The Cerez, whose scientific name is Prunus Avium, is a tree from the Rosaceae family, originally from Europe. Also called bird cherry or wild cherry tree, it can be found throughout continental Europe and in the coldest areas of Asia Minor. Let’s know more about its symbolism, spiritual meaning and uses.
Its beautiful flowers, which are seen in all their beauty in April, vary from white to bright pink.
It is a deciduous tree that can reach 30 meters high. The crust, purple brown, seems smooth while the leaves are alternate, ovoid and measure from 7 to 14 cm.
It is delicate and fragile, but also tenacious in its perfection, and represents the beauty and transience of man in the world. That is why the life cycle of this tree is that of the people themselves: it is born, is lived in splendor and then the tree is abandoned to die and reconcile peacefully with the earth, which is the place from which we proceed.
In Japan, a country in which it is very present in popular culture, an anniversary called Hanami is celebrated. It is the party that celebrates the ritual of flower observation. The symbolism associated with flower cherry trees owes a lot to the Hanami party.
Content
- Varieties of flower cherry trees
- The flower in flower and Japanese culture
- Hanami’s festival story
- Japanese cherry symbolism in flowers
- In different cultures
- Esoteric uses
Main conclusions
The varieties of flower in Japan include the submissive, Yoshino cherry and yamazakura, each with unique characteristics and colors.
The Japanese have deeply intertwined cherry trees with their culture, using them as a symbol of renewal, impermanence and transience of life.
The Hanami Festival, which dates back to the seventh century, is an appreciated tradition in which people meet to celebrate the flowering of cherry trees with picnics and appreciating their beauty.
Japanese flower cherry trees have a rich symbolism, since they represent beauty, transience and samurai code of the Bushido, which underlines the importance of living with honor and courage.
Varieties of flower cherry trees
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The flower in flower and Japanese culture
In Japanese language, he remembers in his symbolism all Japanese philosophy linked to the culture of patience, respect for inner nature and peace.
The symbolism associated with this tree owes much to this recurrence and the value it represents for the Japanese. The idea of rebirth and auspices that flower represents is in fact associated with an important period such as April, when the school year ends and many Japanese students leave school to enter the world of university and work.
The flower of the cherry tree, or Sakura in Japanese, evokes in its symbolism all the Japanese philosophy linked to the culture of
The idea of rebirth and good luck that represents this tree comes from here.
April is a very important period in the life of every young Japanese. After school, you will have to face and face the work or university world.
Hanami’s festival history
The Hanami is not a celebration with sad dyes (given the observation of the Flower Catura), but a moment of great celebration for the Japanese.
Two centuries before the year 1000 began in Japan a party in which this tree is the only great protagonist and has been celebrated since then. We talked about Hanami, the party that celebrates the ritual for the observation of flowers. Despite its literal meaning, it refers entirely to its flowers, whose flowering occurs in the April period.
Hanami is an ancestral event of considerable importance for the Japanese. The symbolism linked to him is linked to Japanese culture and, consequently, to the western one. With time, Europe and the United States have inherited the symbolic value that the countries of the rising sun attribute to this special tree.
Flower cherry party. By: Tokyocheapo
From the first expeditions to the East Extreme to the time of the great European colonial empires, the explorers and anthropologists of the time observed with great interest the care towards nature that the eastern populations showed, in particular the flowers. In many noble palaces of the nineteenth century of the old continent, Asian style decorations that represent the observation of flowers in flower, a symbol of good luck and inner peace can be seen.
Hanami is, in fact, the celebration of the Renaissance of nature better expressed by this tree. It is also aware of its transience. It blooms in a short time and with the same speed leaves the tree to reconcile with the earth. The show is represented by the fall of flowers. The observation of the show pushes the Japanese to reflect on the ephemeral value of life.
They take the opportunity to make a picnic with friends and family, sitting under the trees and extending a blue plastic blanket under them to collect the fallen flowers. April, as already said, is a very important moment, especially for young people, because for many the end of school symbolizes entry into the adult world and, therefore, the beginning of a new life.
It is also a sign of wealth and good luck. In the ancient Japanese tradition, this represented the abundant rice harvest in the months following spring.
Japanese cherry symbolism in flowers
Symbolism of the significantness of the transitory nature of life, impermanence and beauty of change. Natural will present the new beginnings, growth and hope.Table 2: Symbolic meanings
In different cultures
Inspired an ambivalent symbolism. In Japan, it represents the bliss and impermanence of life, while the cherry tree alludes to the samurai willing to sacrifice.
Its flowers, called Sakura, remember purity and renewal. Even today a tea with cherryn flowers is prepared on wedding day and gives the bride and groom as a desire for happiness and long life. «Admiring flowers» is a traditional Japanese custom to enjoy the beauty of spring.
Table: This table could provide information on the symbolic meanings associated with Japanese cherry trees. Include symbolism, a brief description and its meaning. For example:
In Albania, the branches of Cerezo burn the nights of December 24, 31 and December 5. January to fertilize the vines.
In the French countryside, the lovers place a branch in front of the door of their girlfriends at night between April 30 and May 1.
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In Germany and Denmark it was believed that these trees were the abode of demons, always willing to cause diseases and misfortunes to the unfortunate ones who approached.
According to the English tradition, dreaming of these trees is an unfortunate omen.
In Italy it is associated with San Gerardo, patron of Monza, and symbolizes courtesy. The cherries, with their round shape, also evoke sensuality, kisses, female lips, hence in the Middle Ages they represent lust.
Sacred to Venusla cherry is used to attract love: it would be enough to tie a lock of hair to a branch of the tree in flower.
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Another legend says that if we want to know how many years we have left, we have to shake the tree when it is full of cherries: the number of fallen fruits will reveal the mystery.
Esoteric uses
Purify the negativity caused by the end of a relationship, make an infusion of cherry peduncles (100 grams), mint leaves and balm lemon. Take it out and bite it three times a day.
If you want to foster abundance or have children, make a necklace of cherry bones and tell them from the branches of a strong and resistant tree, or put it behind the door of your house.
He takes some flowery branches to his graves to attract the benevolence of the ancestors.
Infusion peduncles exert a diuretic action and are recommended in case of renal failure, hyperuricemia, infections of low urinary tract and edema. The decoction of cortex calms stress and insomnia.
You can also use it for:
- Purify
- Protect your home
- renew the energy of a room
- Promote prosperity and new beginnings
- Find love
- reinforce relationships
- overcomer
- attract the benevolence of ancestors
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