The white cuckoo plum blooms every year, and I come in April

The white cuckoo plum tree has been given a variety of names depending on the region in which it is distributed. In Shaanxi, it is known as white juanmei, white silk plum and cocoon flower. The dragon cypress is also its name. "Dragon cypress" is named for its fruit. There are five raised ridges on the fruit, which look like a bony vertebrae. More than a dozen are lined up in one, which is a keel, so it is named dragon cypress, and the flower is called dragon cypress flower. Therefore, the poem: "Flowers are not dragons, fragrant leaves are not cypresses" is an accurate annotation. I prefer the first three names, which basically cover the appearance of the white cuckoo plum. When in full bloom, the white flowers of the white plum look elegant and refined, just like its flower language: loyalty and perseverance.

It is found in the Qinling Mountains at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,300 meters. Generally, starting in the first week after Qingming, the white cuckoo plum on the mountain begins to bloom in turn with the altitude. On the land beam of 1,200 meters above sea level in Fengyuli, it is recognized that the most beautiful place for the white juan plum blossom in the Qinling Mountains, and the mountain beam and the hillside of about two kilometers are full of white juan plum jungle, which is as spectacular as the artificial planting. The peak flowering period of the white cuckoo plum on the land beam is in the second week after the Qingming Festival. The flowering period is also only one week.

I like the white cuckoo plum blossoms that bloom on the high mountains, especially on the earth beams. It's been two weeks in a row to explore the flowers on the land beam, but this is also the time this year is less. In previous years, I came almost every week throughout March, from the white plum to the flowering buds the size of rice grains, until the flowers bloomed.

Last year's season was a bit abnormal, the white cuckoo plum opened two weeks early, and it bloomed all over the mountain during the Qingming Festival, so that those of us who go to the appointment on time and on time all year round all the climbers from all directions missed it. Therefore, this year there can be no carelessness. Two weeks ago, after seeing the white cuckoo plum forest on the land beam buds like beans, I went to the Huangyu Temple in front to see the apricot blossoms with peace of mind. I saw that the ancient apricot tree with a diameter of nearly one meter had many buds and few petals, and it was just right to open up close, but it was not yet pink from a distance.

Then, in spring, the apricot blossoms in the mountains echo with the white cuckoo plums, which has become the best standard for viewing. In other words, to come to the land Liang must enter the Huangyu Temple is both. I'm the only one who is. Of course, I'm not exempt from vulgarity. There is also a common psychology with the climbers here, that is, there is a connection with the emperor here. Otherwise, there are also large-scale mountains of white cuckoo plum in other places in the Qinling Mountains, but there is no long mountain beam. This may be the original intention of mountain climbing: climbing is not only the height, but also the yearning for scenery and humanity.

Huangyu Temple is the summer palace of Tang King Li Shimin. I always think that the Tang King and his concubine must have finished appreciating the apricot blossoms and then came to the land outside the village to watch the sea of white cuckoos and plum blossoms. I think they must come every day when the mountains are full of flowers, and they are so chic and comfortable to wander among them, which makes me worship and yearn for it. Therefore, every year in April, I walk like this several times to satisfy my pleasure of enjoying the joy of the Tang King. Sometimes when walking on the mountain beam, I also think, I like to come to this route to climb the mountain, 11 years to come here to climb the mountain more than 100 times, it is completely the king of the style and feeling of patrolling the mountain. Don't you pretend to go back in time, just to meet the Tang King among the flowers on the beam? haha......

Two

When I went back to the Qingming holiday last week, I was shocked when I saw the white cuckoo plum on the shallow slope of Fengyukou that had bloomed, and I hurried up the mountain, and I was really worried that it was the same as last year.

Starting from the Pure Industry Temple to the Reclining Buddha Temple, a few white cuckoo plums on the mountain beam are really in full bloom. When I went up to the top of the mountain at an altitude of about 1,300 meters, I saw that the white cuckoo plum blossom buds full of beams were round, broken, and cocooned, and the feast was being brewed in the second week after the Qingming Festival. There are also a few messengers with cocoons on silk, so beautiful that I patted and patted again, keeping the most beautiful white cuckoo plum blossoms, and looking forward to the next week to go to the gluttonous feast of nature on the land beam.

Then go to the Huangyu Temple in front to see the ancient apricot blossoms again. I thought that this week should be full of flowers, but what I saw was that the petals on the ancient apricot tree were like snow, the apricot blossoms on the branches were withered, and the trees were like snow under the trees. I really can't help but sigh and sigh that the spring is in a hurry.

The weather was indeed abnormal, it was only the middle of spring, and it was 31 degrees hot on the mountain that day.

