Chapter 13 The twelfth chapter of Tong Xi's release is that the chanting day is growing, and the tung flowers are all gone and new bamboos are born.

When I have time and mood to write about tung flowers, almost all the tung flowers in the city are in bloom. In fact, the sentence has not yet emerged to state this fact, it is just a thought in my heart, and I am already very reluctant to think that Tonghua is about to give up.A few days ago, I went out of the city from Huayang to visit Danjing Mountain.According to the heat island effect, there should be tung flowers in full bloom on the mountains outside the city, but the tung flowers outside the city are more clean and thorough than those in the city.In the hillsides and valleys, there are not only tung flowers, but all the trees that should bloom in spring have bloomed, leaving only green everywhere.And the green is gloomy, as if accumulating strength in the dark, turning all the ovaries with dark knots in the flowering period into fruit that can be expected.The growth of the grass is no longer a little bit of looking around, a little bit of testing, they all wake up with a splash of the tide, and grow wildly.Only on the side of the ditch head road, in the newly dug out barren soil, on the bitter and juicy stems, tiny and somewhat lonely small yellow flowers bloomed.When the earliest flowers of this spring began to bloom, the bitter plants were sporadically blooming—under those noisy flower trees.Even in well-planned and well-maintained urban parks and tree-lined roads, as long as there is a little bit of soil that has not been covered by artificially planted grass and trees, no one needs to sow the seeds, and the bitter weed will emerge from the soil, spreading its leaves and extending its stems. , Tirelessly, the lonely yellow flowers are blooming round after round.A batch of flowers withered and formed tiny seeds, and it built a drifting umbrella with white flowers to find a new place to stay with the wind.

In this way, the bittern will keep driving round and round until autumn. And we don't go to see this kind of flower specially. I went up the mountain because of the shadow of the tung flower.But the tung flowers are indeed thanked.Originally, I thought that if I couldn’t see paulownia, I would see more beautiful tung trees that were not available in the city. As a result, the tung trees were all in bloom.Tung flowers are beautiful, and the shape of the tree is also beautiful. Why is there no figure of it in the city?Here, I think of the beautiful chestnut trees on the streets of Paris, and the small plateau town of Boulder, where Colorado State University is located. A real tree should only bloom, not bear fruit that can be harvested, or is it vulgar?

Pulling away, let's get back to the topic. It turns out that when I started writing this group of phenological records, I wanted to synchronize these words with the flowering period and arrive at the same time as each flower letter, but now it is getting more and more behind. First of all, of course, it is because the flower letters come too fiercely in the late spring-it is like a flower tide, and a wave of flowers will rise again.Furthermore, although I am considered an idler in this hasty and busy world, I am still overwhelmed by some affairs when the tide of flower letters floods in.

Now, almost all the plants that bloom first and then leaves in early spring have quieted down. The God of Nature will allow us to be silent for a while, to reflect in silence, and then it is time for those trees that bloom first and then bloom .Before long, it will be the season of lilac, the season of pagoda tree, the season of privet, the season of oleander, and the season of pagoda tree. In recent years, more and more exotic plants have been introduced in urban greening, and there are not many places in the city where indigenous plants can be used as a landscape.Paulownia is just one of these gradually receding indigenous plants.Now it can be a sight in the city, and the one with some atmosphere is the section of Living Water Park heading northwest on the Fuhe embankment.

On April 17th, I spent a lunch break there. At that time, none of the opposite oval single leaves on the tree had germinated, and on the tree more than ten meters high, all the branches were heavily covered with white and purple flowers. Each of those flowers is heavy, and the weight of the plump flower itself has pressed the bell-shaped calyx into a disc shape. If you observe carefully, you can see that the composition of the corolla is also peculiar and exquisite. The five-lobed petals are divided into upper and lower parts. It tried to protrude forward again, revealing the deep-throat-like calyx, trying to release the sound we have never heard before?

