每年3月到4月都是看樱花的最佳时节，世界各地观赏樱花的地方都围满了游客，大家对春日里的一抹淡粉欢喜不已。

　　在英文中，樱花的表达就是"cherry blossom"，其中cherry大家一定不陌生，就是樱桃的意思，虽然我们观赏的樱花好像并不结樱桃，但是英文表达并没有区别。Blossom是花朵的意思，所以cherry blossom就可以表示樱花。同理，梅花的表达可以说plum blossom。说到观赏樱花，大家第一个反应可能都是日本，但其实世界上除了日本，还有很多适合观赏樱花的地区，接下来就跟随南京环球教育刘梦雅老师一起去看一看。

　　加拿大

　　Vancouver, British Columbia is famous for its thousands of cherry trees lining many streets and in many parks, including Queen Elizabeth Park and Stanley Park. Vancouver holds the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festivalevery year. With multiple varieties and a temperate climate, they begin to bloom in February yearly and peak in April.

　　新西兰

　　Hagley Park is the largest urban open space in Christchurch, New Zealand and has many cherry blossom trees of several varieties.

　　中国台湾

　　Typically found in mountainous areas, cherry blossoms are a popular attraction in Taiwan, with numerous specially tailored viewing tours. Among the most easily accessible and thus most popular locations for viewing them are Yangmingshan（阳明山）, in Taipei, and Wuling Farm, in Taichung（台中）.

　　巴西

　　In S?o Paulo State, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, it is common to find them in Japan-related facilities and in some homes, usually of the cultivars Prunus serrulata 'Yukiwari' and Prunus serrulatavar. lannesiana 'Himalaya'. Some cities, as Gar?a and Campos do Jord?o, have annual festivals to celebrate the blooming of the trees and the Japanese culture.

　　中国

　　Cherry trees naturally grow in the middle northern or southern part of China, the area nearby the sea. However, the most famous cherry blossom parks in China reflect Japan's brief occupation of parts of China during the first half of the 20th century or the donation from Japan thereafter:

　　Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park in Lushun, Dalian, Liaoning

　　East Lake Cherry Blossom Park near Wuhan University, in Donghu District, Wuhan, Hubei

　　Wuhan University, in Donghu District, Wuhan, Hubei

　　Nanshan Botanical Garden in Nan'an District, Chongqing