[ **up: [[Plants]]** ] --- # Willows / *Salix* (Genus) ## Chinese poetry ### Symbolism [[2024-0416. 'Chinese people are more likely to express feelings of love in a more roundabout or symbolic way'.|’Instead of conveying love to others by directly saying “I love you” or “I miss you,” Chinese people are more likely to express feelings of love in a more roundabout or symbolic way in Chinese literature. For instance, poets describe … the willow tree (similar pronunciation as 留 liú, to stay) in scenes of separation.’]][^1] [^1]: Zhang Shijie, ‘Mastering Chinese Poetry, Ep. 2: Love Seeds’, *Culture China*, 8 September 2019, https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-08-07/Mastering-Chinese-Poetry-Ep-2-Love-Seeds-IWHHpIE6iI/index.html.