Grandma Han can tell the origin of this Wei purple peony, Ouyang Xiu's "Luoyang Peony Record" recorded: "The flower of the Wei family, the saffron of the thousand leaf flesh, comes from the Wei Xiang (Renpu) family." ()

The founder saw it in Shou'an Mountain and sold it to Wei. Wei's pool hall is very large, the preacher cloud: when this flower first appeared, people have people who want to read, people pay more than ten dollars, but they have to board a boat to cross the pond to the flower place, and Wei's daily income is more than ten.

After the breakdown, the garden, now the Puming Temple behind the forest pond is its land, the temple monks plough it to plant mulberry wheat.

There are many flowers in the people's homes, and people have counted their leaves, and the clouds reach seven hundred leaves. Qian Sigong tasted and said: People are called the king of peony flowers, and now Yao Huang is really the king, and Wei Hua is the queen.

The gist of this passage is: Wei Zi came from the Wei Xiang Wei Renpu family, and was first found by a woodcutter in Shou'an Mountain and presented to Wei Renpu.

Wei Zi is planted in Wei Chi, which is very large. When this Wei purple flower blooms, some people want to see it, and they need to pay dozens of dollars for viewing before they can cross the Wei Chi by boat to reach the flower house, and they can receive tens of thousands of Wen every day.

Later, the Wei family collapsed and sold the peony orchard, and the monks of Pulin Monastery cultivated mulberry wheat in this courtyard.

Later, Wei Zi flowed into the people, and people counted its petals, and the number could reach more than 700 petals. Qian Sigong once said: People say that the peony flower king, Yao Huang can be called the king, and Wei Zi can be called the queen.

Grandma Han can be said to be a treasure when she talks about this, and Luo Tong has learned a lot from walking with her.

Seeing Luo Tong's adoring little eyes, Grandma Han smiled: "I just like peonies, so I went to collect information about this female peony." I come to this peony festival in Luoyang every year, and you know these if you come a few times. ”

Luo Tong clenched his fists, and he must take advantage of these days to learn some knowledge of this peony. Thinking about it like this, Luo Tong's eyes were attracted by a green peony in front of him.

Its color is green beans, and the flower type is hydrangea type, Luo Tong can't help but compare it with the green roses in his flower garden, and privately still thinks that this green peony is better.

The main reason is that this peony is more graceful and luxurious, and more dignified, while the rose may be more delicate, if the peony is compared to the queen, then the rose can be called a concubine.

Grandma Han naturally saw Luo Tong's strange appearance, she looked at Luo Tong's line of sight, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "This is another traditional famous product, the name is Ou Bi, also known as Ou Jiabi." ”

"Among the peony varieties, bean green is the only pure green treasure, and the flower is hydrangea type, named because of the color like green beans. Ou Jiabi is the ancient name of bean green, in 1957, when China carried out a survey of peony varieties, it was recorded as green peony. ”

"It's so pretty!" muttered Luo Tong, who didn't know what to say other than pretty.

Grandma Han smiled: "The peony is indeed beautiful, look at Zhao Fan over there." ”

She motioned for Luo Tong to look at the right front of this Ou Bi, where there was a pink peony slim, looking at the light pink, Luo Tong felt that her girl's heart was about to jump out.

Her favorite is pink, "Grandma Han, is this Zhao Fan?"

"Of course, Zhao Fan is the youngest of the four famous species. According to the "Peony Spectrum of Mulberry Fence Garden", it is recorded: "Zhao Fan was cultivated by moving the ice cube cover red stone (a boy noodles) from Luoyang to Caozhou Zhao's Garden. ”

"Aromatic, good at flowering, with single petal and semi-double petal, double petal 3 flower types, some 3 flower types grow the same tree. ”

"Because of its outstanding advantages, it has a great reputation. Therefore, people list Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Ou Bi and Zhao Fan as the four traditional famous products. ”

"I think there are many varieties of peonies here, there should be far more than four varieties. Luo Tong was puzzled, she looked all the way, far more than these colors.

"Silly girl, there are too many types of peonies now, and Luoyang can be said to be the place with the most peonies in the world. So far, Luoyang peony has 9 major color systems, 10 flower types, and more than 1,000 varieties of red, white, pink, yellow, purple, blue, green, black and compound colors. ”

"So many?" Luo Tong was surprised, "When is this going to be seen?"

Grandma Han smiled: "I can't finish watching it in the past few days, but for peony lovers, this is their paradise, and they can soak in this peony garden all the time." ”

"I just want to come and see the peony of this country," Luo Tong said, but he thought about how good it would be if he could meet a self-conscious peony at this peony festival.

However, she also knew that this was unattainable, and now she had boxwood, small gourds, and the pot of bamboo, which were already very rare.

"Grandma Han, what are the famous peonies at present, in addition to the four traditional ones?"

Luo Tong has a conjecture, whether it is boxwood or a small stove, it is relatively high value, will the higher the value, the easier it is to give birth to self-awareness?

Grandma Han frowned, most people would ask this question, but she didn't care.

"At present, Luoyang is the most famous is the top ten famous products, in addition to the previous four, there are two Qiao, Luoyang red, Yuyi Huang, drunk Yang Fei, Qinglong Lying Ink Pool, White Snow Tower, these six. ”

"Is there one in this Wangcheng Park?" After listening to Grandma Han's introduction, Luo Tong couldn't wait to see these famous peonies.

"Don't worry, we're following the guide, this Wangcheng Park is usually available, I saw it all last year. ”

Grandma Han looked at Luo Tong, who had always been quiet, and suddenly became anxious, and couldn't help but reassure Luo Tong, until now, Luo Tong has a little bit of liveliness as a girl of this age.

"Okay!" Luo Tong stuck out his tongue and quietly carried Grandma Han's arm, always paying attention not to fall behind.

"Grandma Han, how long do you say peonies usually live?"

"This, the average peony can live for a hundred years, but I heard that the thousand-year-old Han peony in Baixiang has been there since the Han Dynasty, and it has been more than 2,000 years now, and it is still blooming. ”

"More than two thousand years?" Luo Tong's eyes widened, do you want to live so long?

"Yes, there is still a legend about this Han peony," Grandma Han paused, looked at Luo Tong's expectant eyes, and continued.

It is rumored that at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was in the new dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was saved by hiding in the peony bushes of Mituo Temple in Beihao Village, Baixiang County, in order to avoid pursuit. ”

According to the records of Baixiang County, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu was called the emperor, and when he inspected Hebei, he passed through Baixiang and sent a peony poem with a poem.

"King Xiao has taken refuge in the deserted village, and the well and temple are not very desolate. There are only a few peony flowers, and they are loyal to the king."

Because the peony here once saved the life of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Guangwu Dynasty, people called the peony of Baixiang as the Han peony. ”

"Baixiang, where is this?"

"Baixiang is from Hebei, in Xingtai City, if you have time, you can go and see. ”

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