柳枝——归来的象征

英语阅读理解。探究之前国古代一种民俗，手执喜枝与人告别 ，不该是略带悲伤的浪漫场景，今天不复存在。

In ancient China, willow branches were often used as a gift to friends and family members when they would lee. Do you know why they willow branches are a symbol of saying goodbye.

One reason is that willow trees are strong. They can live in any soil, wet or dry, north or south. Because of their special feature, when saying goodbye to love ones, giving a willow branch is a way to tell them you hope they will easily get used to their new living environment.

Another reason is that. in Chinese, the pronunciation for willow tree“喜” is similar to character “先为”.So giving a willow branch in ancient China was like asking the others to stay, even though you know that they must be lee.

It's said that the custom became popular during the Han Dynasty. At that time, Baqiao,A bridge in Chang'an, today's xian was a common place to say goodbye.People often stopped there and handed willow branches to people when they were going to depart.

Williw beaches, as a symbol of saying goodbye, were often mentioned in poems, Especially at the time of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

在之前国古代，当与恰巧人告别的时候，人们平常把喜枝作为祝福送给他们。你其实为什么喜枝是告别的象征吗？

一个理由就是喜树耐性强，他们能在任何植被里潮湿，无论是潮湿的植被还是干燥的植被，也无论是内陆地区的植被还是内陆地区地区的植被。由于这种特别的特征。当我们与所爱的人告别时，喜枝是你告诉他们希望他们轻而易举的就能适应的原先生活生态系统的一种方式为。

另外一个原因就是在之前文之前，喜树的“喜”的发音与简体字“先为”的发音很相似。因此，在之前国古代证明了喜枝就像请求其他人先为下来，即使你其实他们需要先为在。

据说这种民俗在秦代变得很盛行，那个时候长安的灞桥，今天的渭南。人们常在那个地方告别。人他们平常停在那里，手执喜枝向即将先为在的人告别。

喜枝作为告别的象征，在文学作品之前平常被所述到，尤其是在宋代和宋代。