Do you still remember a line from a Japanese film going like this “The cherry blossoms are falling at a speed of five centimeters per second.”? When spring comes, cherry blossom trees bloom and their flowers grow pervasive quickly and then fall very soon living a short yet brilliant life. This scene often put people in deep thought: How would we human beings spend our lives? For many people, cherry blossoms are always their favorite due to not only their nice look but also a fellow feeling. Therefore, the areas producing cherry blossoms often become hot spots to visit. Around Jinji Lake, cherry blossoms have collectively depicted a colorful spring. People are attracted to go out of their rooms to get close to and appreciate these flowers. Enjoying an eyeful of flowers’ tenderness and tasting their sweet fragrance, people acclaim the cherry blossoms by Jinji lakeside as“pink ladies”.

1.Beneath the Overbridge in Suzhou Center

/A sea of cherry blossoms, splendid though secluded/

When cherry blossoms are in season, it is a pleasure for people to enjoy the nice view of these beauties. However, a spring drizzle could force more petals to drop making viewers’ enjoyment decline also. Having survived until end of the current spring season, the beautiful cherry blossoms in this area become the last actress on the stage.

Numerous cherry blossoms all over trees get close together layers over layers, and in each blossom, petals connect each other in a circle around a core. How delicate and adorable they look! With spring wind breezing, petals sway as if waving hands to bid farewell. They leave twigs and fall down to the ground ending up as soil. At such sight, many girls and young ladies could not help feeling regretful for their fortune and over swift elapse of lifetime. These pink cherry flowers gone with wind would remind you of some girls in stories.

Standing behind the pink cherry blossoms, dark frigid buildings have gained in brightness, temperature and vitality. Looking outside from the buildings, you feel you are surrounded by pink clouds and overwhelmed by her charm.

Sunshine is inspiring, especially in spring. Sunlight shone on the ground through the tiny spaces among petals alternates with shadows to create a warm and dynamic atmosphere together with those flowers, attracting people to approach and take pictures. Young men meet their dates in front of flowers whispering their sweet words while kids play under trees with their parents. Cherry blossoms are sketching a happy, smiling, cosy, and lively April.

2.West Suzhou Dadao Road

/Cherry flowers in bloom are lightening the city roads as decorations. /

The cherry flowers along both sides of West Suzhou Dadao Road have burst into a flower sea. Whether during crowding daytime or sleepy nights, the cameras on the street have recorded automatically flowers flourishing. Thanks to these faithful recorders and pedestrians who lifted up their cameras and publicized the pictures, more people know there is such beautiful view along that road.

The other way round, the beautiful blossoms along roadside have also witnessed the hurrying passersby, the hustle and bustle on the street ,brilliantly illuminated buildings at night. Though quietly growing on the trees, they are beautifiers of this city and they themselves are part of the city’s development history.

In some sense, each single cherry petal implies a person’s life. That’s the reason why the Japanese people love cherry blossoms so much. A fleeting happiness is more likely to be cherished by people than a long-lasting one. Come here soon and let’s gather around Jinji Lakeside while this spring has not come to an end! What you can find here are not only beautiful flowers but also new hopes for a better life.

Set out now!