Cherry Tree Flower
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Cherry Tree Flower
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Cherry Tree Flower at Quinta de los Molinos Park in Madrid, Spain.
A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after its Japanese name.
Cherry blossom is speculated to be native to the Himalayas. Currently it is widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere such as: Europe, West Siberia, South Korea, China, Japan, United States, etc.
Many of the varieties that have been cultivated for ornamental use do not produce fruit.
In Japan, cherry blossoms also symbolize clouds due to their nature of blooming en masse, besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, an aspect of Japanese cultural tradition that is often associated with Buddhist influence, and which is embodied in the concept of mono no aware. The association of the cherry blossom with mono no aware dates back to 18th-century scholar Motoori Norinaga.
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