Paulownia blooms

Behind my residential area is a village. A paulownia tree can be seen in front of and behind the village house. Paulownia is a common tree species in rural areas of northern Chi

Behind my residential area is a village. A paulownia tree can be seen in front of and behind the village house. Paulownia is a common tree species in rural areas of northern China, which is often planted in courtyards, beside villages and guarding homes. In the third month of the lunar calendar, paulownia blooms with purple trumpet-shaped flowers, and the flowers lag behind and grow green palm-shaped leaves. In early summer, trees are like crowns, and branches and leaves cover the courtyard, bringing a shade to the courtyard.

Two days ago, I saw the paulownia tree in the back of the house blooming again. Seeing the flowers in my hometown when I was a child in a foreign land, I felt very cordial. I haven't been back to my hometown for many years. Undeniably, with the development of economic conditions, my hometown has become more and more beautiful, and trees planted in gardens such as magnolia trees, cherry blossoms and loquat trees in the city will also be seen by the roadside. When I was a child, the common trees in my hometown were only paulownia, poplar, willow and toon, and the seasonal changes were all reflected from the trees.

Spring comes later in the north, and the weather really warms up on the third day of the third lunar month. At that time, paulownia bloomed and poplars fluttered. We seldom look at calendars and judge solar terms and seasons according to the changes of trees. My hometown is plain, which is not suitable for planting fruit trees, so in spring, I have never seen many beautiful flowers, such as peach blossom, pear blossom and apricot blossom. I happened to see a tree with acacia flowers outside its courtyard, which was very strange. I hurried to see it, which brought me infinite surprises.

I still remember when I was a child, I was most looking forward to spring. Paulownia trees have big purple flowers, and each branch has a bunch of flowers, which can be regarded as a scenery in spring. Paulownia bloom, the whole yard is beautiful, and the whole sky is lit up. We children pick up paulownia flowers under the tree and wear them as necklaces. According to my mother, she also ate paulownia flowers when she was a child in the era of material shortage. The flowering period of paulownia trees is about ten days. After flowering, green leaves will grow. In winter in the northern countryside, trees wither and green plants are rarely seen. After four or five months of bleak time, until the paulownia tree grows tender leaves, the good scenery of the year begins again. Paulownia blew the horn of spring. Paulownia flowers bring me infinite yearning for the novel world.

Now, it's spring again, and beautiful flowers and plants can be seen everywhere with various colors. And I am most moved by the paulownia tree flower in my hometown, because it represents the memory of a generation of rural people. It grew up with me and decorated my childhood dreams.