Photographic cherry tree background cloth

It is true that "the tree is big and innocent" and "the scenery knows no borders". 1946 After the demobilization of Luojiashan, teachers and students saw these exotic flowers and trees from foreign countries. Although the hatred for the country and schools is still vivid, they did not cut them down, but chose to keep company with these beautiful "national shame flowers". Because they know that although these cherry blossoms are indeed the product of vicious Japanese invaders' swaggering in China, they are innocent in themselves; People will appreciate it and like it because of its beauty. The love of cherry blossoms and the resentment of Japan's invasion of China are basically two different things; There should be no strong connection between pure artistic appreciation and national hatred. Similar examples, such as cherry blossoms in Zhongshan Park in Qingdao, were planted after the Japanese invaded Qingdao for the first time in 19 15. However, since the China government recovered Qingdao's sovereignty in 1922, Qingdao citizens have been going to enjoy cherry blossoms every year, forming an annual spring garden party-the cherry blossom party, which has continued to this day. After 1924, this scene was even listed as one of the "Ten Scenes of Qingdao" and has the reputation of "Oriental Garden Flower Sea". In recent years, there are more than one million domestic and foreign tourists and citizens who go to Qingdao Zhongshan Park to participate in the "Cherry Blossom Festival" every year. Much like Washington, the capital of the United States, which is one of the "three cherry blossom capitals in the world". Since the Japanese presented 19 1870 cherry trees in the United States in 12, cherry trees have taken root and blossomed in Washington, making this city the largest place in the world except Japan. Every year from late March to early April, a national cherry blossom festival is held in Washington to commemorate the introduction of Japanese cherry blossoms into the United States. Although the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 194 1 aroused the strong anger of the United States against this "despicable nation" (in the words of American President Roosevelt), which led to the confrontation between the two countries on the Pacific battlefield, Americans were not angry at these cherry blossoms imported from Japan, but celebrated their cherry blossom festival as usual and continued to visit Washington, D.C., the American Agricultural Research Institute (ARS) under the US Department of Agriculture and the American Agricultural Research Institute. It can be seen that both the Chinese nation and the American nation have a tolerant attitude and broad mind in national cultural psychology. Since "the cherry tree has grown into a tree in front of the White House", why should we care about the cherry trees in Mount Luojia, Wuda?

On the other hand, the cherry blossoms I planted in Luojiashan in the late 1930s are not only good materials for national humiliation education for teachers and students, but also good objects for scientists of Wuhan University to conduct scientific research. At that time, the principals Zhou Yusheng and Li Da did not cut down these cherry blossoms, probably because of this consideration. In Wuda University, there is such an old professor who has observed, recorded and studied cherry blossoms for nearly 60 years-Mr. Xiao Yihua. Mr. Xiao Lao, a native of Lianyuan, Hunan Province, was born in 1927. He grew up in the countryside. After the "Changsha Fire", his school was relocated several times and suffered from the displacement caused by the war. He was deeply touched by the great disaster brought by the Japanese invaders to China. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiao Yihua was admitted to the Biology Department of Wuhan University with 1946. At that time, the head of the department was a professor who was one of the pioneers of plant physiology in China. 1947 In March, after Wuchang was demobilized, teachers and students of Wu Da ushered in the blooming of Japanese cherry blossoms in Luojiashan for the first time. So Professor Zhang Wei moved his class to the cherry tree and told the students the origin of this batch of cherry blossoms:

"Cherry blossoms belong to Rosaceae, deciduous trees, and are the national flowers of Japan. So this kind of cherry blossom we see now is also called Japanese cherry blossom. This was planted by the wounded after the Japanese invasion of China and turned our school into a rear hospital. This is a shame for us in China, but now that the Japanese have been defeated, these cherry trees have become trophies and historical evidence of Japan's aggression against China. "

