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Video of a man rocking a blooming cherry tree sparks online backlash

As the weather gets warmer, cherry blossoms have come into their own at locations around China.

Known for its more than 1,000 blooming cherry trees, Wuhan University in central Chinas Hubei Province has attracted hordes[1] of visitors to its annual cherry blooming festival, running from March 20 to April 2.

[1]horde: a large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way〔吵吵嚷嚷的〕一大群

There were hordes of people inside the station.

車站裡有一群群亂鬨哄的人。

But things turned sour[令人失望；不受歡迎；惡化] when a video showing a visitor rocking a blooming cherry tree went viral[2] on Saturday.

[2]viral: passed on to other people on the Internet or using mobile phones〔在網路上或用手機〕廣為傳播的

It is one of the most viewed viral videos on the web.

這是網路上被觀看次數最多的「病毒視頻」。

It triggered a huge backlash[3] among Chinese social media users as well as students of the university.

[3]backlash: a strong negative reaction by a number of people against recent events, especially against political or social developments〔尤指對政治或社會事件的〕強烈反應，反對，抵制

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The 1970s saw the first backlash against the womens movement.

20世紀70年代首次出現對婦女運動的抵制。

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The management fear a backlash from fans over the teams poor performances. 管理層擔心球迷會對球隊的拙劣表現做出強烈反應。

In the video first released on Yishou Video, a young man was seen crossing the fence and fiercely shaking a cherry tree to make its flowers fall, amid laughter and cheers from his companions.

Taken at the campuss famed Cherry Blossom Boulevard[林蔭大道], the man was on the point of shaking another tree but by that time, an incensed crowd reacted and someone pulled the culprit[4] off the tree.

[4]culprit: the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong

罪犯；造成破壞[問題]的人

Police finally managed to catch the culprit.

警察終於抓住了罪犯。

According to a witness, the man was so infuriated that he was about to hit the person who stopped him but was prevented from doing so.

Later that day, the university posted a video on its official Weibo account calling on the public to protect the cherry blossoms, saying "Is the rain of cherry blossoms beautiful? The flowers hurt a lot."

The post has generated much anguish from netizens as well as students. Some said people should be given a fine for that type of behavior; one student even said they hoped the school would cancel the annual festival.

Many visitors rushed to the campus as a result of the incident, causing some inconvenience to daily teaching. On Mar. 22, to shelter from the rain, some visitors even got into a teaching building, forcing the early dismissal of a class.

To tackle the situation and to cap[5] the daily number of visitors, Wuhan University had already set up an online booking system, with the capped[有上限的，封頂的] number set at 15,000 on weekdays and 30,000 at weekends. Visitors have to swap their ID cards and facial recognition systems before entering the campus.

[5]cap：[often passive,常用被動態]to limit the amount of something, especially money, that can be used, allowed, or spent 限制〔尤指金錢〕

the only county to have its spending capped by the government

唯一一個開支受控於政府的縣

The school also said that visitors who behave in an "uncivilized" manner while visiting would be blacklisted and banned.