Hanami

by Eva Lechner

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Hanami

Artist

Eva Lechner

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Digital Art - Digital Art-photography/digital Art/photography Based Digital Painting

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Hanami is one of Japan’s most ancient festivals, but it’s celebrated as enthusiastically today as ever. Hanami literally means ‘flower viewing’, but in practice it usually refers to picnicking in the vicinity of cherry blossoms. This might not sound anything special to you, but the coming of the blossoms signifies the start of spring, and is much anticipated in Japan. Excitement starts to build in the weeks before the flowers bloom, as plans are made for parties welcoming their arrival.

Hanami has its origins in the eighth century, and originally focused on plum blossoms, which bloom slightly earlier. The focus switched to cherry blossoms during the ninth century reign of Emperor Saga, who held flower-viewing parties under the cherry blossom trees of the imperial court in Kyoto. At these early celebrations, aristocrats wrote and recited poems about the blossoms, and took pleasure in their beauty. Hanami gradually spread from the court elite to the samurai, and eventually to the common people. Nowadays almost everyone in Japan eagerly looks forward to the coming of the cherry blossoms.

Digitally created hand-painting based on my original photography

Contest winner:2nd tied place in the Contest Celebrations Of Asia - Awesome Asia Group- Monthly...December 2018

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August 13th, 2017

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