In ancient times, on the road 200 miles southeast of Luoyang, there was a state called Ruzhou, and there was a small town called Miaoxia in the west of the state. Surrounded by mountains, the scenery is pleasant, and there is a wonderful custom: once young men and women are engaged, the woman must personally send a purse embroidered with Yuanyang to the man, which goes without saying. If it is decided to get married early, it must be embroidered by the wife's sister-in-law or the elder sister who has passed the door in the neighborhood as a lifelong token. There lived a beautiful girl named Jade Girl in the town. A jade girl is eighteen. Ingenuity, natural intelligence, exquisite embroidery and weaving skills, especially the various flower patterns on embroidered purses, which often cause bees and butterflies to fall on them, showing the depth of kung fu. Such a good girl, the suitors naturally broke the threshold, but they were all politely declined by the girl's family. It turned out that the girl had her own man and the family acquiesced. It's a pity that the young man has been exiled to the Great Wall for two years, with no news and no wallet. Jade girl looks forward to it every day, thinks about it every night, and misses it hard, so she embroiders a purse every month to talk about her worries and hangs it on the peony branches in front of the window. Over time, the purse forms a string and becomes what people call "purse peony".
The legend of Jin Mudan.
By the Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan, there is a beautiful mountain named Diancang Mountain. In this deep mountain, there is a world-famous Jin Mudan. It is not only golden in color, but also looks like an ingot, which is very attractive. According to the local Bai brothers, it was exchanged for gold. Here is a touching story. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, bandits often appeared in the mountains. A local Bai old man makes a living by selling firewood. One day, he went into the mountains to cut wood and was kidnapped by bandits. He let the wind out. Within three days, his family is limited to bring 120 gold into the mountain to redeem him. After the deadline, it will be difficult to protect his life. The old man's only daughter, A Qing, was very sad after hearing the news. The family is poor, where is the gold and silver? She was so clever that she had an idea on second thought. On the third day, she went up the mountain alone with a bag of golden stones and a sword. When the bandits saw that it was a beautiful young weak woman, their eyes were straight. How can they be prepared? She threw the golden stone on the ground and the robbers rushed to grab it. She took the opportunity to kill the bandit leader with a sword, and the others scattered. A Qing rescued his father, and the two of them went down the mountain. Later, where she threw the "gold", Jin Mudan grew up.
The Legend of "Purple Peony"
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a poor man who was knowledgeable and good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting. Because he saw through the "world of mortals", he refused to be an official to avoid the world, cut his hair and became a monk, and lived in seclusion in Baiyun Temple in Taibai Mountain. This temple is surrounded by mountains and waters, with beautiful scenery, and peony flowers and plants are widely planted in the hospital. In addition to being diligent in Buddhism in the temple, he spent almost all his spare time studying ink painting and painting. He is particularly good at painting peony, which is exquisite and realistic and natural. All the audience applauded. The fame of single-handedly painting soon spread to Fiona Fang, and people looking for paintings kept coming. One spring day, around Grain Rain, peonies were competing to open, attracting good men and women from all directions to worship Buddha and watch flowers in the mountains, in order to be rich, auspicious and healthy. In the afternoon, one hand was painting peony in the yard when he heard something in front of the yard. Looking up, there are several people dressed by Zhuang Ding in the distance, surrounded by a rich "fat man". Walk this way. On closer inspection, it turned out to be the famous local bully "Darren Wang", who has been running rampant in the village, bullying the people and doing evil. "Darren Wang" went to Yishou, saw his excellent painting and was eager to get it, so he instigated Zhuang Ding to ask for it. What kind of personality is she? How can she refuse to associate with "Wang Daqian" until now? "Darren Wang" became angry from embarrassment and forced him to hand over a painting. Without showing weakness, he tore up the painting, put the brush in the inkstone and left angrily. "Wang Daqian" saw the onlookers angry and helpless, so he had to leave angrily. Who knows, the ink splashed by the inkstone just landed on the petals of several peony flowers nearby, and then flowed along the petals to the base of the petals and condensed into purple spots. In the future, when people come here every year, they can clearly see the purple spots on the flowers, so they are called "purple peony".
