Related Background of Cartoon Image of Peony in Luoyang

Peony in Luoyang is a perennial deciduous shrub with slow growth and small plant type. Roots are fleshy, thick and long, with lignified center, generally 0.5 ~ 0.8 meters long and few roots; The color of root bark and root meat varies with varieties; The branches are erect, crisp and round, and look like shrubs from the roots. Annual branches are smooth and brown and often crack and fall off. Leaves alternate, leaves are usually three or three compound leaves, the upper branches are often simple leaves, and the leaflets are needle-shaped, oval, oval and so on. The terminal leaflets are often 2-3-lobed, with dark green or yellow-green leaves on the top and gray-green leaves on the bottom, smooth or hairy; The total petiole is 8 ~ 20 cm long with grooves on the surface; The branches of peanuts in that year were bisexual, large and colorful, and beautiful in shape. The flower pattern is ♂ * K5c ∞ G2 ~ 5: 1: 2 ~ 5, and the flower diameter is 10 ~ 30 cm. The colors of flowers are white, yellow, pink, red, purple, deep purple (black), snow blue (pink blue), green and compound color. Male and female pistils are often petaled, and the natural growth of petals and the degree of petaled pistils are related to varieties, cultivation environmental conditions and growth years. Normal flowers have many stamens, strong seed setting ability and high seed maturity. Flowers with serious pistil petals, few seeds but no seeds, completely free stamens, 5 carpels, at least 8 carpels, each ovary bottle-shaped, placenta margin, most ovules pentagonal, 7- 13 per corner, and round seeds.

Peony is regarded as a symbol of prosperity, happiness and peace in China's traditional consciousness because of its unique wealth, luxury and wealth.

Origin and Habit: Native to China. Hanzhong is the earliest place where peonies were artificially cultivated in China. It is a deciduous shrub. Love cool and hate hot, suitable for dry and wet. I can tolerate the low temperature of -30℃ and grow normally in areas with an annual average relative humidity of about 45%. Like light, but also a little tolerant of shade. Loose, fertile and well-drained neutral loam or sandy loam is required, and it is forbidden to stick heavy soil or plant at low temperature. The flowering period is April-May. Grafting is often used in cultivation, because Paeonia belongs to Paeonia, and Paeonia is the rootstock.

Morphological characteristics: fleshy root system is developed, with few branches and fibrous roots. Plant height 1-3m, the old stems are grayish brown and the branches are yellowish brown. Bipinnate compound leaves, alternate. Flowers are solitary at the top of stem, with flower diameter 10-30cm. The colors are white, yellow, pink, red, purple and multicolor, and there are single flowers, compound flowers, double flowers and cabinet flowers.

Application: The ornamental parts of Luoyang Peony are mainly flowers. Their flowers are elegant and magnificent, and they are known as the king of flowers. Luoyang peony can establish special gardens in parks and scenic spots; Build flower beds in classical gardens and residential courtyards for planting; Natural solitary planting, clumping planting or replanting in garden green space. It is also suitable for arranging flower borders, flower beds, flower belts and potted plants, and the application is more flexible. By delaying flowering, flowers can bloom all year round. The root bark is used as medicine, and the petals can make wine.

Luoyang peony legend

There are hundreds of varieties of peony in Luoyang, among which Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Luoyang Red and Er Qiao are undoubtedly the most popular and representative.

Yao Huang and Cabbage:

In the Tang Dynasty, there lived a poor child in Mudan Mountain, who lived by collecting firewood. Others call him firewood boy. Qiaotong loved peony since childhood. Many years later, the Purple Flower Fairy on Peony Mountain asked the Flower Protection Fairy Weng to be the matchmaker and married Qiao Tong. He would rather work hard in the world for a hundred years, and he is determined to turn the firewood boy into a fairy peony boy. A hundred years later, I finally became an immortal. Firewood boy took Flower Girl to the sky, and a Huang Shoupa and a purple handkerchief floated down from the air and landed in the back door where they lived. They immediately became two peonies, one with yellow flowers and the other with purple flowers. Two kinds of flowers, yellow flower is the most beautiful, called Kao; Purple flower is second, and it is called queen flower. It is said that they are the embodiment of firewood children and flower girl. Later, these two peonies were moved to Yao Jia Garden by the gardener. The owner of Yao Jia Garden has a long history with former Prime Minister Wei Renpu. He gave purple flowers to the Wei family and planted them in their garden. Therefore, later generations also called it Kao Yao Huang and Wei Zihua.

