Withered tree peony garden

The garden is located in biancang Town, Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. The withered tree peony is well-known at home and abroad for its strange, special, strange and spirit. It is described and recorded in the classical novel Jing Hua Yuan and Yancheng county annals of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The withered tree peony blooms within 3 days before and after the rain every year. At this time, the flowers in the garden are in full bloom, colorful and fragrant, just like rouge; the leaves of the flowers are luxuriant, thick and green, but the trunk seems weathered, haggard and decaying, just like firewood. What's more, in normal years, each flower has 12 petals; in leap years, each flower has 13 petals. There are two kinds of flowers, purple and pink, with golden stamens. In the Qing Dynasty, sun Yiyi wrote the poem "drunken Yang Fei", which praises that she was good at beauty on that romantic day, and Tianbao was the only one in charge of the class. The dust was dark and the rouge was scattered, but the rest of the flowers were in the world. Now there are more than 400 peonies and more than 70 varieties in the garden. Before and after the rainy season every year, there are many flowers and many visitors.

Withered tree peony garden

According to historical records, the withered tree peony here originated in Luoyang. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bian Jizhi, a native of Fengqiao in Suzhou, once served as a "political official" in Shaanxi Province and was honest and upright. After the death of the Song Dynasty, he retired to Jiangnan. In order to avoid the war, he moved his family to Dongming (biancang) and planted two peonies in the garden with red and white peonies from Luoyang. "Those who take red peonies show their loyalty to the country, while those who take white peonies show their integrity.". After Bian's temple was built in biancang, famous rural sages wrote and presented plaques such as "national color and natural fragrance", "auspicious prosperity", "withered branches immortal" and so on. After generations of cultivation, reproduction. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Bian Yuanheng, a descendant of Bian family, revolted with Zhang Shicheng and became the Minister of the king of Wu. After Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Zhang Shicheng, Yuanheng retired from his hometown. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Bian Yuanheng's name, he lived in seclusion for many times.

Overview of scenic spots

Peony is the king of flowers. Biancang, a thousand year old ancient town, is located 50 Li south of the 204 National Road in Yancheng City. Its peony is famous all over the world. Every year before and after the valley rain, the withered tree peony blooms alone. At this time, the town is full of tourists, with unprecedented prosperity. There is a scene of "flowers bloom and fall for 20 days, and all the people in the city are crazy".

The withered tree peony is well-known at home and abroad for its strange, special, strange and spirit. It is described and recorded in the classical novel Jing Hua Yuan and Yancheng county annals of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The withered tree peony blooms within 3 days before and after the rain every year. At this time, the flowers in the garden are in full bloom, colorful and fragrant, just like rouge; the leaves of the flowers are luxuriant, thick and green, but the trunk seems weathered, haggard and decaying, just like firewood. What's more, in normal years, each flower has 12 petals; in leap years, each flower has 13 petals. There are two kinds of flowers, purple and pink, with golden stamens. In the Qing Dynasty, sun Yiyi wrote the poem "drunken Yang Fei", which praises that she was good at beauty on that romantic day, and Tianbao was the only one in charge of the class. The dust was dark and the rouge was scattered, but the rest of the flowers were in the world. Now there are more than 400 peonies and more than 70 varieties in the garden. Before and after the rainy season every year, there are many flowers and many visitors.

It is located in biancang Town, Tinghu district. The town is a thousand year old town in the history of Song Dynasty. The dead tree peony is famous at home and abroad for its strange, special, strange and spirit. It is described and recorded in the classical novel Jing Hua Yuan and Yancheng county annals of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Tree peonies with withered branches bloom within 3 days before and after the rain every year. There are two kinds of flowers, purple and pink, with golden stamens. When the flowers bloom, they are colorful, setting off the leaves of the flowers, which are luxuriant, thick and green, but the trunk seems weathered, haggard and decaying, like dry wood. In normal years, each flower has 12 petals; in leap years, each flower has 13 petals. In the Qing Dynasty, sun Yiyi wrote the poem "drunken Yang Fei", which praises that she was good at beauty on that romantic day, and Tianbao was the only one in charge of the class. The dust was dark and the rouge was scattered, but the rest of the flowers were in the world.

