The hydrangeas in the courtyard are in full bloom.
Tips
culture
抛绣球 (pāo xiùqiú, 'throwing the embroidered ball') is a Zhuang ethnic-minority courtship game from Guangxi: at festivals an unmarried young woman tosses a brightly embroidered silk ball, and the young man who catches it is favoured for romance. The phrase has become a metaphor - 'to throw the ball at someone' = to make an opening or invitation.
memory
The hydrangea is called 绣球 (or 绣球花) because its dense, rounded flower clusters look exactly like the puffy embroidered balls. One word, two distinct images, both clearly spherical.
