The poet Liu Yuxi described in his poem "Appreciating Peony" that the peony demon in front of the court was unqualified, and the lotus on the pond was 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.
Of course, the capital of the Tang Dynasty was Chang 'an, which is now Xi 'an. But Chang 'an in the east, Luoyang in the west and the peony in Luoyang are also famous.