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Published: 2019-07-15 14:28:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 262; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 8
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Xiang Xue(香雪, fragrant snow) pavilion in the Slender West Lake scenic area of Yangzhou. Chinese literati like to use adjectives from different feelings to describe a thing. How can snow be fragrant? But why can't snow be described as fragrant?Coordinates on Google Earth:
Xiang Xue pavilion: 32°24'55.96", 119°24'40.14"
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I like Chinese and Japanese gardens' style, they have peaceful, meditation atmosphere))) Wonderful photo, dear Zhang!
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Indeed~ Japanese garden inherited the aesthetic concept of Chinese garden and evolved its own characteristics.
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It seems they also borrowed the Chinese writing style (my daughter is learning Japanese)
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Yes, both Hiragana and Katakana are borrowed from Chinese characters. But as for languages, Chinese and Japanese belong to different language families.
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How many foreign languages do you speak? Unless it's a secret, of course)))
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The only foreign language I have systematically studied is English, but due to my interest, I know a little about many foreign languages, aboriginal languages, Chinese minority languages and Chinese dialects.
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Was thinking that could describe a snowy carpet of cherry blossom petals.
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I looked it up again, and maybe you're right. Those tall trees are probably cherry trees. Few people visited this part of the park, so I only found one picture of the trees with white flowers on the Internet.
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Was only mentioning cherry as an example, was thinking laterally as to why a name like that might be used. I know when the almond blossoms fall in the area south of us that has many orchards turn into a snowy looking landscape, depending on the variety, sometimes a pink landscape.
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Yep, but there are no cherry trees around the pavilion~ I think it's more likely to describe the wintertime bloom of the wintersweet. The name of this pavilion is like an abstract work of art, which leaves a lot of space for people's imagination.
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