March rain brings April flowers Zhang Baotong 2018.7.17

The March rain is the mood of spring, and the April flowers are the scenery of spring. The damp mood is always full of anticipation, and this anticipation is nurtured into a gorgeous landscape.

In the northern Hunan region, early spring always starts from the Spring Festival, as soon as the New Year passes, the drizzle is Feifei, the spring breeze blows, the breath gradually warms up, only one or two days, the wind blows all over the mountains and rivers, there are pieces of new green sprouting on the grass on the roadside, and there are new sprouts on the withered yellow willow branches. After the wind and rain of early spring and February. In the spring of March, the whole Xiangbei is already fluttering willow catkins, fragrant grass, grass grows and warblers fly, full of vitality.

March in northern Hunan is almost the whole month shrouded in smoke and water, rain and fog. This kind of rainy day can easily make people feel damp and sad and haggard. But Shanshui knows that the rain in March is pouring in for the April flowers, just like farmers who are busy planting in the spring in anticipation of the autumn harvest.

When the March rain soaks the mountains and wilderness, the April flowers are quietly blooming one by one. Spring flowers are blooming, golden bell flowers are blooming, magnolia flowers are blooming, begonia flowers are blooming, apricot blossoms are blooming, peach blossoms are blooming. Among them, Yingshan red is the thickest and most colorful flower in the hilly and mountainous areas of northern Hunan Province, which is presented in front of people's eyes like a bright red and gorgeous dream, just like the most beautiful scene in life. The rain in March is sprinkled for the flowers in April, and the flowers in April are blooming affectionately for the rain in March.

After the Chinese New Year, foggy clouds have been hanging over the central and southern hills, and if you pay close attention, you will come to the conclusion that the rain in March brings flowers in April. This change of seasons and the earth heralds the blossoming of flowers from the rain and the burst of light from the darkness. This scenario will make you believe in the hope and strength of life. The seasons and the cycle of the sun and the moon have their own cycles, and the rain and flowers also have their cycles of moving and beauty. As long as we are moved, beautiful stories will happen.

The importance and eternity of the seasons will tell us when to sow and when to harvest, when everything should start and when to end. The spring in northern Hunan begins with a lingering drizzle and ends in the blossoming and falling of flowers, which continues for several months. Sometimes it's dripping, sometimes it's raining. The whole spring ploughing and spring planting are carried out in the rain. Therefore, in March and April, Xiangbei was almost always shrouded in smoke and rain. All rivers, reservoirs, lakes, ponds are filled with water. All the hillsides, meadows, fields and woods were also fully watered. This is also the reason why the entire Xiangbei region will become the land of fish and rice.

I've been to the Northern Shaanxi Plateau and the Weibei Plateau, which are notoriously impoverished areas of the country. The reason for the poverty there is the severe shortage of water. I also took a train from Tianshui all the way west to Lanzhou, and along the way there were dry and yellow plateaus with no grass. I heard that further north is the Gobi Desert, and as far as the eye can see, there is a boundless desert. If you think about it this way, you can feel how precious the rain is in March. If there is no rain in March, how can there be flowers in April? In those places where there is a shortage of water, let alone flowers, there is not even grass.

Therefore, water is not only a source of life, but also a source of hope. It is the continuous rain in March that will bring the flowers in April and the abundant harvest in autumn. At the same time, the March rain brings April flowers to those who are going through life's tribulations: the failure of one love will open the door to another, the lost job here will provide better job opportunities elsewhere, and the shattering of a dream will become an opportunity for a better future. Losing is sometimes a new opportunity. The long night will come to an end, and all roads will lead to Rome. Darkness can't stop the rising sun. So, when you're in the season of sorrow, hold on, because the season of joy may be coming soon.