Beautiful Scenery of American Literature: Red Leaves in Xiangshan —— School Movement

The writer of this article is Ye Junjian (1914-1999), a writer, translator and children's writer in China. Pen name horse. Hubei Hongan people. 1999 65438+ died on15 October at the age of 85.

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In our association, the word "green branches and leaves" is always inseparable, and this word is always associated with spring and summer, because only in spring and summer will there be a scene of "green branches and leaves". In autumn, the weather changes, these leaves lose their green color, and the whole atmosphere will become bleak and desolate, making people feel that the peak of the year has passed and the year is coming to an end!

But in Xiangshan in the western suburbs of Beijing, this is not the case. In addition to pine trees, almost all the mountains here are cotinus coggygria trees. As soon as autumn comes, the weather turns cold. After several frosts, the leaves change color: they turn yellow at first, and then gradually turn from yellow to red, which looks like a blooming safflower from a distance. Because the "red flowers" are in full bloom, those hazel branches are out of sight. This scene gives people the feeling that the year is not "coming to an end", but that the "heyday" of the year has just begun. This is the difference between Xiangshan and other mountains.

People generally refer to cotinus coggygria leaves here as red leaves, but the impression it creates on people's senses is "red flowers". People living in Beijing always like to go hiking in Xiangshan as long as they can spare time in autumn, such as Sunday. They will find that when they come here on the first Sunday, the mountains are still covered with shade; On the next Sunday, I suddenly became beaming and there were "red flowers" everywhere. Other places have been a bit bleak, but it happens to be a sunny day here-a sunny day with a strong tone. This is indeed an unusual change, which brings a surprise and pleasure to people's senses, which is not available anywhere else.

If you climb the highest mountain here, "Ghost sees sorrow", and look ahead, isn't it the thick "sunny day" scenery displayed by a red leaf spreading on the southwest hillside below? No one can estimate how much area it occupies, because at first glance, it is endless. Redder than cherry blossoms and denser than peach blossoms. From a certain distance, it is full of red flowers and there is no spring like it. The pine trees in the mountains behind are particularly lush against it. On a crisp autumn day, from dawn to sunset, they complement each other and reflect all kinds of colorful colors into the air. We usually say that "red flowers need green leaves to help", but the situation here is just the opposite. Those dark green pine leaves need red flowers to help them highlight their lush and fresh beauty. Red leaves and pine trees set each other off in this special occasion, creating a unique "autumn spring" invisibly. In this season, this kind of scene is probably hard to see in other parts of the world.

Summary: The end of June is 65438+ 10 to the beginning of June 165438+ 10, which is the most pleasant season for the beautiful scenery of Xiangshan. It's better to go in person, integrate yourself with the scenery, pick a red leaf and make a bookmark as the best memory of the coming autumn on 20 16. I synchronized more articles on WeChat (correction: YZ- Xiaodong)!

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