On a snowy day in the middle of winter, when Wu Zetian visited the Houyuan garden in Chang'an, she ordered all flowers to open at the same time to help her drink. "I will go to the garden in the morning and report to the spring as soon as possible. The flowers will be sent all night long. Don't wait for the breeze to blow." As we all know, not only the flowering seasons are different, but also the flowering times are different. Violets are in full bloom in spring, roses are in full bloom in summer, chrysanthemums are in full bloom in late autumn, plum flowers are in full bloom in winter, roses and peonies are in the morning, nocturnal fragrance and Epiphyllum are in the night. Therefore, it is difficult to make all flowers obey the will of human beings and open at the same time. However, the power of the hundred flowers, which were awed by the empress of the war, all broke the rules and opened up. However, the peony was still standing proudly with dry branches and withered leaves. In a rage after the war, the peony was demoted to Luoyang. As soon as the peonies arrived in Luoyang, they immediately held up their heads in full bloom, with colorful flowers and rich brocade. After this, he ordered to burn the peony with fire. Unexpectedly, after the fire, the peony was even redder and more magnificent. It shows the peony's indomitable character.
In 604 ad, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, succeeded him and opened Xiyuan in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was curious about flowers and different stones. He went to the south of the Yangtze River three times to search for them. And send people to plant the peonies collected in the west garden. According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, "emperor Yang opened up 200 li of land for the west garden, and ordered flowers to enter the world." In Yizhou, there are twenty peonies, including feilaihong and yuanjiahong. Drunk Yan Hong, Yun Hong, tianwaihong, Yifu Huang, Yan'an Huang, xianchunhong, zhenfengjiao and other precious varieties. "
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the palace began to attach importance to peonies, and planted several kinds of red, purple, light red and white peonies in front of the chenxiangting Pavilion in the east of Xingqing and the Lishan palace. At the beginning of the flower, Yang Guifei took all the palace maids to visit the flower room, intoxicated. Wang renyuzai of the Five Dynasties said, "Yang Guozhong gave several peonies (peonies) to plant at home because of the special favor of his concubine." It is said that because the imperial concubine loved peony, Emperor Ming also gave it to her brother as a pet.
Ouyang Xiu, the word Yongshu, from the drunk Weng, the late Liuyi Ju, Ling (now Ji'an City, Jiangxi) people. When Ouyang Xiu was promoting officials in Luoyang, he found that "the customs of Luoyang are mostly good at flowers. In spring, flowers are planted in the city if they are not expensive." When flowers bloom, scholars and commoners travel. "It is said that in Luoyang City at that time, no matter the people's home or the official courtyard, peonies were planted. Ouyang Xiu visited people all over the world and made a detailed investigation of the history, cultivation, varieties and customs of Luoyang peony.
Pu Songling is a famous writer and thinker in Qing Dynasty. Pu Songling in his Liaozhaizhiyi: often used, Luo people, love peony. Hear Caozhou peony armour Qi, Lu, heart to go. It is suitable for him to be like Cao, because of the fake garden of the gentry. In February, the peonies did not bloom, but lingered in the garden, looking forward to their removal. And wrote down the Ge Jin, jade version of the myth.
Mao Zedong loved peony very much in his life. In 1935, Mao Zedong led the Red Army to Yan'an, the revolutionary base of Northern Shaanxi, after a long march of 25000 Li. In the harsh war gap, he led Zhou Enlai and Zhu De to visit peony in Wanhua mountain of Yan'an one day. He said to the people around him in the peony cluster: "this is a natural peony map. We must protect it well. When the whole country is liberated, we can go here. A people's Park will be built here. " One day in the winter of 1950, Mao Zedong took a walk in Zhongnanhai garden, stopped at the peony, told the story of Wu Zetian and peony to the staff around him, and said meaningfully: "young people should have the character of peony, not be afraid of violence, to take on the responsibility."
