Han Peony Garden is located 5 kilometers north of Baixiang County, covering an area of 520 mu. It is an AA-level tourist attraction in Hebei Province. [58] The China peony in the garden is more than ten feet high, with flourishing foliage and more than a thousand flowers, which are as big as lotus. The flowers of the same plant have different shapes, some are single-petaled and some are double-petaled. In normal years, the color is pink and it grows vigorously. In the year of great events in the world, all flowers are white and the branches are declining. Moving to another place is not alive, and people are hurt and broken, that is, their hands are swollen and painful, which is the legend.
Han Peony Garden has introduced thousands of varieties of nine-color peony and peony treasures at home and abroad, and is a peony variety protection area of China Academy of Sciences. China Han Peony Culture Festival is held in Han Peony Garden from April 15 to May 15 every year.
ancient city
Baixiang county cultural relics
King Wuling of Zhao, located in Gucheng Town, Baixiang County, was founded 323 years ago. It is a strategic place in northern Zhao and a famous ancient battlefield. Liu Xiu was the temporary capital of the Eastern Han regime before and after its accession to the throne. The old city is made of earth, slightly round, with a wall of 8 kilometers. Now only the ruins are faintly visible.
It is the place where Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, Liu Xiufa rode horses in the ten counties of Youzhou, and fought fiercely with the peasant troops such as Tongma and Youlai who occupied the counties of Hebei. After fierce fighting, hundreds of thousands of peasant troops were forced to land, and the elite of them were incorporated into the army, greatly increasing their strength. At that time, Guanzhong people called Liu Xiu of Hebei "Emperor Tongma".
Qianqiuguan
Located at 100 meters north of Shilipu (formerly known as Guangwumiao Village), Liu Xiu ascended the throne here in 25 AD and established the Eastern Han regime. The site is square with a side length of150m. Because the brick factory burned bricks to borrow soil, it was seriously damaged, and only part of the high platform was left in the south.
Chastity tablet
This monument was erected by Jia Tingrui, a doctor in Yuan Dynasty, who was responsible for supporting his mother. It was written by Yang Zai and Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher. Rich handwriting, smooth and elegant structure, and high artistic value.
Chongguang temple
Sogou Temple, formerly known as Zongsheng Temple, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was originally a large Buddhist place given by the Northern Emperor. June 5438+October 2008 10, a stone Buddha statue of the Tang Dynasty was unearthed, with a height of 3.45 meters. It is beautifully carved, lifelike and full of artistic charm. Baixiang County plans to rebuild the sogou Temple on the west side of the Han Peony Garden.