Seeing Japanese cherry blossoms, Xiao Yihua's mood is very complicated. On the one hand, it is difficult for individuals to accept national feelings; On the other hand, as a student majoring in biology, with a scientific attitude and objective analysis, it is necessary to study cherry blossoms as a very important ornamental plant. Let the cherry blossom record be used as evidence of the Japanese invasion of China, and let future generations remember the imprint left by the Japanese army in Luojiashan. Therefore, this Wuhan college student, who was determined to devote himself to science and suffered from the war of aggression, chose two cherry trees (8 in all) under the four gates of the old Zhai She with this contradictory and complicated mood and began to observe for more than half a century. After 1973, cherry blossoms on Luojia Mountain were added, including mountain cherry blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms and Yunnan cherry blossoms. However, in order to maintain the continuity of records and the original intention of his own observation, he always fixed his eyes on these eight Japanese cherry blossoms and recorded their flowering periods and flowering periods continuously for decades. Among them, 1954- 1958, Xiao Yihua studied in the Soviet Union. During this period, Liu and his students and later wife, together with his teacher, Mr. Chen Quanlong (Chen Geng's brother), recorded the blooming of cherry blossoms at Wuda University, and Liu and Xiao finally got together through cherry blossoms. During the Cultural Revolution, this record survived the property raid. 1973- 1976, Xiao Yihua was sent to Wuda Shayang Branch and Xiangyang Branch successively. In the meantime, it was still his wife Liu who recorded the flowering period of cherry blossoms. In such a family environment, their daughter Xiao Mei later joined the ranks of observing and recording cherry blossoms.

Xiao Lao has never stopped observing the flowering period of cherry blossoms for decades and is famous all over the school. At the same time, Xiao Lao predicted that the flowering period of cherry blossoms was approaching, and he was also famous in Wuda University. Whenever the school holds an alumni association, alumni want to recall their college days in the bright cherry blossoms. The organizer will definitely consult Xiao Lao and then determine the meeting time according to Xiao Lao's prediction. The systematic study on the flowering period of cherry blossoms in Xiao Lao began in 1990s. He found that the trend of early flowering of cherry blossoms in recent ten years was particularly obvious. Combined with the temperature record of Wuhan for more than 50 years, he finally touched the key point. 1997, in order to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Mr. Chen Quanlong's birth and the 25th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Xiao Lao and his wife and daughter jointly wrote the article "The Relationship between the flowering period of Japanese cherry blossoms in Luojiashan and the temperature change in the past 51 years", and Xiao Lao's article was read and exchanged at the 11th academic seminar of Hubei Plant Physiology Society, which aroused strong repercussions. It is believed that Xiao Lao's proposal is not only about the prediction of the flowering period of cherry blossoms, but also a new topic-the prediction of the flowering period of ornamental plants. During the period of 1999, Hubei Meteorological Research Institute supplemented and improved the relevant data such as temperature, humidity, illumination, daily average difference, etc., based on the records provided by Xiao Lao for free, and initially established the forecast model of cherry blossom period. In 200 1 year, the institute released the flowering period of cherry blossoms three months in advance through the major news media in Wuhan, and the error between the predicted results and the flowering period was only two days.

When Xiao Lao wrote this article, there happened to be a student studying in Japan, so he was asked to translate this article into Japanese and introduce it to Japanese teachers. After reading the article, the Japanese were surprised: "I didn't expect that there was such a teacher in China who made such a complete observation of the national flower of Japan by his own strength. The earliest record of the flowering period of cherry blossoms in Japan began from 1953. " The Japan Meteorological Agency first selected several cherry trees from1March 5, 953 to mark the beginning of the cherry blossom season. I didn't expect to record the history of cherry blossoms several years earlier than Japan! This is especially exciting for Xiao Lao. He said:

"At the beginning of the record, I didn't expect these observations to spread to Japan 50 years later, proving to the Japanese who invaded us that China people will never forget history."

