“A City A Story” photo weekly contest #22: Green COLOR 江南春光，最美人间四月天

Fair Southern shore with scenes I adore.
At sunrise riverside flowers redder than fire, In spring green waves grow as blue as sapphire.
Which I can't but admire.

江南好，风景旧曾谙。
日出江花红胜火，春来江水绿如蓝。
能不忆江南？

Good morning lovelies! It is Spring here in Suzhou, and summer is in the corner. So happy to be back in Suzhou after spending a 3-day holiday in my hometown during the Qingming Festival. My holiday was full of love hat feeling of hope when we think about the days spent with the passed ones. Today I am showing my entry for “A City A Story” photo weekly contest #22 COLOR hosted by @aaronli. I planned this green theme photo series to show the beautiful spring time in our city.

早安，各位！现在的苏州是最美的春季，夏天即将到来。在清明节期间，在家乡度过3天的假期，Ethan他家缅怀亲人的仪式感很足，一家人有着共同的回忆，一起追忆亲人，回忆过去，很有爱。今天这篇文章写来参加@aaronli主办的“A City A Story”照片每周比赛＃22 COLOR的作品。我计划这个绿色的主题照片系列，展现江南美丽的春天。

Small bridges and flowing waters , white walls and dark grey roof tiles match one another in tranquil elegance

苏州的街巷临河，小桥流水，粉墙黛瓦，简静雅洁。

When I saw the theme of this contest: COLOR, what comes to my mind is: wow, our city definitely has NO colors for its architecture, ONLY white wall and black tiles. Yes, our city looks like a painting of ink and wash. Old street and deep lane, Water bridge, sheltered in the rain, like the watch of missing 1,000 years.

看到这一期的主题是色彩的时候，我第一反应的是“MD，我们大苏州的建筑没有色彩！”为了保持古城的风貌，苏州政府会统一建筑色彩，都是粉墙黛瓦。记得平江路一家潮店很时尚的翻新成了红色的墙面，我去拍照的时候发现，一片粉墙黛瓦中，一面复古的砖红色，好看的紧。可惜第二天就被勒令整改，给刷白回来。我们大苏州必须是那道白月光，隐在烟雨迷蒙中，恍若千年一叹的守望。

The day we took this photos with Ethan, it was one the cold morning in Suzhou. And we met an old friend, and her first comment was: Aren’t you cold? The morning here is chilly, but when the sun go up, the weather will become heated.

那天我们和Ethan一起拍了这张照片，这是苏州一个寒冷的早晨。我们遇到了一位老朋友，一见面她就问我冷不冷吗？我当然是冻得直哆嗦，苏州的早晚温差很大，清晨很冷，但当太阳升起之后，天气会变热。

We celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary when I saw some newly married couples are taking wedding photos. So sweet. I am very excited to see everyone around me is in love. Love is in the air. It feels like fall in love again. I had a very busy weekend when taking this photo series. It was a lovely day but we were so tired at the end lol.

当我看到一些新婚夫妇正在拍婚纱照时，我们庆祝了我们的第六个结婚纪念日。如此甜蜜。我很高兴看到身边的每个人都在恋爱。爱无所不在。感觉就像再次坠入爱河。拍摄这部影集时我周末非常忙碌。 是美好的一天，但我们在最后很疲倦。

The weather is quite good, and the air is fresh. It is the perfect time to date with Ethan. I love the simplicity of those green days in this beautiful city, just a simple walk to the river side and you feel totally inspired again.

天气很好，空气清新，约会的好时机。我喜欢这个美丽城市的绿色的小清新，简单的手牵手沿着河边小道散步，很惬意。

I hope you have a lovely weekend. thank you for reading. Xoxo

我希望你有一个愉快的一周。谢谢你的阅读。

Location/地点: Suzhou, China 中国苏州
Camera/相机 : Nikon 尼康