"Luoyang is the most suitable flower, and peony is especially strange in the world." Luoyang, Henan Province is known as the hometown of peony. Its cultivation began in Sui Dynasty, flourished in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. Peony flowers in Luoyang are large, varied and colorful. There are 9 color systems, 10 flower patterns and 1000 varieties, including red, white, pink, yellow, purple, blue, green, black and multicolor. Every April, there will be peony flowers in Luoyang, and then Luoyang City will be crowded with people competing to see the beauty of peony.
Heze, formerly known as Cao Zhou, is a famous peony town in China. 20 12 China Flower Association decided to name Heze as "Peony Capital of China".
Heze is the largest peony breeding, cultivation, scientific research, processing, export and ornamental base in the world. In 2002, it passed the "Heze Peony Origin Registration" organized by the state. In 2006, it was named "China Peony City" and 20 12 was named "China Peony Capital".
There are many varieties of peony in Heze, and the colors are gorgeous. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the best peony in Cao Zhou". Through excavation and processing, it has successfully shaped the image of "Peony Capital" to the world, pushed the peony industry in China to a peak and had a far-reaching impact on future generations.
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Peony Culture Peony is an inherent specialty flower in China, with thousands of years of natural growth and more than 2,000 years of artificial cultivation history. Its flowers are large, beautiful, colorful and fragrant, which have been praised by people of all ages and have high ornamental and medicinal value. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica has been scattered in various ancient books with medicinal plants as the carrier.
Peony culturology has been formed, including botany, horticulture, pharmacology, geography, literature, art, folklore and other disciplines. It is a part of China culture and folk custom, and a cell of China culture as a whole. Through it, we can gain insight into the overall characteristics of China culture, which is the phenomenon of "cultural holography".
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-the hometown of peony
Baidu encyclopedia-hometown of peony Heze, Shandong