China National Garden

--China National Garden is located in the ruins of Luonan ancient city of Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is the largest peony garden in China.

--The garden is based on the history and culture of Sui and Tang Dynasties, with peony culture as the main content, integrating history and culture, peony culture and landscape as a whole, fully displaying the beauty, purity and seclusion of peony.

--More than 1000 varieties of peony are planted in the garden, which is the largest peony garden with many varieties in full bloom that can be seen in Luoyang in the early days.

China National Garden

China National Garden is located on the ruins of Luonan ancient city of Sui and Tang Dynasties. It starts from Luoyang Bridge in the East, ends at Mudan bridge in the west, faces Luoyi road in the South and ends at the South dike of Luopu Park in the north. With a total planning and design area of 1548 Mu and a length of 2500 meters from east to west, it is the largest peony garden in China.

brief introduction

Founded in September 2001, China National Garden is the largest peony garden in China. It is located on the site of Sui and Tang Dynasties on the South Bank of Luohe River in Luoyang City, Henan Province. It starts from Luolong road in the East, ends at Mudan bridge in the west, faces Luoyi road in the South and Yiluo River in the north. It is 2400 meters long from east to west and 524 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 1548 mu. Chinese national garden takes Sui and Tang Dynasty history and culture as its foundation, peony culture as its main content, and integrates history and culture, peony culture and garden landscape. It fully displays the beauty, purity and seclusion of peony, and enjoys the reputation of "the first garden of Chinese national flower". From west to East, it is divided into six scenic spots, namely: West entrance scenic area, peony culture area, peony history and culture area, dike tour area, east entrance scenic area and production management area. Among them, more than 1000 varieties of peony and 500000 plants are planted, including the nine color lines of peony, more than 100 varieties of trees, shrubs and various plants, and more than 2 million plants. In the environmental layout, plants are good at natural flow, which highlights the traditional royal garden style.

Chinese national garden is based on the history and culture of Sui and Tang Dynasties, with peony culture as the main content, integrating history and culture, peony culture and landscape. Peonies are full of flowers, plants, rocks, pavilions, lakes and buildings The beauty is boundless, and the charm is full.

East Entrance

The east main entrance scenic area of China National Garden, the main body of which is the ancient architectural complex, with vivid and lifelike color drawings of peony and Phoenix at the base of forehead, symbolizing wealth and auspiciousness. There are also Luoyang's famous tourist attractions, Longmen Grottoes, Baima temple and the famous "Luoyang Tang three colors", all of which are colorful!

West entrance

The west entrance of China National Garden is a modern building. Steel plate structure, with a total weight of more than 60 tons. Composed of peacock and peony sculptures, it also symbolizes auspiciousness and wealth. The whole structure is like an arch bridge, which means "making friends with flowers" and building a bridge of friendship.

Purple root Peony Square

It is said that the Peony Fairy in the celestial palace came to the world and finally lived in cuiyunfeng in Luoyang, where he painted 100 peony varieties. The hundredth Peony from behind is Luoyang's "Purple root peony". Because on August 15, the Peony Fairy came down to the world and painted and planted peonies in Luoyang. Therefore, people in Luoyang set August 15 as peony's birthday.

Peony historical and cultural area

Geyuban square

It is said that there is a Luoyang man named Chang Dayong who likes peony very much. When he heard that the peony in Caozhou (now Heze, Shandong Province) is excellent, he went to enjoy it and lived in a garden. One day, while appreciating the peony, I met a beautiful girl, Ge Jin. I like it very much. I thought it was a fairy who came down to earth, so I couldn't sleep all day. Who knows, Lang Youqing, Qie intentionally, and finally married. Chang Dayong asked Ge Jin's surname. Ge Jin only said, "since you think I'm an immortal, why do you care what my surname is?" After they returned to Luoyang, they betrothed Ge Jin's sister Yuban to Chang Dayong's younger brother. Two years later, Gejin and Yuban each got a son. They first told Chang Da that their surname was Wei, and their mother was the first lady of Caozhou. Chang Dayong was suspicious, so he asked someone to inquire in Caozhou and learned that there was no Wei family in Caozhou. He went to Caozhou to confirm it. He learned from a poem on a stone wall that there was no Wei family in Caozhou, and the first lady of Caozhou was a peony named "gejinzi". Chang Dayong thinks his wife is a flower demon. When he went back, he didn't dare to question him face to face, so he let Ge Jin read the poem. After reading it, Ge Jin was very angry and thought that her husband didn't believe him. In a rage, he and Yuban threw the child to the ground, but he didn't know that the child would fall to the ground. Gejin and Yuban regret it. A few days later, the place where the child landed grew two peonies, one purple and one white, and the flowers were as big as a plate, named "Gejin" and "Yuban".

Fire alchemy Plaza

According to legend, the golden elixirs refined by the Supreme Lord are scattered in the stone crevices of Longmen Mountain. When the golden elixirs fall to the ground, three red peonies grow, which is called "fire refining golden elixir".

