The Best Time of Heze Peony Garden

The best time to go to Heze Peony Garden is from mid-April to early May every year.

The best travel time of Heze-Cao Zhou Peony Garden is from mid-April to early May every year, during which the annual Heze International Peony Fair will be held. Heze International Peony Fair is one of the famous peony tourism festivals in China. It has won the titles of "Top Ten Flower Fairs in China" and "The Most Influential Brand Exhibition in China".

Peony in Cao Zhou Peony Garden belongs to the Central Plains peony population, with rich colors and ever-changing patterns. Its main colors are pink, red (including purple), blue, yellow, white, black, green and multicolor.

Each color system can be divided into deep, light and thick. According to the morphology of flowers and the degree of male and female evolution, they can be divided into nine types: single petal type, lotus type, chrysanthemum type, rose type, golden ring type, crown type, hydrangea type and terrace type. Peony belongs to Paeoniaceae, a deciduous shrub with a long cultivation history.

Heze famous snacks

1, Cao Xian sesame seed cake

Cao Xian sesame seed cake has a long history and is one of the traditional famous foods in Heze, Shandong Province, which is suitable for all ages. Cao Xian sesame seed cake takes refined wheat flour as raw material, which is wrapped with oil slurry made of fennel, pepper mixed sesame oil and salt through many processes such as mixing materials, placing plates, kneading noodles, throwing noodles, etc., then cut flowers, plate edges, coated with a layer of syrup, wrapped with sesame seeds, and then pasted into the furnace.

2. Candy preserves

Candy preserves are a special food in Juancheng County, Heze City, Shandong Province. They are all kinds of sugar shapes made of white sugar through molding and pouring, so they are also called "sons of rock sugar". Juancheng candied fruit is mainly distributed in Juancheng County, Heze City, among which the candied fruit produced by Hongchuan Village in Hongchuan Town, Renzhuang Village in Old Town and lizhuang village in Chengguan Town is the most famous.

3. Geng cake

Geng cake, also known as mirror persimmon, is a local traditional name in Heze, Shandong Province. It is produced in Heze, because Heze was called Cao Zhou in ancient times, and the persimmon produced in Gengzhuang is named after its best flavor. Caozhou Geng cake has a production history of thousands of years. It was famous all over the country as early as the Ming Dynasty and was listed as a court tribute.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cao Zhou Peony Garden