Qing Yun Shouping, "Peony in landscape and flower atlas"
It is hidden in the Palace Museum.
Spring is nearing its end,
There is still one last solar term "Valley Rain",
A hundred flowers have bloomed everywhere,
At this time, the peony appeared in full costume,
It shows the king's demeanor of not competing with a hundred flowers.
Folk proverb "Gu Yu Three Dynasties Look at Peonies",
It means three days after the valley rains
It is the best time to see peonies,
Therefore, peony is also known as "valley rain flower".
peony
Native to the valleys and hills of the Central Plains,
It was first used as a medicinal plant
It is recorded in the Shennong Materia Medica.
She was born graceful and luxurious,
The atmosphere is not weak character,
Even though he was born in a valley,
Can't resist her standing out,
Become the focus of the world's attention,
Eventually known as the "King of Flowers".
Tang Dynasty literary scholar Liu Yuxi praised:
"Only peonies are true national colors,
The blossom season moves the capital. >
Qing Chen Mei "Moon Man Qing Tour Album"
It is hidden in the Palace Museum.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties,
Peony as an ornamental flower,
Begin to enter the world's vision.
During the Sui Dynasty,
The Sui Dynasty Emperor harvested the strange flowers and grasses of the world,
"Two hundred miles into the West Garden,
The flowers of the world,
Yizhou into twenty boxes of peonies,
There are He Hong, Fei Lai Hong, Yuan Jia Hong, Drunken Face Red..."
All kinds of colorful, palatial peonies,
Instantly capture the hearts of the world,
Peony cultivation also began to flourish.
By the time of the Tang Dynasty,
Peony ushered in unprecedented development.
Whether it is a court or a nobleman,
and civilian civilians,
They are all proud to grow peonies and admire peonies.
Tang Dynasty poet Lu Lundao:
"The rich and reclusive in Chang'an cherish the spring,
Compete for the west purple peony on the street. ”
Bai Juyi also sighed:
"The flowers blossom and fall for twenty days,
Everyone in a city is crazy. ”
The Tang Dynasty people's fanatical preference for peonies,
Making peony cultivation very common,
At the same time, many varieties have been bred,
Some even spend thousands of dollars.
It can be described as "forty years of change",
"Buying seeds is no longer a matter of family credit."
Among them, Luoyang peony is the most famous,
Ouyang Xiu's "Luoyang Peony Map" cloud:
"Luoyang ground vein flower is the most suitable,
Peonies are especially strange. ”
Finally achieved the peony "national color heavenly fragrance"
The supreme position in the flower.
Today
Every year around the valley rains
Peony flower exhibitions around the world,
Still ecstatic.