Since the end of Song Dynasty, biancang's withered tree peony has been more than 700 years. It is famous for its strangeness, peculiarity, strangeness and spirit. One wonder: the withered tree peony in biancang has green leaves, withered branches and bright flowers. "Jinghuayuan" states: "nowadays, biancang (biancang) in Huainan has the most dead branches of peony in the world. Whenever you take off the branches and put them into the fire, they can burn like dry wood.". Two special: biancang tree peony can only open normally in biancang tree peony garden, such as transplanting other land, or not flowering, or flowers small but not gorgeous. In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Yingguang, a salt official, loved his aura very much and transplanted it to the official office. They had to give it up. Bian's descendants took it back and planted it in the same place, but the branches and leaves were luxuriant and vigorous. Three strange: withered tree peony petals can be increased or decreased according to the calendar. In the 13th month of the lunar leap year, 13 petals bloom. In the December of the normal year, 12 petals bloom, forming a regular single petal tree peony. Four spirits: the withered tree peony is quite spiritual and seems to be able to sense the current situation of the world. The founding ceremony, the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the restoration of the seat of the United Nations in 1972, the 14th and 16th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China were held in the severe winter, and flowers bloomed twice. The withered tree peony has no leaves and only flowers stand out. When Chairman Mao, chairman Zhu De, Premier Zhou and other older generation of state leaders passed away, they even put white flowers on October 30 of the same year, which made it very beautiful People can't understand it.

flower species

The park covers an area of 50.6 mu. There are mountains and waters, pavilions and pavilions, flowers and trees in the park, which are connected by mountains and rivers. There are trees and flowers in the park. There are 32 scenic spots. Among them, there are 12 pavilions of tanfang, Yinxiang, Diecai, Lanxiu, Yixia, Tingfang, xianpa, Yuxiu, Qifang, Linfang, Chenxiang and Ningzhi; 5 pavilions of Hanfang, Fulu, Yixiang, Jinjie and QIPA; 2 halls of Fangming and Qunfang; 2 rooms of Yanchun and Qingxiang; and Tianxiang Pavilion, yuanfangxie, Liuchun corridor, Guanfang Pavilion, jiuzhimudan hall, huifangwu, diaotai, rockery, Baita, quqiao and yingchunfang Memorial Gateway.

There are hundreds of peony varieties in the garden, including almost all the peony varieties in Luoyang, Henan and Heze, Shandong. There is a kind of peony called withered branches, which has two colors of big red and pink. It is unique in this garden and is a rare variety of peony.

Historical allusions

In a rage, Zhu Yuanzhang sent him to Liaodong border. When he was leaving, he went to the garden and sprinkled the peony with wine and said, "I'll see the flowers bloom in the south. "After Yuan Heng left, most of his family dispersed. Only one concubine wished the flowers day and night: "if the Lord has a letter back, he should make flowers bloom. "Strange to say, ten years after Bian Yuanheng left, peony suddenly opened up. In this year, Yuanheng was pardoned and returned. He had mixed feelings and wrote the song "returning to the army": "my husband's ambition is all over the world, and when he crosses Liaodong, he suddenly arrives home. There are still green cypresses in the barren path, especially peonies in his hometown.",. Since ancient times, the article has been like a dream. Who praises it more bravely than today? Looking back on the past, what's the destiny of Yuefu! "At the same time, feeling the love of peony and my concubine for 10 years, I wrote two poems about peony:" peony was originally planted by hand. The spring breeze of ten degrees can't be opened. How much prosperity is scattered. One branch is still waiting for its master. "The grass, the pines and the chrysanthemums wither in the evening, and the old peony in the west garden is unique. It's the dead branches that keep the vigor, and it's the only way to remember the old friends. "So far, after 700 years of vicissitudes, the withered tree peony is still in the ascendant.

So, there are hundreds of peonies in the world, why is the unique peony named "withered branch"? It turns out that in addition to the legendary history, biancang dead branch Peony also has a strange feature: one of its stones is withered and immortal. The peony here is beautiful, fresh and moist. Whenever you take off its branch and light it with a match, it can immediately burn. The second is that the leap moon turns into a single petal. In normal years, peony has 12 petals per flower, but in the year of the lunar leap month, it has 13 petals. Peony is originally a spring flower. It blooms before and after the rainy season every year. Sometimes it blooms twice in late autumn and early winter. It's a wonder that the branches have no leaves but flowers. In particular, the magic is: in the year of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the withered tree peony was in full bloom on the day of the founding ceremony; National Day 10 In 1972, when the United Nations resumed its legal seat in China, the tree peony was opened again in the middle of winter. In 1987, after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the single petaled red and white tree peonies planted in and outside the garden were once again expelled. This has been reported in newspapers and on TV. Although this is accidental coincidence, it gives the withered tree peony soil a more charming color.

In 1943, the Japanese invaded biancang, and the peony garden became a piece of rubble. The local people braved the smoke of the Japanese bombing, carefully dug out the flower roots, hid them in sacks, and planted them in their own garden. Only in this way can the dead tree peony be saved from extinction. After liberation, the local government successively rebuilt and rebuilt the dead tree peony garden in four places. Now it has built Suzhou garden style garden with 100 varieties of peony. Zhang Aiping, the former Minister of national defense, inscribed the banner of "dead tree peony garden" and the couplet of "3000 feet of sea water, 700 years of peony". At present, the withered tree peony garden has become another tourist attraction in Northern Jiangsu Province, which is attracting more and more tourists.

Address: biancang Town, Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.268016

Latitude: 33.254493

Ticket information: 15 yuan

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