The willow twig is a part of the willow tree, and in Chinese, the character for the willow tree is a homophone of the character liu, which means asking a person to stay when bidding farewell.

gouache on paper, depicting a whimsical scene of white and orange ducks walking beneath a sweeping green willow tree against a deep black background ... 1980 Dimensions: 28.25"L x 22.25"H Country of ...

Locals and tourists from elsewhere pass the tree without a second glance ... They also explain why many educated Chinese have heard of punting. Xu's willow is just one stop on an emerging grand ...

Four thousand years ago, Sumerians wrote about how the willow tree could be used for pain relief. “Both Chinese and Greek civilizations employed willow bark for medical use more than 2,000 years ...

[Photo/Xinhua] In a village 30 km from the county seat of Haiyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a willow tree with a V-shaped trunk stands on a hill as witness to a devastating ...

This popular design depicting a classic Chinese landscape included a weeping willow, pagodas and a fruit tree was based on a Chinese willow story. The aim of using this design was to promote ...