Thursday, January 5, 2012

Ancient Capital Of The Peony

Late April to early May in the twenty days, the Beijing Peony major parks are in full bloom. Colored peonies, colorful, contests, like a sea of ??flowers, attracting a large number of foreign visitors to watch. "Grain Rain season to see Peony" from the "Grain Rain" to "May Day" Festival, Beijing is an excellent ornamental peony season.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing is the capital because, in addition to the Imperial Palace Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), but also the construction of a large number of imperial garden, the Royal temples and the palace and temples. The peony was due to a symbol of wealth, has been seen as "national flower", so in these places a lot of peony cultivation, and more famous. In the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Palace, such as the Forbidden City Imperial Garden, Jianfu Palace (palace was built after the fire burned Fu), etc, "Peony Mirage inside and outside the plant to do." Tsinghua University Haidian Park, also known as plum (mother of Emperor Li Yan-Fei Wei Li, the empress's father, the park), "The Peony Garden in thousands (trees), peony of thousands (trees), the first Country Park in Beijing also . "
To the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing has many temples under heaven. Ages of the monks in their temples planting flowers and trees, such as peony, magnolia, crabapple, lilac, spring, crape myrtle, etc. to show "Buddhist temple flowers deep" meaning. Therefore, Beijing's Temple of "Flower Temple," said. Planting in the temple, the first choice is peony, peony and famous temples such as the Kek Lok Si Temple, Reclining Buddha, Chong efficiency Temple at Temple, Jietai and so on. Kek Lok Si Temple in sorghum Xizhimenwai west, the temple has ten acres of peonies, which is famous in the Ming and Qing dynasties, "the national flower of Church", also known as "flowers", "flower Church" in many varieties of peony. Peony in full bloom in spring, the tours are like clouds. In the Ming Dynasty, the Western Hills Reclining Buddha there are four scenic spots, the Reclining Buddha, Horse Chestnut tree, spring, and peony. According to "Chang Hakka" set: "Reclining Buddha and more peonies, the vegetation cover in the government. To take over the donor. On special even when in full bloom, you can not bear to swim to play." Sentence, "the officials" that the palace eunuchs, "the" is the emperor. Reclining Buddha of the peony is planted in the palace, came to see who is the nobility. Ancient poem: "suddenly suspected female casual days, must win Luoyang plant." Temple is located in the Xuanwu District, Sung effect is known peony, known capital. Every spring, the temple Tayuan peony flowers, a fragrant sea. There is a poem: "Peony war pilgrims, poetry together before people", men of letters but also poems Fu words. After the founding of Temple worship efficiency transplant peonies are Zhongshan Park, Jingshan Park. Fayuan now is lilac, but at the beginning of peony is known, after the decline peony, Chong efficiency Temple is behind, to win against the peony, Fayuan and planting cloves. Grafting at Temple's monks are good at, so one can be opened more than two peony peony flower color, that the "one second away", it is more famous. West Beijing Peony Jietai Temple in the Qing Court Peony height, Prince Kung of the later years because of who lived here, he liked the peony symbolizes wealth, so many plants in the courtyard peony and peony as the hospital name. Many temples in Beijing, but also the planting of peonies, the cases abound.
After the founding of Beijing's major parks, on the basis of the original, but also by the development. Especially since the eighties of last century, along with the development of greening the capital, Beijing, a large number of peony cultivation, the number has been ranked first in the country, and there are many large areas of Peony Garden. Now people watch Peony, most important in urban areas to Jingshan Park, Jingshan Park just past the north side of East Gate in the Peony Garden, though already is the largest city Peony Garden, and in recent years, Jingshan Park and everywhere there are peony plant, the park is a big Peony Garden. Both the traditional imperial peony garden famous, but also prestigious Luoyang peony, peony, as well as rare peony, Gansu, Zhejiang, Peony, Japanese Peony and so on.

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