Thousands of visitors crowded D.C.'s Tidal Basin for the first National Cherry Blossom Festival after two years of pandemic cancellations. The symbolism of the fleetingly beautiful blossoms was easy to grasp for many this year.
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There was much to contemplate, after two years of sickness, isolation and death that had canceled one of Washington’s signature events — the festival drew “You cannot say I just watch the cherry trees as usual because you have encountered the pandemic for so long, and you still feel pain,” Cheng said. “But maybe you also feel you cherish every moment because you never know what will happen in the future.”
By this time, his daughter had returned from a solo jaunt along the basin, bedecked in a cherry blossom cardigan, necklace and headband. She sat down next to her dad.Like the passing of her mother, the time before the pandemic “was normal life and you don’t expect it to go away,” Jennifer said.He did not need to be a Buddhist to feel the symbolism of the cherry trees. “It’s an ephemeral beauty,” he said. “The blossoms open and within a short period of time, they are done.
“The present is a gift,” she said, fan tucked in her obi — the wide kimono sash — pink and white parasol in her Hello Kitty shoulder bag. “Every day of your life should be a celebration. … I’m not going to wait for the proper occasion to have a special glass of wine. We are only here for so long and you never know when it’s going to end.”
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