Peony flowers are not only of high ornamental value, but also are all treasures. Flowers, seeds, roots and flour all have high economic value. In addition to ornamental, its root can be used as medicine, called "Peony bark", which can cure hypertension, dispel pathogenic fire, clear heat and dissipate blood stasis, eliminate carbuncle and reduce swelling. Ouyang Xiu's Tale of Peony in Cao Zhou states: "Peony did not contain words at the beginning, only medicine contained materia medica. Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, summed up Shennong's herbal classics, and listed peony as a "national product" to "dispel blood stasis and soothe the five internal organs". In addition, the petals are edible and delicious. Now Heze has been developing products featuring peony, peony wine, peony cosmetics, peony essential oil and peony health tea, as well as a series of new peony foods, such as peony moon cakes, peony jiaozi and peony tonic soup. Today, Heze City has applied for more than 20 national patents for peony deep processing, which provides a strong technical guarantee for the transformation of peony scientific research results.
1. The ornamental parts of peony are mainly flowers, which are elegant and magnificent, and are known as "the national beauty and fragrance" and "the king of flowers". Heze peony can establish special gardens in parks and scenic spots; Build flower beds in classical gardens and residential courtyards for planting; Natural solitary planting, clumping planting or replanting in garden green space. It is also suitable for arranging flower borders, flower beds, flower belts, botanical gardens, community greening, urban greening, villas, companies, flower exhibitions and so on. Potted ornamental plants are more flexible in application. By delaying the flowering period, flowers can bloom all year round. Let China people see the beauty of peony flowers all year round.
2. Peony often constitutes the main body of the garden, forming a peony landscape, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, or clustered or clustered, such as Cao Zhou Peony Garden, Wuhan Donghu Peony Garden, Beijing Botanical Garden, Luoyang Peony Garden and Xiyuan Park. In late spring, peonies are in full bloom, colorful and spectacular. In addition, it is also used for fresh cut flowers, as ornamental and ceremonial flowers for flower arrangement.
3. Artistic value; With the development of science and technology, there are many peony dried flowers, artificial flowers and handicrafts processing enterprises in Heze.
It is used as medicine. Paeonol is the main medicinal component in Paeonia suffruticosa root, which has analgesic, blood stasis removing and antibacterial effects.
5. It is for eating. According to historical records, the consumption of peony flowers began in the Song Dynasty. Through chemical analysis, peony petals and pollen contain a variety of substances beneficial to human body, which can be cured if eaten with diseases, and can increase nutrition and strengthen the body without diseases. In the food culture of roast duck, there are vegetables, flowers and snacks. From the perspective of materials, there are flowers as the main materials and auxiliary materials, and peony flowers are fried, fried, steamed and brewed in cooking.
As a commodity transaction, Heze Peony was recorded in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi's poem "Transplanting Peony" has the words "Money can buy peony plants". Its value includes tens of thousands to buy a plant, tens of thousands to buy a plant, "a flower is worth thousands." The joint value of Yao Huang, the "Peony Flower King", and Wei Jiahua, the "Flower Queen" is 5,000 yuan. By 1990, the commercial peony has grown to 60,000 mu, with a total number exceeding10 million. It not only developed into industrialization, but also formed the pillar industry of Heze. In addition to meeting the domestic market, it also opened up foreign markets and exported to France, Japan, the United States, Italy, South Africa and other countries and regions, making Heze Peony famous all over the world and achieving good economic benefits.