When I returned to Diliang at two o'clock in the afternoon, I felt that the heat was unbearable, and it was completely mild heat stroke, and the whole person was not well. I had to use trekking poles to "knock on the mountain and shake the tiger" on the grass nest on the beam, and I couldn't be afraid, so I kept sitting down and resting. In the bright sun, you can only pause in the shade of the trees. The long beams of the earth are full of white cuckoo plum trees that grow along the slope, and they are densely intertwined, and there is little shade for them to rest.

There are fewer and fewer people to see on the top beam, and you must hurry down the mountain, otherwise it will be dangerous. I had to move on with difficulty. There are still distracting thoughts in my heart, and I feel that it is better to be the king of Tang, and how comfortable it is for people to go back and forth on the beam under the sunset. At the same time, for the first time, I felt that I had always been in a fairyland when I climbed the mountain, but now I really have my body and mind in the mortal world. It's not easy to climb a mountain!

Maybe God saw that I was really going to have a big problem. So, a cloud was cast over the blue sky, where the sun had always been blazing, and the sun hid in it. However, it had been sunbathing on the mountain all morning, and now although the sun was no longer shining, the temperature had not come down, and I was still very uncomfortable and dizzy. God must have seen it again, and after a while the spring breeze blew, and the windy mountains and forests were so green that they all roared, as if they were singing loudly in the spring, which was so beautiful.

I stood happily in the wind, letting the spring breeze blow in my face, blowing all over my robe. I untied my wet hair and blew it as hard as I could. Finally cool down in the wonderful spring song, feel much better, and be happy physically and mentally. So, accompanied by the spring breeze like a song, it took five hours to go down to Fengde Temple, which was nearly two hours longer than in the past. Sitting in the car, ten minutes later, the blue sky came again, and the sun was shining brightly. Thank you so much for God's favor and for letting me be your pet.

Climbing the mountain is addictive, and I quickly forgot about the discomfort in front of me, and as soon as I came down from the mountain, I began to plan to come back next week. The next week will be the second week after the Qingming Festival, that is, the day when the white cuckoo plum on the land beam on the top of the Qinling Mountains is in full bloom, which is the reliable experience of the climbers over the years.

At that time, there will be a sea of flowers on the top of the mountain, and the white cuckoo plum will drive from the mountain beam to the hillside, and then drive from the hillside into the valley and climb to the opposite hillside, and then jump to the top of the mountain. The white petals bloomed all over the mountains and fields like snow, and like a big starry sky, bright like a sea of stars, shining in the mountains. That week, the flowering period is the rallying number, and the climbers from XA City and even the surrounding districts and counties gather here. This is also the day I wait for every year, and I will definitely go to the appointment to share the gluttonous feast of nature with everyone!

Two

It's finally the "second week after Qingming".

This week, as in previous years, I kept an eye on the weather forecast. As a rule of thumb in previous years, there were always a few days of heavy rain this week, and it was still raining on Fridays. In my eight years of enjoying white cuckoo plums, there was only one year in which there was no rain during that week. I saw the white cuckoo plum under the clear blue sky, the bright spring light made the white cuckoo plum petals happy like a cuckoo bird jumped on the branches, blooming all over the mountain and wild birds singing and fragrant, it was really a sea of flowers and mountains, full of beams and fragrant. The white petals were like jade and silk, and they bloomed into an icy jade, holy and delicate as a princess and a queen! I like the appearance of the white cuckoo plum blooming on the top of the mountain.

In other years, I have also seen the perseverance of Bai Juan Mei. Just the year before last, it rained heavily for a few more days. When we went to the beam at noon, I saw that after being ravaged by the wind and rain, the flowers all over the mountain were crumpled and stuck together like napkins scooped up in water, and I felt sorry for it. Think of the white cuckoo plum tenaciously growing on the high mountains, brewing in a cruel environment for a season, but unable to bloom the most beautiful. But when we returned to the beam at four o'clock, we saw that after the sun exposure, the flowers were like dried clothes, and they recovered their vitality, and all the petals were stretched. The flowers that are thin and translucent after the wind and rain, and the veins are fully displayed, all of them are blooming with their heads held high. Those newly bloomed petals are like birds rushing into the blue sky, blooming with vigor and vigor, and the spring breeze is proud, jubilant. Seeing it made my heart pound, and I sighed: life should be like this!

Therefore, at this time of year, I pray in my heart that I look forward to the most beautiful bloom of the white plum in one season, so that the reincarnation of the flowers will be completed this season.

This year's weather has been a rollercoaster ride again. During the week, it was hot and thin, then cold and cold, and it rained and rained, and it didn't stop on Friday. The forecast is cloudy on Saturday and sunny on Sunday. I decided to wait for Bai Juan Mei to "dry her clothes" before going to the feast.

On Saturday morning, I woke up and couldn't hold back. Ask friends in the mountains, and when they see the pictures of the blue sky in the mountains, they are fascinated and immediately set off for the mountains.

