After the willows' shade and flowers' brightness, there's another village. (Things look up after hardship.)
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culture
Willows symbolize spring, parting, and nostalgia in Chinese poetry. In ancient times, friends would break off a willow branch (折柳 zhéliǔ) to give as a farewell gift, because 柳 sounds like 留 (liú, to stay).
history
柳宗元 (Liǔ Zōngyuán) was one of the great Tang dynasty writers. The surname 柳 ranks among the top 100 Chinese surnames.
