“The center of the world is everywhere and the periphery nowhere.”
Maple syrup - A syrup made from the sap of sugar maple.
Sirop d'érable - Un sirop à base de sève d'érable à sucre.
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Mangrove - With evergreen salt-tolerant trees or shrubs.
Mangrove - Avec des arbres ou arbustes persistants, tolérants au sel.
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The cedar of Lebanon
A large evergreen conifer
Gilgamesh traveling to the Cedar Forest
Solomon providing cedar timber to build the Temple
National emblem of Lebanon,
Displayed on the flag and coat of arms
“Peace is a long tree to grow.
Like the cedar, we need
To suck up much more rock
To establish its unity.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
Le cèdre du Liban
Grand conifère à feuilles persistantes
Gilgamesh se rend dans la forêt de cèdres
Salomon fournit du bois de cèdre pour la construction du temple
Emblème national du Liban,
Sur le drapeau et les armoiries
« La paix est un arbre long à grandir.
Il nous faut, de même que le cèdre,
Aspirer encore beaucoup de rocaille
Pour lui fonder son unité ».
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
IoT - Internet of Trees in Melbourne.
IoT - Internet des arbres à Melbourne.
Yggdrasil – A cosmic mythical ash tree in Norse cosmology, connecting the Nine Worlds (with different possible classifications) and supported by three roots. Attested in the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda.
Yggdrasil - Un frêne cosmique de la mythologie nordique, reliant les Neuf Mondes (différentes classifications possibles) et maintenu par trois racines géantes. Attesté dans l'Edda poétique et l'Edda de Snorri.
Miharu Takizakura 三 春 滝 桜
Miharu waterfall cherry tree
Designated a national treasure in 1922
One of the five great cherry trees of Japan (日本五大桜)
One of the three giant cherry trees of Japan (日本三巨大桜)
For over than 1,000 years
The people of Fukushima and from all over Japan
Gather around during hanami 花見
Even the earthquake
Did not shake it
Hanami 花見 - A Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the blossom of cherry trees ("sakura") ou plum trees.
Hanami 花見 - Une coutume japonaise traditionnelle lors de la floraison des cerisiers ("sakura") ou des pruniers.
Sikmogil 식목일 - A celebration in South Korea, April 5, when public take part in tree-planting activities following the Korean War. Singmogil or "Tree Day" is a national holiday in South Korea, encouraging the planting of trees to counter the natural damage caused during this period.
Singmogil 식목일 “jour des arbres” - Fête nationale en Corée du Sud, 5 avril – Fait suite à la Guerre de Corée, lorsque le gouvernement sud-coréen a souhaité procéder à la reforestation du pays.
Kanagawa Prefecture 神奈川県
Written with the kanji 神 “gods” “mind” “soul” shin, jin, kami, ka
That we also meet for instance in…
神木 shinboku “sacred tree”
神剣 shinken “divine sword”
多神論 tashinron “polytheism”
Yamanashi Prefecture 山梨県
Written with the kanji 梨 “pear” nashi, ri
That we also meet for instance in…
梨の木 nashinoki “pear tree”
梨壺の五人 nashitsubonogonin “a group of 5 scholars (and poets)”
