Chinese phoenix fragrance centennial national flower Wu Zetian and peony.
On a day when the snow was fluttering in the middle of winter, when Wu Zetian was visiting the Houyuan in Chang'an, he ordered a hundred flowers to bloom at the same time to help her wine flourish. The decree said: "Tomorrow morning to the garden, quickly report the spring, the flowers must be sent overnight, don't wait for the wind to blow." "Everyone knows that not only the different seasons of flowering, but also the timing of flowering. Violets bloom in spring, roses bloom in summer, chrysanthemums compete in late autumn, and plum blossoms are beautiful in winterRoses and peonies bloom in the morning, and nightshades and epiphyllum bloom at night. Therefore, it is difficult to make a hundred flowers obey the will of man and bloom at the same time. However, the hundred flowers were intimidated by the power of the Empress Wu, and they all opened up on time, but the peony was still dry and withered, standing proudly. Empress Wu was furious and demoted the peony to Luoyang. As soon as the peony arrived in Luoyang, it immediately bloomed with its head held high, the flowers were colorful and splendid. This made the Empress Wu even more angry, and ordered the peony to be burned with fire, but unexpectedly, the peony was burned by fire, but it was even more red like a cloud of smoke, slim and elegant, very spectacular. It shows the peony's unafraid of power and heroic and unyielding character. 
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Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Peony In 604 AD, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne and opened the West Garden in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was curious about flowers and stones, and went to the south of the Yangtze River three times to search. And sent people to plant the peonies collected from all over the country in the West Garden. According to the records of the Tang Dynasty: "Emperor Yang opened up 200 miles of land for the West Garden, and ordered the world to enter flowers." Yizhou into twenty peonies, there are flying red, Yuan Jiahong. Drunken Yan Red, Cloud Red, Tianwai Red, Yifu Yellow, Yan'an Yellow, Xianchun Red, Trembling Wind Jiao and other precious varieties. ”
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During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guifei and Peony began to attach importance to peonies, and planted several kinds of red, purple, light red, white and other color peonies in front of the Xingqing East Agarwood Pavilion and Lishan Palace. When the flowers first bloomed, Yang Guifei took the palace maids to enjoy the flowers, and she was drunk. Wang Renyuzai of the fifth generation: "At the beginning of Yang Guozhong, because of the special favor of the concubine, he was given several copies of wood peony (that is, peony) and planted at home. According to reports, because the concubine was favored and loved peonies, Emperor Tang Ming also gave peonies to her brother as a favored thing. 
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Ouyang Xiu and Peony Ouyang Xiu, the word Yongshu, self-named drunkard, the evening number 61 layman, Ling (now Ji'an City, Jiangxi) people. When Ouyang Xiu was an official in Luoyang, he found that "the customs of Luoyang are mostly good flowers, and in spring, there are no nobles in the city to arrange flowers." When the flowers bloom, the condition of the Shishu is to travel". It is reported that Luoyang City at that time, whether it was a private house or an official court, was full of peonies. Ouyang Xiu visited the people all over the people, made a detailed investigation of the history, cultivation, varieties and customs of Luoyang peony, and wrote China's first peony monograph "Luoyang Peony Chronicle". 
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Pu Songling and Peony Pu Songling, a famous writer and thinker in the Qing Dynasty. Pu Songling in his "Strange Tales from Liaozhai": Chang Dayong, Luo people, addicted to peonies. Hearing Caozhou peony Jiaqi and Lu, my heart yearns for it. It is suitable for him to do things like Cao, because of the garden of fake gentry. In February, the peony is not blooming, but wandering in the garden, looking at the sprout, hoping to dismantle it. ......and wrote the mythical story of the kudzu scarf and the jade version. In 1935, he led the Red Army through a 25,000-mile Long March to Yan'an, the revolutionary base in northern Shaanxi, and in the harsh war intervals, he led the Red Army to Yan'an Wanhua Mountain to enjoy peonies, and said to the people around him in the peony bushes: "This is a natural peony map, we must protect it well, and when the country is liberated, you can build a people's park here." One day in the winter of 1950, ** took a walk in Zhongnanhai Garden, walked to the peony and stopped, told the staff around him the story of Wu Zetian and the peony and said meaningfully: "Young people must have the character of peony and be not afraid of ** in order to take on heavy responsibilities." ”