After all the way to Fengyukou, all you see is the clear blue sky. It can be said that the distance of more than 20 kilometers is two heavens. The sun is cloudy in the city, but here the sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue.

At this time, in front of the gate of the Pure Industry Temple, I saw that many climbers were gathering up the mountain, and most of them were organized by outdoor teams. When I entered the mountain gate, I saw that there were people everywhere on the more than 1,000 steps up the mountain. Looking back, there were many more people climbing the stairs as if they were in line, and the Pure Industry Temple on the mountainside was even more crowded. This scene is more lively than when drinking "Laba porridge". Everyone stayed here for a short time, and soon divided into two roads up the mountain.

There are also many people on the mountain, there are people in front and behind, and there are many children, so it can be said that the mountain road is climbing. On the way, I heard about the flowers of the white cuckoo plum. From the conversation, it can be heard that there are people who come here for the first time, and they keep asking when they can see Huashan. There is also a way to explain how beautiful the white cuckoo plum on the land beam on the top of the mountain is, and they should have come to the appointment many times like me. The laughter in the mountains and forests is as joyful as a festival.

It was already very hot to climb the mountain, and today was a sunny day, which made everyone sweat, and many people wrapped thick clothes around their waists and climbed the mountain in short sleeves. But as soon as I stopped to rest, I immediately felt cold. I suffered from the heat last week, and I set off this week wearing very little, still a thin fleece. Therefore, do not dare to stop and rest more. Thinking that at noon I arrived on the top of the mountain beam, there was no cold after a morning of sunbathing.

After climbing to the Reclining Buddha Temple at eleven o'clock, I saw that the courtyard of the farmhouse on the mountain was full of climbers dining, table by table, like a banquet, chaotic. They are all climbers who came before me, and if you think about the endless crowd behind you, you can see how many people come to enjoy the white cuckoo plum.

Based on the experience of enjoying the plum blossoms after the rain in previous years, I wanted to have an early lunch here, and then go back to the beam after one o'clock. At that time, after the ironing of the sun, the white cuckoo plum should have recovered its vitality and bloomed all over the mountain. But my companion was here for the first time, and she couldn't wait to see it. We had no choice but to move on.

Walking out of the hilltop forest behind the Wat Pho, my companion excitedly shouted as I looked out over the beam, "The mountain is all white, and the flowers are blooming!" Because from a distance, the white juan plums are all "listless".

We walked to the top of the hill to the ridge of the earth, and sure enough, the sea of flowers was full of flower spikes fished out of the water, withering and drooping with petals. The white cuckoo plum that drove down the hill from the mountain beam, and climbed from the bottom of the valley to the opposite hillside, and then jumped up the mountain beam, and the stars all over the mountain were dim, and my heart was full of love. However, this is just my touch. His companions laughed from ear to ear and were full of praise. There really is no harm in comparison.

The land beam is still the same as in previous years, and it can be said that it is crowded with people. It's just that there are fewer people who stop to watch for a long time, and most of them continue to walk through the sea of flowers. I think they must have thought that maybe the flowers were going to bloom brightly. Because from a distance, the flower mountain in front is even more spectacular. This is a scenery from a distance, but not a close look.

Instead of moving on, I climbed the mountain bag on the beam with my companions. Sure enough, most of the white cuckoo plums on the tuyere on the top of the mountain have been dried, and the porcelain-white buds are embellished on the top of the head, waiting to absorb enough sunlight before becoming the cuckoo birds. Seeing this, he hurriedly beckoned the people on the beam to come up and see. We waited happily, taking pictures among the flowers, only to take pictures of the sunny day turned cloudy, the fog locked the blue sky, the sun was gone, and it was so cold that the faces of the flower admirers were dark and stiff. It was only a quarter of an hour before the sky changed.

After seeing the most beautiful white cuckoo plum here, my companion also looked forward to such petals in front of me. When I pointed out to her the state of the sea of flowers in her field of vision, she also understood and said: they are all as spiritless as dried flowers.

I told her, "If the sun comes out again after a while, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the tenacious white cuckoo plum will become the most beautiful sea of flowers just like on the top of this mountain." So, I'm going to come back and look forward to the most beautiful feast of white cuckoo plums. ”

It turned out to be a heavy rain at three o'clock. Like Bai Juan Mei, I am not only wet with my clothes, but also with my mood. But I didn't have a good breath. Tomorrow is a sunny day, the sun rises, and the white cuckoo plum will bloom into a sea of flowers, full of flowers!

I'll come back next week to see off Bai Juan Mei and turn around for a curtain call.

A week is fast. No, I'm here again. I saw the spring breeze blowing, and the plum blossoms on the beam were like snow. Wander among the flowers and enjoy it again, and the white cuckoo plum blossoms show the branches, and then stay in April of the next year.

2019/4/22