When was the rose introduced to China?

Roses are native to East Asia, and pingyin rose has a long history of cultivation. According to historical records, it began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The origin of the name of the rose is: "Rose, the beauty of stone, the pearl of the rose" in Shuowen; There is also a saying in Sima Xiangru's Zi Xufu that "the stone is a red rose, a jade rose and a rose rose".

Rose, native to China. It belongs to a deciduous shrub of Rosaceae, with many needles on its branches, odd pinnate compound leaves, 5-9 leaflets, oval shape and lateral thorns. Petals obovate, double to semi-double, purplish red and white. The fruit period is from August to September, and it is oblate. Roses originated in China. When roses are used as crops, their flowers are mainly used for eating and refining rose oil, which is used in cosmetics, food, fine chemicals and other industries.

In daily life, people refer to a series of cultivated varieties of Rosa as roses.

The most common hybrid roses in the world today are mainly the finished products produced by breeding and hybridization of many kinds of roses for hundreds of years. In particular, it comes from the characteristics of long flowering period, flowering in all seasons, upward growth of branches and prominent opening of inflorescences at the top of plants.

Today, in the daily language of China, "Rose" has become a general term for many Rosa plants. And in fact, hybrid roses are also bred by hybridization of various species under roses! (rose language: love, love and beauty, radiant and fearless)