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Peony on the screen of Chaohu Lake

Origin of peony flowers: south of Chaohu Lake, the peaks stand side by side, and the steep Yin Ping stretches along the shore of Chaohu Lake. Because there is a big stone on the mountain, white as silver and shaped like a vase, it is also called "silver bottle". Yin Pingfeng is 508 meters above sea level, which is the highest among all peaks. Climbing the mountain overlooks the whole lake. But when you see the blue waves in the distance, your eyes are boundless. A pulse of green hills, clouds wrapped in fog, like a fairyland. The nine peaks around Silverscreen Peak are shaped like lions, and they are called Jiushi Mountain. The ancients called it "Nine Lions Holding Silver Bottles". There is a fairy cave at the foot of Yinping Mountain. According to legend, Lv Dongbin, an ancient fairy, practiced here, hence the name. The cave is dripping with milk, colorful, gorgeous and bright, and the two walls are lined with strange stones. This karst cave formed by limestone dissolved in groundwater can accommodate thousands of people, and various stalactites are hung on the top of the cave. In the crevice of the cave cliff, there is a graceful Bai Mudan with sparse branches and leaves hovering out. In Grain Rain, peony blooms, white as silver, gorgeous and fragrant. There is a fairy cave on the mountain, which is famous for its strange flowers, strange caves, strange trees, ancient temples, famous pavilions and high pavilions. Above the cliff at the entrance of the cave, there is a Millennium Bai Mudan. Above the entrance of Xianren Cave, there is a cliff as high as 50 or 60 meters. In the crack of the rock, there is a vibrant and extraordinary flower. This is the silverscreen Bai Mudan, which has been praised as "the first wonder flower in the world" for thousands of years. There is a flower viewing building in front of the cliff. Peony flowers bloom around Grain Rain every year. According to the number of flowers, we can predict the drought and flood weather in that year (one disaster and two droughts, three or four flowers are peaceful, the grain is abundant, and six animals are prosperous. If the flowering period is too long, more than seven flowers will be flooded. Second, one flower is disaster-free, two flowers are safe, three flowers are drought-free, four flowers represent four or four wishes, five flowers bode well for the harvest, and six flowers prosper. If there are more than seven, there will be a flood. In front of the fairy cave, a pair of twin nanmu and a nine-branched broad-leaved tree grow gracefully. There are many allusions to the reason why Silverscreen Peony is called exotic flowers and exotic plants. On that steep cliff, you can't see any soil, even the grass around the stone wall can't survive. It is really strange that a delicate peony can be born on such a cliff. However, the strangeness of Silverscreen Peony does not stop there. When I was in bloom, I could see it from a distance, but when I really climbed to the top of the cliff nearest to Silverscreen Peony, I couldn't see it when I looked down. Many people climbed up and tried, but they couldn't see it. Peony Pavilion, with three octagons, is called "the first pavilion in Anhui". Located at the peak of Silverscreen, it is Huizhou architectural style. On the top of the pavilion, you can see infinite scenery. In the north, the sails of Chaohu Lake fly like an emu, and in the south, the waves of the Yangtze River are like silver, and the clouds are stacked. Very poetic. Longxing temple, formerly known as "Jiuhua in the North of the Yangtze River", was built in the Qing Dynasty on the Guanyin Terrace, the highest peak in Yin Ping. ; Peony Pavilion opened a sightseeing cableway to longxing temple. Since the Tang Dynasty, "Three Dynasties Grain Rain visited peony" has become a folk custom in Chaohu Lake. Peony Flower Legend: Fairy peony went to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother at the flat peach party in Tiangong that year. Lv Dongbin, the Eight Immortals, was delighted to see fairy peony dressed in white and beautiful. Then, he followed the fairy peony to flirt with Yin Pingshan, and the fairy peony jumped off the cliff angrily. Her white nepotism fell on the branches of the middle cliff when she jumped off the cliff, and after several cycles in Fairy Peony, she became the peony of today's Silverscreen. It is said that this is why Silverscreen Peony is white.

There are four unique things about Silverscreen peony: First, the origin of peony. On the cliff, in the bare stone stream, such a Aoba Shigeru peony suddenly appeared, which we could only dream of; The second miracle is the age of peony flowers. If Ouyang Xiu's poem "Looking at Flowers in the Fairy Cave" in the Northern Song Dynasty is taken as evidence, Silverscreen Peony has experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes. No one knows when it was born; The three wonders have a history of 1000 years. Although the peony of Silverscreen has experienced thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, the world is changing, that is, it does not wither or grow; The four wonders are spiritual. Bloom's falling flowers can foretell the abundance and regret of the years. It is said that Silverscreen Peony also has supernatural omen of abundance and apology. It is regarded as a "god flower" by local people, and its voice is well known. One flower is disaster-free, two flowers are safe, three flowers are drought-free, four flowers represent four or four wishes, five flowers are good for harvest, six flowers are prosperous, and seven flowers or more have floods. 199 1 year and 1998, thirteen silverscreen peonies bloomed for half a month, and the floods in these two years were the most serious in China. 1976, three great men in the history of China died one after another. Silverscreen peony didn't bloom at all this year. These are the reasons why Silverscreen Peony is called exotic flowers and exotic plants by the world. Although it is impossible to judge or affirm whether Silverscreen Peony really has the spirit of omen and apology, these allusions undoubtedly add a magical color to Silverscreen Peony. People have to sigh for it. Chaohu people hold a grand peony viewing festival here every year, which makes guests from all over the world linger.