Golden Greenery

There are many varieties of cherry blossoms, with more than 300 varieties. But more than 300 species are derived from the oldest 40 species of wild ancestors, of which 33 species are found in China.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was very popular for wealthy families in Chang'an City to plant cherry blossoms in their courtyards. By the peak of the Tang Dynasty, cherry blossoms could be seen blooming everywhere from the corridors of palaces and gardens to the fields of private houses. When all nations came to court, the Japanese envoy was deeply impressed by the splendor and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Before leaving, he took two cherry blossoms with him to Japan. Also taken away were kendo and tea ceremony.

Today, cherry blossoms are the national flower of Japan and one of the symbols of Japanese culture. Many languages ​​​​in the world use the transliteration of the Japanese word "さくら" - Sakura.

Huang Chengjun used to like Japanese cherry blossoms very much. Even though it is not unusual for him to have cherry blossoms all over the mountains and fields in his hometown, he always felt that Japanese cherry blossoms are the real "Cherry blossoms", while the cherry blossoms in his hometown are just like locust trees and pear blossoms, and are rustic. .

Huang Chengjun is 2 years old this year. In 2001, Huang Chengjun still failed in the college entrance examination after repeating his studies for the third time. He was disheartened and packed his bags to go to Guangdong to work.

Huang Chengjun comes from a province in southwest China where "the sky is never clear for three days, the land is never three feet flat, and the people don't have three cents of silver." The city where his home is located was formed from the merger of three counties, and one of its names is called "Wu". Panshan'.

Huang Chengjun went to the provincial capital to take a train to Guangdong, but unexpectedly met his childhood friend who was attending a cram school there. So, Huang Chengjun turned around and went home, and then went to the cram school with the 65,000 yuan borrowed from his father and mother.

There are a lot of people in the cram school, and the half-year tuition is 65,000 yuan, but there is no need to pay for it, and there is only one course - Japanese. In 2002, Huang Chengjun, who graduated from a cram school, came to Yokohama, Japan, in the name of studying abroad, and began a life of working part-time while hanging out at Yokohama City University. Of the 65,000 tuition fees, 63,000 are agency fees charged by study abroad agencies. This stay lasted for seven years.

Huang Chengjun used to like football very much. He was a full midfielder on the school team in elementary school and junior high school. I stopped playing football much after I entered high school, and even less frequently after coming to Japan, but I still like it very much.

Huang Chengjun's idol used to be former Chinese international Li Bing, because he was the pride of his hometown football team. Later, the idol became Zhuo Yang. This is not surprising, Zhuo Yang is a national idol.

Huang Chengjun has watched Zhuo Yang play twice live, both at this stadium. One time was in December 2007, when AC Milan defeated Boca Juniors 4:2 in the Club World Cup final. Zhuoyang scored two shots and passed the ball and became the MVP of the tournament. Another time, today, in the fifth round of Group A of the 2010 World Cup Asia Top Ten Tournament, the Chinese team 2:3 Japan.

The Chinese team lost, Zhuo Yang lost, and Huang Chengjun was very sad.

Huang Chengjun originally thought he would not be sad, because a few years ago he was horrified to discover that he hoped from the bottom of his heart that China would be inferior to Japan in all aspects. If a domestic industry surpasses Japan's, he will feel very sour because it will eat up Huang Chengjun's sense of superiority bit by bit. In the past seven years, Huang Chengjun has only been back to his hometown once, just last year.

He had already repaid the money he borrowed seven years ago through his part-time job salary, and he was also the pride of his parents. His middle school classmates were often the object of drunken bragging because he was in Japan. Huang Chengjun is very happy about this. He hopes that they will envy him. He wants to always prove that coming to Japan is the right choice.

But last year's 'Homecoming' made Huang Chengjun a little panicked, because his hometown had become almost unrecognizable to him. Although it was far from comparable to Yokohama, Huang Chengjun deliberately ignored the shock in his heart when he passed by Shanghai.

His classmates from elementary school didn't seem to be much worse than him. Over the years, they didn't have much wealth but they all lived a good life. They bought houses and got married, and many of his classmates had private cars. Huang Chengjun suddenly found that his sense of superiority was somewhat False.

I know that my life in Yokohama was bitter, but I have lost count of how many jobs I have changed in the past seven years. Huang Chengjun began to hate China because China’s development embarrassed him.

His sense of superiority was in vain. Therefore, whenever newspapers report negative news about China, he is always very happy.

When the Chinese team lost, he originally thought he would not be sad, but when Huang Chengjun saw the sadness Zhuo Yang was holding back, he knew he was wrong.

Huang Chengjun is a person who likes to observe details. When watching movies, he always pays attention to the expressions and acting skills of actors. When reading, he also likes to read books that describe the heart and emotions.

Huang Chengjun saw Zhuo Yang's sadness under his forced smile, saw Zhuo Yang's full-time effort to equalize the score twice, saw the Chinese team being defeated due to young goalkeeper Wang Dalei's low-level mistake at the last moment, and also saw Zhuo Yang not complaining to anyone. , he pulled his teammates up from the ground one by one, and saw Zhuo Yang holding Wang Dalei in his arms to comfort him.

Huang Chengjun is very aware of the grievances between China and Japan. The Chinese are unwilling to forget history, and the Japanese do not understand why the Chinese always look at the past. In Japanese middle school history textbooks, the content about World War II is 12 pages, but the content about the Anti-Japanese War (called the Sino-Japanese War in Japan) is less than one page.

Therefore, the Japanese believe that they are also a victim of World War II. Their conquests in Asia are to help the Asian people drive away the colonization of Western powers. Asian people, including China, welcome this. Even if there were some minor injuries in the war, it was something done by our grandfathers. What does it have to do with us?

Huang Chengjun is a person who understands football. He knows that the Chinese team will lose to no one and does not want to lose to Japan. However, the Japanese team is too far ahead of the Chinese team in terms of technology and tactical awareness, and their strength is not at the same level. It was Zhuoyang who forcibly narrowed the gap to the point where it was possible to fight.

Huang Chengjun has been here for seven years, and he knows that the Japanese have a complicated mentality towards Zhuo Yang. They adored him, but they also wished he failed. The Japanese can pronounce the sound 'zhuó', and there is also the word 'Zhuo' in Japanese, which is pronounced 'Taku', but the Japanese only call Zhuo Yang by his English name 'John'.

This was Zhuoyang's first loss after returning to the Chinese national team, and it was against Japan, the country he least wanted to lose. How could he not be sad? At this moment, Huang Chengjun suddenly understood Zhuo Yang, and he understood why Zhuo Yang chose to return without hesitation.

Zhuo Yang is also one of the best among people in Europe. Why should he return to China and bear the hardships? In Yokohama, I was just a single person living in a cramped apartment and running around doing business every day, but I took pleasure in laughing at China and slandering the motherland to compensate for my unbalanced mentality.

Huang Chengjun saw Zhuo Yang coming to the Chinese student stand where he was, and suppressed a bitter smile to say sorry to everyone. Many girls next to him cried. They said with tears: Zhuo Yang, you are the best, you are all the best. the best.

Zhuo Yang came to Huang Chengjun, held his extended hand and said: Thank you, I'm sorry.

Huang Chengjun couldn't control his tears anymore. He held Zhuo Yang's hand tightly and shouted heartbreakingly: "Come on, China—!"

Two days later, Huang Chengjun packed his bags and returned to his hometown, where his soul can rest.

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