From Cen Shen's (
岑参) Tang poem 《
白雪歌送武判官归京》 (Farewell to Magistrate Wu in Snow):
忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开 - 'As if a spring wind had come in a single night, ten thousand pear trees burst into bloom.' Originally describing snowdrifts on northern branches that looked like pear blossoms. Today almost always figurative, a social or technological phenomenon that appears everywhere overnight.