this flower.
The Japanese believe that every beautiful sakura flower tells about the fate of a child. A legend born in the distant past is still alive in the memory of the Japanese people. She tells that once the foreman of a Japanese village called Sakura told the ruler of this village Shogun about the cruelty of the prince and brought his young children to him to show his battered backs. The ruler deservedly punished the prince, and he decided to take revenge on the complainant. He secretly grabbed the headman with his children, tightly tied to a cherry and beat everyone to death. Since that time, sakura (decorative cherry) flowers have a pinkish tinge, as if they were sprinkled with the blood of innocent children. Thanks to this legend, sakura becomes especially mysterious.
There is another legend about sakura: a very long time ago, in the early spring, when sakura bloomed, the God of Ninigi - the ancestor of people - married the youngest daughter of the mountain god named Blossoming. The young girl’s father was very angry that Ninigi did not choose his eldest daughter as his wife, and prophesied to this couple and their descendants fleeting life, like a sakura flower. Since then, the name Sakura has become popular in Japan.
Sakura flower - one of the most beautiful in the world.
It is hard to imagine life without flowers. She would be boring, unprepossessing and sad. The beautiful half of humanity loves flowers most of all. Flowers give happiness, cheer up, reduce pain, help cope with longing for a lover. The aroma of the sakura flower and its impeccable appearance inspire a person to noble deeds. This flower decorates houses, parks, gardens.
In honor of the delicate, mysterious sakura flower (decorative cherry), holidays and festivals are held around the world, coins with its image are issued. Sakura flower is everywhere in Japan. They are decorated with clothes, dishes, household items. Photos of him can be seen on the covers of magazines, in shop windows and on brochures. It is no coincidence that the Japanese, with their sensitive souls and an impeccable desire for beauty, consider the sakura flower to be the most beautiful in the world.