Graduation in Phoenix Flower Bloom Season

When the blooming of cherry blossoms reached its peak by the end of April, and cherry blossoms start to gracefully and beautifully fall on the grounds in May; it is a sign for the coming summer.

In York, there is no particular spot for sightseeing cherry blossom; cheery trees can be seen near Rowntree Park, pavements, city centre and city walls, constituting a picturesque background with York’s historical buildings.

Street art in York

It is not a proper summer yet in the UK, but British people already had some hot and sunny days. By contrast, in Taiwan, summer comes earlier and has reached over 25 degrees Celsius. Many Delonix regia—the flame trees, start to display showy red and yellow flowers.

Delonix regia has an English name--Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant growing in a tropical or sub-tropical country in the world. In May, we can see many of ‘these red flames’ in Southern Taiwan during hot summer. 

May to July is phoenix flowering season in Taiwan, and is also about the time for college graduation.  Taiwanese draw on its flower language which symbolises ‘farewell’, or ‘fiery youth’  to describe graduation time as Phoenix Flower Bloom season.

These phoenix flower photos are provided by Brian Chiu@rich Media, a Taiwan-based company runs multiple-task jobs in professional IT fields. The shooting place is at Tomato kaisha (かいしゃ) nearby Kao Yuan University, which is a private university in Kaohsiung City, Southern Taiwan. The school has dedicated to developing applied science and engineering with setting up several research and management centres. The international sister schools across Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania areas. Moreover, their students have won numberless honours in international innovation and invention competition. 

Flowers of Delonix regia in full bloom.

Getting ready to leave school? Students at Kao Yuan University will be expected to have a wide distribution in many societies as the growth of Phoenix trees worldwide, and they have to be passionate as the flame to serve the ever-changing global IT working fields. In this competitive global era, Taiwanese young people have to be brave, be strong and to embrace the world! Give my best wishes to you all.

畢業於鳳凰花開季節

當櫻花盛開到4月底達到頂峰時，櫻花在5月優雅地美麗地飄落在地上時，這是夏天即將到來的跡象。在約克，並沒有特別的觀光景點可以欣賞櫻花盛開;在Rowntree公園，人行道,市中心和市城牆附近可以看到櫻花樹，與約克的歷史建築構成風景如畫的背景。

現在英國還不是一個真正的夏天，但英國人已經有了一些炎熱和陽光燦爛的日子。相較之下，在台灣，夏天來得早，已達25攝氏度以上。許多鳳凰樹 - 火焰樹，開始展現華麗的紅色和黃色的花朵。它有一個英文名字 - 皇家Poinciana或Flamboyant，生長在世界上熱帶或亞熱帶的國家。因此，在炎熱的夏天，我們可以在台灣南部看到很多'紅色火焰'。

五月到七月是台灣鳳凰花季，也是大學畢業的時候。台灣人取此花語其表達“告別”或“火熱的青春”來形容畢業季節為鳳凰花開季節。

感謝Brian Chiu富媒體提供這些鳳凰花照片，這家公司在IT專業領域多工營運。這個拍攝地方是在靠近高苑科技大學的番茄會社拍的。高苑科技大學是高雄南台灣一所私立大學，全心致力於開發應用科學和工程擁有數個研究及管理中心。他們的國際姊姊校遍及亞洲，北美，歐洲和大洋洲區域，並且學生在國際創新和發明競賽中已獲得無數榮譽。

準備離開學校了嗎? 學生們有望像鳳凰城樹一樣廣泛分佈，並充滿熱情，為不斷變化的全球IT領域服務。在高競爭的全球化時代, 台灣青年必須勇敢，堅強，擁抱世界！祝福你們!