Illustration of Peony in Grain Rain Solar Terms

Peony is in full bloom between Qingming and Grain Rain. Therefore, peony has another nickname, called "Grain Rain Flower", which is gorgeous in color, fragrant in jade smile pearls and magnificent, and is known as the king of flowers.

1. After three days in Grain Rain, I will see peonies in the garden.

Grain Rain is an important period of peony flowering. There are some folk proverbs in our country, such as "Three days in Grain Rain, peony in the garden". So peony flower is also called "Grain Rain flower". In Grain Rain season, there are peony viewing festivals in Heze, Shandong, Luoyang, Henan and Pengzhou, Sichuan. In the evening, people who watch the one-day tour will hang lanterns and hold banquets with colorful flowers. People call it the "Peony Fair".

2. "National color and fragrance" peony flower

Peony is known as the "king of flowers" because of its bright color, glittering and translucent jade, romance and magnificence. From the cultivation type, it can be divided into hundreds of varieties mainly according to the color of flowers. "Peony has many varieties and colors. Yellow, green, red meat, scarlet and silver are the best, especially yellow and green are the most expensive. Peony is big and fragrant, so it is also called "national color and fragrance".

3. Peony is also called Kao.

Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the lotus on the pond is pure and affectionate." Only the peony is the real beauty, which attracted countless people to appreciate at the flowering stage and alarmed the whole Chang 'an City. "In the late Qing Dynasty, peony was once regarded as the national flower of China. 1985 In May, Peony was rated as the second of the top ten famous flowers in China. It is a rare woody flower unique to China, with thousands of years of natural growth and 1500 years of artificial cultivation history. It is widely planted in China and has been introduced to other parts of the world for a long time. Peony, known as the king of flowers, has profound cultural background and rich painting art.

It is a rare woody flower unique to China. It is widely planted in China and is deeply loved by people.