The city of Luoyang, in central China's Henan Province, is renowned as the "city of peonies" and according to the old saying the Luoyang Peony is the "best in the world". The Luoyang Peony is China's traditional and well-known flower. It always represents elegance and poise.

　　Luoyang is known as the "city of peonies," and the best time to visit it is in late spring when the peonies are in ...[Full]

The city of Luoyang, in central China's Henan Province, is renowned as the "city of peonies" and according to the old saying the Luoyang Peony is the "best in the world". The Luoyang Peony is China's traditional and well-known flower. It always represents elegance and poise.

　　Luoyang is known as the "city of peonies," and the best time to visit it is in late spring when the peonies are in full bloom. It is said that Empress Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang Dynasty once decreed that all the flowers in her royal garden in the capital Chang‘an (today‘s Xi‘an) were to bloom in deep winter. The flowers, afraid of the power of the Empress, all bloomed, except for the peony. This enraged the empress, who ordered the peony degraded and moved to Luoyang. Since then, the plant flourished here.

Each year from the 15th to 25th in April, when the peonies blossom all over the city, the local government holds a famous "peony festival" where people can appreciate the most beautiful and rare kinds of peonies in China, with various varieties and marvelous colors.[Close]

The city of Luoyang, in central China's Henan Province, is renowned as the "city of peonies" and according to the old saying the Luoyang Peony is the "best in the world". The Luoyang Peony is China's traditional and well-known flower. It always represents elegance and poise.

　　Luoyang is known as the "city of peonies," and the best time to visit it is in late spring when the peonies are in ...[Full]