蕭蕭雙耳聽"桉"風

蕭蕭雙耳聽"桉"風

The wind, in and of itself, is not really that interesting, merely air in
natural motion moving across the earth surface. However, the
ancient Chinese scholars or poets had found it to be pleasant and
enjoyable, especially the wind in the pines. They called it 松風, or
松濤.

They either heard "閣上風來松有聲", or "耳聽松風眼看泉". They
"蕭蕭雙耳聽松風", "聽徹松風晝夜聲" and described the wind in the
pines as "萬松青一色，濃濤喧大壑" , and even "枕中雲氣千峰近，
床底松聲萬壑哀".(北宋曾公亮, 夜宿江蘇甘露寺, 斗室睡臥中.)

This morning, we experienced a different kind of “tree wind”,
that is "桉風", the Eucalyptus wind. (桉樹, Eucalyptus, 又名尤加利樹)



We went on our weekly “gentle” hiking in the nearby Westwood Hills
just after dawn today. It was a windy morning in the Valley. While we
were strolling through the "Eucalyptus Canyon", we heard the roaring,
rustling and occasional creaking sounds coming down from the top of
the grove. Their trunks swayed back and forth, and periodically
struck each other making a unique crispy percussion sound, or the
sound of “tree knocking” (wood knocking).

This was a wonderful scene from nature and an example of nature’s
symphony.


Yeh Tze