When the phoenix flowers bloom and Auld Lang Syne is sung, it is the time to hold graduation ceremonies. Many students are graduating from schools to begin new lives like blooming phoenix flowers. With blooming flowers that look like flames, with the height of about 20m, phoenix tree is regarded as one of the most beautiful and colorful trees in the world. Blooming in May, June, and July every year, it is also the time for holding graduation ceremonies at schools in Taiwan. Therefore, phoenix flower is regarded as the symbol of graduation in Taiwan.
After the blooming of yellow flowers on golden-trumpet trees and white flowers on Tung blossom trees, the weather becomes hot in the summer. Then, comes the season for the blooming of phoenix flowers. In this year, the phoenix flowers flourish vividly in schools and parks throughout Changhua. Accompanying with red flowers and green leaves, the azure sky is exceptionally gorgeous. Lively and vivid, the red flowers paved the paths red when they fall. Decorated with different flowers in different seasons, Changhua is magnificent.
Lusun Road is located at the junction of Xizhou, Tianzhong, and Ershui in Changhua County, connecting to the Dazhong Community and Chenggong Community. Along the road, 2km long, phoenix trees greet the visitors on both sides. When the summer comes, red flowers bloom all over the trees, dying the sky red. The fallen petals pave the road with a red carpet. With sunlight sieving through the red flowers and green leaves, it becomes a lost horizon, tranquil and remote. Introduced in the media in recent years, it attracts thousands of visitors during the blooming season. Wandering under the trees with blooming phoenix flowers, it is pleasant to enjoy the scenes of the dancing paddy rice fields on both sides. Pacing on the red carpet paved with fallen petals of the phoenix flowers, the breeze caresses your faces, leading you to the realm of tranquility. It is nice to enjoy the leisure of early summer in a rural village in Changhua. Welcome to enjoy the magnificence of Changhua County. The gorgeous views will be all yours.
Suggested resorts:
1. Lusun Road, Xizhou
2. Buddha Scenic Area, Eight Trigram Mountains, Changhua
3. Fenyuan, the lychee lovers’ paradise
●Delonix regia
Delonix regia is also called as shadow tree, phoenix tree, phoenix flower, golden phoenix, flame phoenix, jacaranda, red jacaranda, fire tree, red flaming jacaranda, flame tree, tropical sen yan, and more, belonging to Leguminosea delonix.
With fiery red or orange flowers with green compound leaves, phoenix tree is regarded as one of the most colorful trees in the world. With broad and hanging canopy, it has dense leaves that capture the wind. In the tropical zones, it provides shades during the hot summer. In Taiwan, people believe the blooming phoenix flowers utter the word “farewell” in summer. As it blooms during May, June, and July every year when students graduate from schools. Therefore, it symbolizes graduation and parting.