Those flowers are incredibly large and dense, several flowers form a cyme, and several cymes are combined to form a panicle.The long branches of different thicknesses fell down, and they hung down to the river below the embankment. It is the moment when the sun emerges from the clouds, and all the flowers are illuminated, shining with brilliance, bringing the city into a sleepy and quiet noon, turning the bridges on both sides of the Fu River, the water surface, the lampposts, and even The stalls on the bridgehead that bought pirated CDs every day were lit up.Many people who were indifferent to the scenery around them were shocked at that moment. They stood up and looked around. Is there any difference at this moment?It's still the same as before, the water, bridge, road, and trees are all the same.The tree blooms, and the tree, of course, will bloom some flowers that I know or don't know.Then, the clouds covered the sun again.The miraculous light disappeared and everything was back to the way it was.So many people, at that moment, were favored by the God of Nature, and almost awakened their inner consciousness about nature and beauty. However, the God of Nature is calm and at ease. The God of Nature is not a politician, and It is less urgent to awaken so many to follow and obey.But I know that the reason why I try to get closer and observe is not for a flower or a tree, but to realize that man himself is also a miracle created by the God of Nature—maybe the greatest miracle, but it is only one of the miracles after all. Therefore, as a human being, we must try our best to appreciate the other miracles created by the God of Nature.

At that moment, I heard the majestic and magnificent symphony, and I remembered Kant's words: "Everything in the world is not a transient work." And remember Goethe's words: "Nature! We are surrounded and swallowed by her—neither to get rid of her nor to penetrate into it. Without asking and warning, she incorporates us into her circular dance and carries us with her Onward until we, weary, slip from her arms." Oh, why do those who have seen nature in its most lavish light drop their eyes to this revelatory astonishing beauty.Is this what the sages said "you can't go deep into it"?Or because the exhaustion of existence slipped out of the embrace of nature.What turns us into beings who are in nature, but feel indifferent and sleepy to nature.Those of us who only live once, or are only aware of our own life and death once, remember that Goethe also said: "Life is the most beautiful invention of the god of nature, and death is her hand, so that we can use it to the end." Life repeats itself many times."The blooming and falling of flowers is exactly the reappearance of life that we can experience many times.Symphony sounds are real.It was Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and I heard the majestic chorus of the last movement, and that chorus was Goethe's great poem!

Blooming trees are the joy of life!The trees and flowers reflect the sun, making the dark things bright, which is the splendor of life!The wind blows, the fragrance of flowers overflows, and the falling flowers fall to the surface of the water, fluctuating with the waves, and it is a chant of life! Fly to Shenzhen at two o'clock this afternoon. In the morning, I was discussing his novel with a contracted writer of the Faculty of Letters in the office. This is a novel with very obvious advantages, and this advantage is related to a certain talent of this person.This is an aspect that I value very much when I read novels.At the same time, there are still many places to be discussed in the narrative and layout of this novel.I consulted with this man younger than me.I want to see if there is any way to make this novel better.I don't dare to predict the future results, but we talked very well, and it seems that we have found a solution.After leaving the office, the good mood was still there. Seeing that there was still about an hour to go to the airport, I made a detour and went to the Fu River to see the only indigenous plant in the city, such as paulownia. Also a place with great views.

Now, the trees that I photographed more than a month ago are covered with huge palm-shaped leaves with sharp tips, and they have covered the shore with green shade.But the flowers are not as decisive as those on the mountains outside the city.There are also scattered flowers hanging on the branches.When the wind blows, tubes of white flowers fall down.When in full bloom, the paulownia flowers are white and purple, especially in the place where the deep throat is opened, there are patches of purple spots appearing.But now, the ovary is conceived, and the flowers surrounding the ovary have completed their mission, and they relax and separate from the calyx. When a gust of wind comes, it falls off like an empty cup. Disappeared, only some gray and white remains, an empty shell that has shed its inner essence, withered in the grass... The ending of life is always like this, a little bleak, always like this, silent and without brilliance.

Yes, these flowers will turn into ashes and sink into the land again, and become the energy accumulated by the earth. In the coming spring, some new flowers will bloom and some new life will shine with moving brilliance. On the way to the airport, I just thought about those falling flowers.Later, when I was stuck in traffic and almost missed my flight, I was in a hurry, so I stopped my mood.Arrived in Shenzhen at four o'clock.I left the hotel at 6:30 and took a walk on Shennan Avenue. There were oleanders, yellow locust trees and bougainvilleas in full bloom everywhere. When I came back, I was in the mood to record all these.Then, pack up your mood again and prepare to listen to the next legal course.

April 24, 2010