The Library of Congress celebrates the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival by debuting a new video series that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing.
Developed to support the festival’s 2021 efforts to “blossom safely,” the four-to-five-minute videos can be enjoyed by viewers everywhere during the festival March 20-April 12 and beyond through the Library's YouTube site and on the Library of Congress website.
There are three videos in the series:
Developed to support the festival’s 2021 efforts to “blossom safely,” the four-to-five-minute videos can be enjoyed by viewers everywhere during the festival March 20-April 12 and beyond through the Library's YouTube site and on the Library of Congress website.
- “Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Culture” explores Japan’s centuries-old blossom viewing traditions. SEE ABOVE.
- “Tokyo’s Gift of Friendship” recounts the origins and events surrounding the 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees to the city of Washington.
- “Fleeting Beauty, Enduring Traditions” highlights the Library’s National Cherry Blossom Festival collection, which includes posters from 1987 to the present and Cherry Blossom Princess programs from 1949 to the present.
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