What are the symbolic meanings and significance of the peony?

I. Overall symbolism

It carries meanings such as luxurious completeness and graceful wealth, as well as anticipation, devoted effort, and dignified elegance. It is also praised as "national beauty and heavenly fragrance," and it represents a person who keeps their word.

II. Classification

Different colors have different meanings. The autumn peony stands for gentle love and symbolizes life; the red peony stands for wealth and completeness; the purple peony stands for embarrassment; the white peony stands for nobility and purity, heavenly fragrance and national beauty, and so on; the green peony, like the autumn peony, adds the meaning of giving with heart. The black peony means "even death cannot end my love for you." Generally speaking, the black peony is not very pure in color, so deep red and deep purple usually carry this meaning. The pink one means graceful and luxurious, and the yellow one means radiant beauty and wealth.

III. Symbolism in paintings

This flower is a material often used in traditional Chinese painting. Its beauty is captivating, and it is graceful and luxurious, carrying a sense of beauty and representing the purity of love. Many painters express their own emotions in their paintings, and it also carries the meaning of wealth and peace. Its combinations with flowers and birds each have their own meaning. For example, its combination with periwinkle means lasting wealth and honor; with crabapple it also means wealth and good fortune; with narcissus, chrysanthemum and others it means a year of wealth; and painted together with narcissus it also means heaven-blessed wealth.