Xingtai Baixianghan Peony Garden is a national peony and peony protection area, covering an area of more than 500 mu and a construction area of more than 2,600 square meters. There is a saying that "a hundred fragrant peony ridges the world". There are precious peony at home and abroad and thousands of varieties in nine colors in the park, which can be called the confluence of peony flowers in the world. To say that this garden is big, you can't finish it in one day; To say that this garden is small, all the essence grows in the palm of seven China peonies. It is this palm-sized land that has inherited the magic of thousands of years.
According to folklore, one day in the early spring of the Western Han Dynasty, the monk meditation hall of Mituo Temple was chanting, and suddenly a colorful auspicious cloud floated in the sky. A pair of teenagers in red stood in a graceful manner, floated into the temple hand in hand, fled underground and disappeared. At dawn the next day, birds were singing and the fragrance was fragrant. Where Fairchild Fairy entered the ground, two adult flowers grew. The young man became a peony and the little girl became a peony. And these two sacred flowers have become seven China peonies today.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu was hunted by Wang Mang for restoring the Han Dynasty. After crossing the city, I fled to Shilipu village, only to see smoke billowing behind me, flags covering the sky, and troops approaching. I saw a temple in the north of the road, and there was nowhere to hide. Only a few peonies are in full bloom in Ye Sheng, so I hide under the flowers. The pursuers came and searched the temple, but there was no sign of them, so they avoided Wang Mang's pursuit. According to the Records of Baixiang County in the 21st year of the Republic of China, in the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25), Liu Xiu ascended the throne in Qianqiu Pavilion (west of Shilipu Village, Baixiang County), 50% of the south of the city. I came to the peony factory in Mituo Temple and wrote a peony poem:
Xiao Wang took refuge in a desolate village.
Jingsi is not bleak at all.
Only a few peony flowers,
Loyalty to the king will not change.
It is said that Mituo Temple has kept a peony secret book since the Ming Dynasty. It is said that before the Ming Dynasty, peony plants were tall and lush, about eight feet high. The whole plant has eight branches, each branch represents an orientation, and the flowers are as big as lotus flowers, and the colors are pink, crimson and pure white.
"Three generations of Grain Rain visited peony", and peony flowers bloom around "Grain Rain" every year. The abbot of the temple can accurately infer the harvest, drought and flood within a thousand miles of Fiona Fang and the safety of the emperor in Beijing according to the orientation of peony plants, the length of branches, the fluctuation and color of branches and the secrets of peony. Unfortunately, the book was stolen by thieves and has not been found so far.
1937 During the Japanese invasion of China, Japanese leaders tried to monopolize famous flowers, sent people to dig them up twice, and shipped them back to Japan with roots and soil. Despite watering and fertilizing, China Peony still withered and died. The peony in the Han dynasty was robbed by this, and it was not distributed for several years. It was not until 1949, after the national liberation, that the roots and branches of China peony revived and blossomed again. Someone praised, "swear to death not to work for slavery, and return to the flower shop in the afterlife!" " Later generations have done a lot of experiments, and China Peony can't live without this slap. Someone planted sweet potatoes in this experiment, and the fruit was huge as a basin. It can be seen that this is a small magical land.
On the stone tablet in the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, it was recorded that the peony in Han Dynasty was "named as aura, and the people in the city thought it was a god". There is a saying in the White Elephant that "bloom knows state affairs, while bloom is rich in years and short in years".
There is a saying among the elders of the white elephant: "bloom died, a China peony, and whoever touched his hand was swollen for three days!"! Pick a flower and rot a finger! " It can be seen that the white elephant people love the depth of flowers and the cutting of flowers!