Paeonia lactiflora (scientific name: Paeonia lactiflora? Pall.), also known as the alias of the grass, flowers in the chancellor, belongs to the order of the five forking fruits, the family Paeoniaceae Paeoniaceae Paeoniae group of perennial herbs. The root is produced from the root neck below, fleshy, stout, fusiform or long columnar, 0.6-3.5cm thick.
Paeoniflora petals are obovate, the disk is a shallow cup, the flowering period of May to June, the flower is usually inserted in the apical or near the apical leaf axil of the stem, the original species of white flowers, petals 5 to 13. Horticultural varieties of flowers are rich in color, white, pink, red, purple, yellow, green, black and compound colors, etc., flower diameter 10-30 cm, petals up to hundreds. The fruit is fusiform and the seeds are round, oblong or pointed.
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Botanical Culture
Paeonies are known as the "Flower Fairy" and "Flower Phase", and are listed as one of the "Ten Famous Flowers", and are also known as one of the "Ten Famous Flowers".
Paeony is known as "flower fairy" and "flower phase", and is listed as one of the "Ten Famous Flowers", and is also known as "May Flower God", which has been honored as the representative flower of Tanabata Festival because it has been used as the flower of love since ancient times. In addition, "Bean Xiangyun drunkenly sleeping on peony underclothing" is known as one of the classic scenes in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Painting
In the history of Chinese art and painting, the peony is rich and colorful. Emperor Guangxu once wrote "Paeoniae" with his royal brush. Zhang Qiuhai, a famous Chinese oil painting master, made "Zhang Qiuhai Paeonia Picture" for peony.
City Flowers
The main Chinese peony ornamental resorts are: Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province (China Yizheng Peony Festival, Yizheng Peony Garden is commonly known as China's first peony garden), Zhongjiang, Sichuan Province (China's peony hometown of China's peony valley 4A scenic spot), Bozhou (the largest market of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs in the country), in addition, there are: Heze (Caozhou Hundred Flowers), Luoyang (the National Peony Garden), and Beijing (Jingshan Park).
On January 5, 2005, the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth Yangzhou Municipal People's Congress decided to add the peony as the city flower of Yangzhou.
Poetry
The peony is an important flower in the Dream of the Red Chamber, and the sixty-second chapter of the book, "Bean Xiangyun sleeps drunk under a peony mat," should be one of the most beautiful scenes in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Legend
Legend has it that peony and peony are not ordinary flowers, but are the result of a plague in a certain year, and the Jade Maiden or the Goddess of Flowers stole the Queen Mother's elixir and spread it on earth in order to save the world. As a result, some peonies became woody and some peonies became herbaceous, and to this day, peony still carries the word "medicine". The flowers, leaves, roots and stems of peony and peony can indeed be used as medicine. The danshi of peony is the most famous one, and the white peony is the best one for nourishing yin and tonifying blood.
There is a similar legend in the ancient West, which says that the famous doctor of ancient Greece, Asclepiades, had a smart student, Peon, who was better than the others, and even cured the wound of the god of the underworld, Hetes. Asklepiye was jealous and killed Peion. Luckily, the god of the underworld remembered his favor and turned Peony into a flower that could cure diseases, namely the peony. Westerners have also always believed that peony has some kind of magic power, wherever peony grows, demons will disappear without a trace, and it can even fight against the most poisonous flower, the mandrake.
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