Heze peony is the best in the world.

Heze City, Shandong Province is the largest peony production base, scientific research base, export base and ornamental base in the world, so it is known as "Heze Peony is the best in the world, and the peony in the world comes out of Heze".

Peony is elegant and beautiful, and is known as "the beauty of the country" and "the king of flowers". It is a symbol of wealth, auspiciousness and prosperity. It has always been regarded as a precious garden product. Every year in mid-April, it is the peak flowering period of peony, and it is also the peony cultural tourism festival in Heze, Shandong Province.

Heze, formerly known as Cao Zhou, is known as "a famous county" and "a metropolis". Here, there are rich things, excellent people and excellent books. There were many peonies in Luoyang in Song Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, the planting center has moved to Cao Zhou. Peony has been planted in Cao Zhou for hundreds of years, with large flowers, bright colors, beautiful shapes, magnificence and elegance.

Peony:

Peony is a deciduous shrub of Paeonia in Paeoniaceae. Originated in China, it is a rare woody flower unique to China and one of the top ten famous flowers. It has been cultivated for more than 4,000 years, with a wide distribution area and a wide variety; Peony flowers are brightly colored, elegant and auspicious, and are known as "the national color and fragrance" and "the king of flowers"

There was no word "peony" in ancient times, which used to be collectively referred to as peony. It was not until the Tang Wuzhou that there was a record of calling the wood peony "peony". During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an peony flourished, and Luoyang was the best in the world in the Song Dynasty, and the former Shu was the first.

Peony as an ornamental plant began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there are many records in the literature. Liu Saike's "Jia Ji" says: "There are Dan paintings in the Northern Qi Dynasty". Now that the peony has been painted, it is undoubtedly the object of appreciation. In China, there are Heze peony in the north and Luoyang peony in the south.