Peonies come in diverse shapes and brilliant colors, making them an especially beloved flower.

As China's national flower, the peony is adored by many friends abroad who especially love its form. Of course, people do not love the peony merely because it looks beautiful and comes in rich colors, but even more because of its unique spirit and rich symbolic meaning.

Luoyang is widely known as the city of peonies. Every year Luoyang receives many visitors, and especially when the peonies bloom it becomes the peak tourist season in Luoyang. Of course, Luoyang is certainly not the only place where peonies bloom in abundance; it is just that Luoyang was already known as the city of peonies in ancient times, so its history of peony cultivation is very long.

Moreover, the peony is also admired as one of the Twelve Flower Gods. The twelve flowers each have their own merits, and each flower has its own distinct beauty. Of course, most people love the peony because its form is very full and it has many petals. If a peony is in full bloom, it looks like a lovely ball.

1. Actually, there is a widely told story about the peony. Do you know it? Why was the peony loved by emperors in ancient times? This did not happen by chance; it was not that an emperor, while touring among the people, discovered, oh, what a beautiful flower the peony is, and then decided to bring it back to the palace to grow. In fact, a folk legend about the peony says that during the Tang Dynasty an emperor came to tour among the people and ordered all the flowers to bloom overnight. Only the peony was unwilling to bloom, so the emperor was furious and ordered a fire to burn the peony.

But like the tenacious wild grass, the peony grows again when the spring wind blows. A few days later, the peony miraculously grew back. Seeing this, the emperor found it very wondrous and believed the peony must be a flower sent down from heaven, so from then on the peony rose to become a precious variety and the emperor's most beloved plant. In fact, the peony's vitality is indeed very tenacious. It does not fear high temperatures, nor does it beg nature for mercy just because the weather is too hot. At all times, it keeps standing upright and strives to bloom its most beautiful flowers.

2. Therefore, the peony became the national flower not merely because it looks beautiful. You should know that these days, to be a goddess, good looks alone are not enough; you also need brains and character. If your intelligence cannot keep up, people will only think you are a useless vase. But if your character is not up to standard, people will likewise criticize you.

Therefore, the peony truly deserves to be the national flower, because it is not only beautiful but also not the delicate, fragile type. What reassures us even more is that although the peony is the national flower and a relatively precious variety, its price is also within a range most people can accept. So anyone who especially likes it can also afford to grow peonies at home, rather than having to go to a flower exhibition to see the peony's beauty.

3. What should be done when the peony is exposed to scorching sun? Although the peony does not particularly fear high temperatures, after all, scorching sun is harmful to plants, so if the summer is very hot, it is better to move the peony indoors if conditions allow.