Cherry Blossom means the female beauty and symbolizes the love, a happiness, a renovation and the hope.
It is a flower of Asian origin, known as “Sakura”, the national flower of Japan, where more than 300 varieties of cherry trees are documented.
In the state of São Paulo, only three varieties were successful. Are they: Okinawa, Himalayas and Yukiwari.
The beginning of cherry blossoms marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring. They are eagerly awaited by the Japanese, who organize various festivities throughout the country around the “Hanami” (an act of contemplation of the cherry blossom trees that leave the landscape astonishing).
Legend has it that the word "Sakura" came up with Princess Konohana Sakuya Hime, who fell from the sky near Mount Fuji and became this beautiful flower. There is also a belief that rice cultivation may have originated the word, given that "Kura" was the warehouse where this food (seen by many Japanese as a divine offering) was saved.
The samurai, the Japanese warriors, were great lovers of the cherry blossom. Since those times, it has come to be associated with the ephemeral nature of human existence and with the motto of the samurai: to live in the present without fear. Thus, the cherry blossom is also associated with the samurai code, Bushido.
The cherry tree blooms for a short time, so its flowers represent the fragility of life, whose greatest lesson is to enjoy each moment intensely, as time passes quickly and life is short.
the popular tattoo of the cherry blossom is an allusion to the fleetingness of life and that is why we have to appreciate it and enjoy every moment of it. maximum, remembering that just as the cherry blossom is blown away in a short time, our life can also end abruptly. This way of life was very characteristic of the samurai.
It is a flower very drawn in “Moku Hanga”, a traditional Japanese art similar to woodcuts, in which wood serves as a matrix for printing Japanese prints and prints. Cherry blossom is often used in decoration, and artificial cherry blossoms are used to beautify environments.
The cherry blossom is also very popular in the traditional Japanese art of origami, which creates objects and animals through specific folds of paper. A cherry blossom in origami represents a combination of two fundamental aspects of Japanese culture.
The cherry fruit, the cherry, is considered the greatest symbol of sensuality, eroticism and sexuality, mainly due to its intense red color.
There are several types of cherry trees, some with edible fruit (cherry), others with inedible fruit and still others with no fruit. In Japan, the most popular cherry trees are the decorative ones, which do not bear fruit or have small, inedible fruit.
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