The legend of "dead peony"
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin Bing invaded the Central Plains, and a general named Bian led his troops through Luoyang. It was the middle of winter, and his eyes were full of paraquat yellow, and thousands of trees withered. The general was anxious to hurry his horse, but when his whip broke, he left a dead branch on the side of the road and drove Ma Xiangdong away. After several battles, one day he led his troops to Biancang Town, Yancheng, Jiangsu. He is exhausted and needs a rest. The general dismounted, looked around and stuck the dead branches of the whip in the ground so that his troops could camp here. . . . . . The next spring, the dead branches planted in the ground actually took out buds and showed new leaves. After Grain Rain, they magically produced bright and beautiful flowers. When the locals heard about it, they came from Fiona Fang to enjoy flowers and burn incense. It was identified as a peony by a drug farmer. People are scrambling to tell each other: "There is hope in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is hope in the Great Song Dynasty." And this kind of peony is called "dead branch peony". Later, the local people donated money to build a platform, built a "dead branch peony garden" and enshrined peony in it.
The legend of "Brother Liu"
At the end of Sui Dynasty, in the east of Miaoxia Town, Ruzhou, Henan Province, there was a place where the Liu family lived-Liujiaguan. There is a beautiful and naive girl here, born in a scholarly family, who can play chess and paint and calligraphy since childhood, and is very popular with relatives and neighbors. Then her parents died one after another, and the girl followed her brother and sister-in-law who was an official in Chang 'an to settle in Chang 'an. After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, my brother and sister-in-law died one after another, leaving her alone, with nowhere to go, who saw through the world of mortals and became a nun. When she became a monk, the girl brought Bai Mudan, who was planted in her original yard, to buddhist nun to show her dedication to Buddhism and lead a totally clean life. Under her careful management, Bai Mudan is very lush and beautiful. A million flowers, big and full of flowers, double petals rising from the building, with a slight blush in the white, crystal clear and moist, such as beauty's skin, children's jade face. Viewers all admire its beauty, so every April, many believers come to this temple to worship the Buddha and watch the flowers, taking pleasure in offering flowers to the Buddha, and the incense is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, the flower comes from the "Liu's Mansion", hence the name "Liu's Pavilion" and "Liu's Pavilion". Later, this peony variety spread to Tian Peng, Sichuan and Heze, Shandong, and its fragrance spread far and wide.
The legend of thousands of books.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Ouyang Boyun in Bozhou, Anhui Province, who had a well-meaning saying. Ben was born in an official family. Later, due to the decline of his family, he gradually declined and was very poor. However, the scholar is unwilling to be arranged by fate, let alone rely on others. He was determined to get a "fame" and shine for his ancestors, but he failed year after year. A kind-hearted gentleman told him: "The younger generation has a weak foundation. You have to study in thousands of books to feel the god of heaven and earth." So he copied books and studied papers all day. But the family is poor and the paper is too expensive, so we have to copy articles on the walls and door panels. One day he got bored in his room and went to play in the backyard. I was surprised to see that the peony flowers in the backyard that had not blossomed for many years were full of flowers, so I suddenly came into the room on a whim, took a pen and an inkstone, copied the article on the peony petals and changed the paper into flowers. The kind-hearted gentleman passed by and saw this scene, calling this peony "thousands of books". This may have touched the "Flower God". The following year, Ouyang Boyun really won the "Juren".
The Legend of "Evil Huang Liu"
In ancient times, there was an epigenetic named Liu Mingdan Pavilion near Luoyang. He has been fascinated by flowers since he was a child, and he is addicted to growing flowers. Among all the flowers, peony is particularly good. There are many flowers and peonies planted in the front and back of the house. But because he grows flowers well, he is often attacked by sea urchins. He was very angry. Every time he was caught, he was fined a day's work, and everyone else played several times. So the local urchin nicknamed him "Bad Liu". The story spread gradually, and over time it replaced his name and became a "big shot". Speaking of "bad Liu", his flower arranging skill is really extraordinary. He planted more than 100 peony plants with rich varieties. One year, he planted a Jin Mudan, the color of which surpassed that of "Yao Huang". Neighbors were amazed, and the rich wanted gold and silver. At that time, yellow peony was very scarce, so he multiplied and planted it for a while, which became a fashion. Later, people named this flower "Evil Huang Liu", and this name was included in the book and handed down.