1March, 947, teachers and students of biology department of Wu Da University observed that there were 28 cherry trees in full bloom on campus, which were evenly distributed between the three archways of the old Zhai She and in front of four gates on both sides (there were 7 trees in front of each gate).
With hatred of Japanese militarism, some people suggested cutting down cherry trees, but the troops stationed in Wuhan at that time advocated keeping every grass and tree in the five miles. As a result, the first generation of cherry trees in Wuhan University was preserved.
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In the campus of Wuda University, in addition to the cherry blossom garden, there are cherry blossoms in the fourth teaching building, Kunpeng Square, Humanities Museum, Administration Building, school hospital, main teaching building of engineering department, Xinghu of information department and medical department. The best place to enjoy cherry blossoms is "Sakura Garden", a park directly named after "Sakura".
The cherry blossom garden is dominated by Japanese cherry blossoms, and there are more than 6 kinds of 10 cherry blossoms, such as early cherry blossoms, late cherry blossoms and weeping cherry blossoms, which are rich in color, colorful, with different branches and different flowering periods. Whenever plum blossoms wither after the cold winter, early cherry blossoms will open, followed by Japanese small cherry blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms and late cherry blossoms.
When it is in full bloom, the cherry blossom garden looks like a sea of flowers. Thousands of tourists come here to stay and watch, fascinated and full of interest in "seeing cherry blossoms in March and only watching martial arts". The cherry blossoms next to the administration building of Wuhan University are also worth seeing.
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