Why is peony known as "the king of flowers?"

Since the Tang Dynasty, peony has been regarded as a flower of wealth, a symbol of wealth and nobility. Just like the emperor on the earth, he is called Kao Hua. It is also said that among the gods in the sky, fairy peony is the most outstanding and respected, hence the name peony. Of course, this is just a legend. There is also a saying that after Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she once had a whim to see the scene of a hundred flowers blooming in the imperial garden in winter, so she made an imperial decree requiring all the flowers in the imperial garden to open overnight. As a result, all the flowers bloomed untimely, except peony, which was not intimidated by its authority and did not open. Later generations praised peony and called it the king of flowers.

Peony is a precious flower and a specialty of China. It has many varieties, beautiful, delicate and elegant flowers. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been praised as a national beauty and fragrance, and has been unanimously respected and loved by the people all over the country in past dynasties, and has set off a peony craze again and again. Liu Yuxi's "Only the peony is the true national color, and the capital moved in bloom"; Li Bai's "clouds want clothes, flowers want capacity, and spring breeze blows bars to reveal wealth" has become a famous sentence widely praised. Since then, despite the passage of time and the change of dynasties, peony, as the king of flowers, has never wavered in its revered position as a group leader.