Qiuweng Yuxian square

It is said that there is a florist named qiuweng who likes to grow peony very much. Every day, he diligently cultivates the peonies in the garden and takes care of them as his relatives. When the peonies bloom, the fragrance floats for thousands of miles, and a hundred flowers bloom in full bloom, even passers-by can't help but want to pick one. Qiu Weng hastens to stop them. The children next door are naughty and accidentally trample on the peony. Qiu Weng, who loves flowers like life, doesn't blame them. Instead, he patiently tells the children that flowers have life and it's not easy to raise them. Under Qiu Weng's care, the trampled peony comes back to life. The peony of qiuweng is a household name. But it didn't last long. When the local bully heard that Qiu Weng had peonies in full bloom, he came to rob them. Of course, Qiu Weng refused to protect the flowers with his death. The bully destroyed the flowers in the garden and slandered Qiu Weng for being a demon. Qiu Weng was very sad. At this time, the Peony Fairy learned that Qiu Weng loved flowers so much, so he went down to earth, rescued Qiu Weng, eradicated the bully, and restored the damaged garden. From then on, Qiu Weng's peony flowers were more colorful and bigger than before.

Erqiao Pavilion and Feiyan Red Square

Two Qiao with different colors, it is amazing. Zhang Min, a contemporary poet, praised: "the two colors are different in light and deep, and Luoyang's splendid scenery is the best of nature.". Mr. Qiao is engaged by Xu Dongfeng. He is lovely in crimson and light red. " It's about the peculiarity of Er Qiao, a peony. It is just like the "Er Qiao" in the period of the Three Kingdoms.

In the three chapters of qingpingdiao, Li Bai wrote: "a red dew is fragrant, and clouds and rain make Wushan heartbroken. If you ask the Han Palace who can make it, poor Feiyan relies on new makeup. " Praise the beauty of Yang Guifei, no one can compare, listen to Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei smile.

Ouyang xiubei square

Ouyang Xiu, a litterateur of the Song Dynasty, went to Luoyang in the last year of Tiansheng (1031). After four spring, he saw the flourishing peony situation in Luoyang and the local people's love for peony. He began to write the peony story of Luoyang. It was completed in the first year of Jingyou (1034). The poem said that "Peony comes from Danzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou in the East, Yuezhou in the south, and those who come out of Luoyang are now the best in the world.". This is also the origin of "Luoyang peony is the best in the world". The most important feature of this article is the detailed observation and description of the evolution of peony varieties.

Bai Juyi tablet square

Bai Juyi, the great poet of Tang Dynasty, was the first poet in Luoyang to praise peony in his artistic creation of poetry reflecting life. In his peony fragrance, Bai Juyi praised that "people in a city are crazy when flowers bloom and fall for 20 days." It's about the Peony Blossom in Luoyang, which makes tourists crazy. However, the Peony Blossom period is short, which also makes people crazy. Don't miss the opportunity to watch it, or even watch it at night. It truly reflects the prosperity and development of Luoyang peony.

Peony Culture

Golden Peony terrace

It is said that there was a peony terrace in ancient times, and there was a Golden Peony tree on the mountain with thousands of flowers. Golden Peony tree is the key to open the door of wealth. It is golden and shining. It can drive away diseases and bring wealth to people.

Huashang Yixiang Plaza

Luoyang Peony poetry is not only the product of the perfect combination of poetry and flower, but also the reflection and epitome of society. Peony literature began to appear in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In Song Dynasty, Luoyang Peony poetry became mature and prosperous. Since yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the reproduction field of peony poetry has been further developed. Xu Wei, a famous painter of the Ming Dynasty, wrote when he wrote a poem about peony: "in the fifty-eight years when he was poor and humble, he never forgot to remember the spring of Luoyang. Otherwise, there will be little rouge and rich flowers will write ink to God. " It describes that he was unable to paint colored peonies because he had never been to Luoyang and had not witnessed the elegant demeanor of Luoyang peony, so he had to paint a painting of ink peony to convey the spirit of flowers. Kong Shangren of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the title "the painting of flowers in Luoyang": "flowers are all over Luoyang. I've heard that spring wind and rain are fragrant since the past. The body passes through the rich brocade clumps, see your article change a few minutes. " It's about a long time ago, Luoyang was a famous flower city. Passing through the peonies, you can see how many poems you can make.

Yanxiu Lake

And nameless mountain

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "to build a mountain, we must manage the water. The mountain is based on the water, so the mountain can live by the water, and the water is based on the mountain, so the water can be beautiful by the mountain". Yanxiu lake covers an area of more than 30 mu, and runs through the Danhe corridor. The lake is shimmering, the stone bank is winding and rugged, the grass slope is undulating, and the plants are embellishment. It is fresh and pleasant. This rockery is beautiful, complicated, and the stone cave is rugged and stretches, which makes people yearn. Li Bai once described the Lushan waterfall as a magnificent scene of "flying down 3000 feet, suspecting that the Milky way is falling nine days". Although there is no Lushan waterfall in this rockery

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