《开花爷爷》是日本流传很广的民间故事，日语叫花咲爷，和《桃太郎》《舌切雀》等故事一起，被称为日本五大民间故事。它很早就在民间口口相传，江户时代已经出现了带插图的小故事书。到了明治时期，儿童文学作家岩谷小波把各地的民间故事整理成《日本昔话》丛书，这个故事也收在其中，从此成了日本孩子从小就听的故事。

The Old Man Who Made Trees Bloom, called Hanasaka Jiisan in Japanese, is one of the best-known folk tales in Japan. Together with stories such as Momotaro and The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, it is counted among the five great Japanese folk tales. It was passed down by word of mouth for a long time, and illustrated storybooks of it already appeared in the Edo period. In the Meiji era, Iwaya Sazanami, a writer of stories for children, collected folk tales from all over the country into the series Japanese Fairy Tales, and this story was included, becoming a tale that Japanese children grow up hearing.

樱花在日本人心里有特别的位置。每年春天，人们会和家人朋友一起坐在樱花树下野餐、赏花，这个习俗叫作花见，已经有一千多年的历史。花开得很美，却只开一两个星期，所以日本人常常用樱花来提醒自己，要珍惜美好的时光。

Cherry blossoms hold a special place in Japanese hearts. Every spring, people sit under the cherry trees with family and friends to picnic and enjoy the flowers. This custom is called hanami, and it has a history of more than a thousand years. The blossoms are beautiful but last only a week or two, so people in Japan often see them as a reminder to treasure the good times.

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