日本一棵一千年的樱花树开花了

日本一棵一千年的樱花树开花了

Almost every spring, thousands of tourists line a walkway that winds up a path and around the base of a monstrous cherry tree in Miharu, Japan. The 1,000-year-old tree is known as the Takizakura, which means waterfall cherry tree.

在日本三春，几乎每年春天，都会有成千上万的游客在一棵巨大的樱花树脚下蜿蜒而上。这棵有1000年历史的树被称为“Takizakura”，意思是“瀑布樱花树”。

But this year, there are no crowds around the ancient, flowering tree. The coronavirus pandemic has kept people in their homes, avoiding the massive gathering of people who typically flock to the area to marvel at its vast cascading blossoms.

但今年，这棵古老的开花树周围没有人群。冠状病毒大流行让人们只能呆在家里，避免大规模聚集的人群，而这些人以往会蜂拥到该地区，观赏瀑布般盛开的花朵。

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The tree, of course, is flowering anyway.

当然，这棵树正在开花。

"For me, the tree is a reminder that nature is strong. Nature can get through anything," Kazue Otomo told NPR, after visiting the tree with her family. They wore face masks as they looked at the famous tree one last time before stepping away.

“对我来说，这棵树提醒我，大自然是强大的。大自然可以战胜一切，”Kazue Otomo在和家人参观完这棵树后告诉美国国家公共电台。他们戴着口罩，最后一次看了看这棵著名的树，然后离开了。

This isn't the first time the tree has put on a show without an audience, NPR points out that.

美国国家公共电台指出，这已经不是第一次在没有观众的情况下上演开花秀了。

Miharu is located in the Fukushima prefecture in northern Japan, where one of the world's worst nuclear disasters occurred in Fukushima in 2011. The power plant was hit by an earthquake, followed by a tsunami. For years, fear of radiation kept people from visiting the famed tree. The century-old tree has also survived wars and famines.

三春位于日本北部的福岛县，那里2011年发生了世界上最严重的核灾难之一。核电站遭到地震和海啸的袭击。多年来，人们对辐射的恐惧使他们不敢去参观这棵著名的树。这棵百年古树还在战争和饥荒中幸存下来。

Its caretakers have propped up the trees branches with wooden posts to keep it healthy and safe. The Takizakura is a specific species of weeping cherry." It's a tree "that spreads out in all directions and makes for a breathtaking vista," according to Fukushima Travel, the official tourism site for the area.

它的饲养员用木桩支撑着树枝，以保证它的健康和安全。Takizakura是一种特殊的樱花树。该地区的官方旅游网站福岛旅游称，这棵树“向四面八方伸展，形成了令人惊叹的景色”。

For visitors who want to see the waterfall of cherry blooms from the safety and comfort of home, Google Earth features the famed Takizakura as part of a virtual tour of some of the most beautiful cherry trees from around the world.

对于想要在家中安全舒适地欣赏樱花瀑布的游客来说，谷歌Earth将著名的Takizakura作为虚拟之旅的一部分，来体验世界各地最美丽的樱花树。

It will likely be the only way most people see the tree this year. But Sidafumi Hirata, the tree's caretaker, knows the tree will survive.

这可能是今年大多数人看到樱花树的唯一方式。但看护这棵树的平田sidafumi知道这棵树会活下来。

"This tree has lived so long, and the longer you live, the more bad events you see. More tragedies," Hirata told NPR. "So she will see more bad things, but she'll also see good — life is layers, layers of bad and good."

“这棵树活得很长，你活得越久，你看到的坏事就越多。更多的悲剧。“所以她会看到更多的坏事，但她也会看到好事——生活是一层层的坏事和好事组成的。”