"In fact, as long as you study deeply, you will find that cherry blossoms have a lot in common with the character of the Japanese nation, and cherry blossoms also have a strong bushido spirit. When it is open, everything blooms without reservation; When the cherry blossoms fell, I went with the wind without hesitation. "

During the nearly 60 years from 1947 to now, the initial flowering period, flowering period, duration days and reasons of Wuda cherry blossoms are recorded in detail in Professor Xiao's records. These research achievements of Xiao Lao have made considerable contributions to the development of reproductive biology, phenology, meteorology, ecological environment and other disciplines. "If time permits, I also want to record cherry blossoms for 60 years! Even if I die, I will let my daughter and grandchildren continue to record cherry blossoms and study cherry blossoms! " Professor Xiao Yihua, who is now nearly 80 years old, has often issued such "brave words" in recent years. Xiao Lao also told the author that this year (2005) will be his 59th time to record the flowering period of cherry blossoms, and next year it will be 60 times, which makes him particularly happy. Moreover, in the history of Sino-Japanese relations, this year is particularly memorable-this year marks the anniversary of the signing of treaty of shimonoseki 1 10 after the disastrous defeat of China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; It is the 0/00th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's founding of China League in Japan. It is also the 60th anniversary of the great victory of China people War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression! The old man's deep and persistent cherry blossom complex and strong patriotic feelings really touched our younger generation.

In fact, as students of Wu Da University, how many people have never had their own unique cherry blossom complex? Whether it is a symbol of national humiliation or a symbol of friendship, the cherry blossoms of Wuda University have indeed gone far beyond the meaning of ordinary flowers and trees, and have been saturated with meaningful humanistic atmosphere in the long river of history. Those students who regard the cherry blossoms in Luojiashan as "national shame flowers" spontaneously distribute leaflets among tourists, shouting "Although the cherry blossoms are beautiful, the national shame cannot be forgotten" [9], and strive to use the "Cherry Blossom Festival" to educate the students and tourists in patriotism; Under their impetus, the school erected a sign "Introduction to Cherry Blossoms in Wuhan University" in front of the Cherry Blossom Garden several years ago (but several obvious historical mistakes have been corrected by some notes quoted in the previous article) to tell visitors about that unforgettable history. But more military college students just regard cherry blossoms as ordinary flowers, instead of letting these innocent flowers and trees carry too much political and cultural content. In their minds, the annual cherry blossom in Wuhan University is a beautiful state of mind and a feeling of evoking beautiful youth memories. Whether we admit it or not, today, the cherry blossoms on Luojia Mountain have already become an indispensable part of the campus culture of Wuda University, even a part of the bone marrow. I don't know when, the romantic Wu Da people began to call the area around the old Zhai She the "Sakura Garden", the path covered with cherry trees in front of the old Zhai She as the "Sakura Avenue", the old Zhai She as the "Sakura Castle", their residence in the old Zhai She as the "home under the cherry trees", and even changed the word "colorful cherry blossoms" to "colorful cherry blossoms".

1982 10, "that eternal Sunday", in the classroom of Guiyuan Sanjiao 00 1, the poets of Wu Da got together and set up Langtaoshi Literature Society, which was later elected as one of the top ten literary societies in colleges and universities in China. The following year, when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, Langtaoshi Literature Society held a poetry contest limited to the school, but its influence still spread like wildfire, and soon it had a great influence in Wuhan and universities across the country. Thus, the "Cherry Blossom Poetry Competition" officially named by 1984 really brought together poets from Wuhan universities and spread to the whole country. In March, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the most beautiful thing is not only in the branches, but on the poetic manuscript paper and between the symbols of pure immersion activities. Here, young students are poetically reciting spring, youth, ideals and the future, and their chests are full of passion on campus. In the spring and autumn of 20 years, it is still prosperous. 1985 Following the "Cherry Blossom Poetry Competition", Wuhan University Calligraphy and Painting Association launched the "Cherry Blossom Pen Club", which has attracted much attention in the past 20 years. On March 24th, 1987, President Liu Daoyu participated in the first "Sakura Book Fair" and advocated extensive reading activities among college students.

