However, do you know how the cherry blossoms of Wu Da came from?
As we all know, cherry blossoms are the symbol of Japan. In many people's cognition, cherry blossoms are unique to Japan. In fact, however, the origin of cherry blossoms is the Himalayas in China.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, cherry blossoms have been used as ornamental plants all over the streets. Worshippers and admirers from various countries came to Korea and Japan brought China's kendo, tea ceremony, architecture, costumes and cherry blossoms back to Japan.
Due to China's vast territory, rich natural resources and numerous flowers and trees, cherry blossoms have not been covered by Chinese people. But in Japan, the Japanese regard cherry blossoms as treasures, carefully cultivate them, form a large-scale cherry blossom family, and become a symbol of Japanese culture!
Although cherry blossoms originated in China, they are inextricably linked with Japanese! It turns out that there are no cherry blossoms in Wuda University. Wu Da's cherry blossom story started from that painful history.
1938, after the Japanese invaders captured Wuhan, the Central China Dispatching Command was located in Luojiashan, Wuhan University. The following year, in order to soothe the homesickness of the Japanese army, Japanese high-level officials introduced cherry saplings from Japan and planted them on both sides of Sakura Avenue in front of the old Zhai She. In the end, only 28 strains survived, so these 28 strains are called by Chinese people? The flower of national humiliation? .
After the Anti-Japanese War, tolerant China people did not eradicate cherry blossoms just because they were planted by invaders. 1972, China and Japan formally established diplomatic relations. When the then Japanese Prime Minister visited China, he gave cherry blossoms as a gift to the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister transferred 50 of them to Wuda University for planting, in order to warn the people of China to remember history and remind the Japanese people that the people of China will never forget history.
Later, Japanese politicians, folk and atonement veterans donated hundreds of cherry blossoms to Wu Da in various ways. After decades of development, once? The flower of national humiliation? He's dead. Nowadays, the cherry blossoms of Wuda University are the fruits of introduction, domestication and cultivation of teachers and students in past dynasties.