In addition, the original music classics of Wuhan University campus with cherry blossoms and cherry gardens as the background are also endless. Peng Ting, a 95-year-old student from the School of Life Sciences, won the first Wuhan University Campus Song Contest with a song "Home under the Cherry Tree". And when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom every year, Peng Ting will return to the cherry garden platform of his alma mater and play and sing affectionately with his beloved guitar:

Climb high in half a month, and cherry blossoms bloom in March a year.

This difference is three years and five years. Will you come next year?

I really want to sit under the cherry tree and play my broken guitar all my life.

Snow-white petals fall on my cheeks, and the beautiful cherry blossom garden is my home.

There is a cloud flying north in the blue sky.

Swallows fly from the south, quietly bringing spring.

The green spring breeze opened this year's story.

You left unintentionally and picked a flower to wear on your head.

The warm sunshine wakes you up from your dream, and the flowers outside the window have just opened.

Years have already condensed in my heart, like dew hovering on petals.

Familiar songs once again swirled on the platform on this lonely day.

The singer came to the other side of the rainbow with his dream.

Finally open your broad mind to the sky.

Bring out your own color for the earth with youth.

When Stray Kids feels tired.

Home is under the cherry tree, and bloomers are waiting for you.

Climb high in half a month, and cherry blossoms bloom in March a year.

This difference is three years and five years. Will you come next year?

I really want to sit under the cherry tree and play my broken guitar all my life.

Snow-white petals fall on my cheeks, and the beautiful cherry blossom garden is my home.

The cherry blossoms in the dream are accompanied by the sunset glow of Luojia.

You and I grew up under the cherry tree.

Tomorrow you will set sail for the ends of the earth

Don't forget her, our home under the cherry tree.

In May, 2003, the cloud of SARS had not completely subsided, but the campus of Wu Da University was full of excitement because of a name-No Sakura. This is the first collection of students' original works released by Sunshine Experience Network (/), and it is also a pioneering work of universities across the country. The whole process of its birth, from the creation of works to the processing and production, and even to the official publication and distribution, all the work was done by students themselves. After eight months of brewing and release, this album caused quite a stir inside and outside the campus of Wuhan University. The album works come from the original music association of Wuhan University, Young Knight Drama Club, Trace Drama Club, Wenhua Drama Club, Langtaoshi Literature Club, Chunying Poetry Club and Black and White Dream Photography Club. Forms include music, DV, literature, drama, photography and so on, which can be said to cover all aspects of today's university campus culture. Among them, the song "cherry orchard Dream" composed by Jiang, written by Zhu Min and sung by Hou is another classic of original music on Wuhan University campus after the song "Home under the Cherry Tree":

Chase the flying petals, chase the dream of flying away

Climb the castle and overlook.

Lakes and mountains, mountain smoke attic

The meteor streaked across the sky, and no one was around.

Make a wish like a dream.

Think back to the days when courage enema reached the top and looked up to the sky.

Sing every night and enjoy life.

Speaking of secular youth, I don't know what trouble is.

The sky is high, I dare to chase it, and I don't regret it.

As time goes by, the years whisper.

Blue girl became a cherry blossom dream in spring.

Although time has no edge, it will draw away and leave scars.

The wind blows under the city and the night is cool.

Go to the top and watch the moon cry.

Do you still remember the day when you took black and white photos?

How can a heart not bow to suffering?

Once again, I saw the wind blowing through cherry blossoms and falling.

I wonder who is the figure who is chasing and refusing to leave?

On Christmas Eve, 2003, the movie Magic Nightmare, which was created by the original crew of Luo Ying, premiered in the school, causing a huge sensation again, and was widely circulated on the Internet. This campus DV, which was independently shot by students of Wushu College, was also made with the story background of Sakura Garden.

We have every reason to believe that as long as "Luo Ying" is still colorful, generations of Wuhan University students who have grown up under the influence and baptism of beautiful Luo Ying will certainly continue to promote the campus culture of Wuhan University to eternal prosperity.