Luoyang red:

According to legend, Wu Zetian was drinking and having fun in the garden in Chang 'an in winter. Seeing that the garden was deserted, she suddenly had a whim after drinking: "I want to swim to the Ming Garden and report my spring knowledge early. Flowers need to be released overnight, don't wait for the breeze. " This is nonsense, but a hundred flowers are not afraid of fate, and it is really a night of competition. The next day, Wu Zetian came to Shangyuan and saw that all the flowers were in bloom, but the peony had no intention of opening. She was furious and was exiled to Mangshan Mountain in Luoyang, which was remote and desolate. Unexpectedly, a proud and unyielding peony bloomed as soon as it arrived in Luoyang. Wu Zetian was even more furious and ordered the peony to be burned to death. However, although the branches of peony were burnt, the roots were not dead. Under the careful care of Luoyang people, the next spring, huge flowers bloomed and bright peony flowers spread all over Luoyang city.

Er Qiao:

Luoyang peony ranks first in the world. Among all kinds of peony flowers, one peony is particularly unique, because a flower is composed of two different colors. This peony flower is called Er Qiao. Er Qiao here refers to a pair of Sanmei, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, who married the famous Sun Ce and Zhou Yu respectively. As the name implies, this kind of flower is particularly beautiful. It is also said that when flowers bloom in Er Qiao, if there are many purples, it is Da Qiao who came to Luoyang to see the flowers. The pink one is Xiao Qiao.

Luoyang Mudan Cartoon Image

The cartoon image of Luoyang Peony is independently designed and developed by Luoyang Moon Travel Souvenir Co., Ltd. There are five cartoon images in this group, namely: Yao Huang, Weizi, Luoyang Red and Er Qiao (Er Qiao is the word). Through the in-depth study and research on the costumes, social and cultural background of the Tang Dynasty and the peony legend widely circulated in Luoyang, it is combined with fashion animation elements for creation and processing. This set of images will be widely used in propaganda, animation, books, souvenirs and many other fields, with broad development prospects.

Luoyang peony culture has a long history.

Peony is one of the earliest ornamental flowers in China. At the beginning of the evolution of peony cultivation, it formed an indissoluble bond with Luoyang. Luoyang peony began in Sui Dynasty and flourished in Tang Dynasty, while "the best in the world" was in Song Dynasty, with a history of 1500 years. In this long historical process, Luoyang peony is not only famous for its elegance and national color; With the same love for nature, the world is king and always leads the group. Luoyang has also become a sacred place for peonies in people's minds. The cultivation of Luoyang peony began in Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang Di (605-618) said, "200 Ali Zhou is Xiyuan ... Yizhou enters 20 boxes of peony" and described the name of peony varieties. Song Gaocheng is also called "Peony was handed down by Emperor Yang Di". It can be seen that Luoyang is one of the earliest peony cultivation areas in China.

In the Tang Dynasty, as the capital of Luoyang, peony was planted more widely, and the varieties of peony in Luoyang were richer, and professionals engaged in peony appeared. "Song is a single father, and he is good at planting peony. There are thousands of varieties of peony, and people don't know their skills. " At that time, peony had at least five colors: crimson, deep purple, pink, white and yellow, and a double petal variety appeared. After the Tang Dynasty, Zhuang Zong (923-926) once "built Fang Lin Temple in Luoyang, and planted more than a thousand peonies in front of it", which was no less than the Tang Palace in Chang 'an.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang peony was the best in China. Peony is the best in Luoyang. People in Luoyang don't call peonies by their first names, they call them flowers. Its slaughter is called the real peony in the world. ""in spring, there are no flowers in the city, even those who bear it; When the flowers bloom, the scholars will do it. " It can be seen that it has become a folk custom for peony people to raise peony and enjoy peony. At that time, the cultivation techniques of peony were generally improved. At the same time of sowing and propagation, peony is "bad without grafting" by grafting and fixed variation, which makes new varieties appear constantly.

At that time, it came from Yao's family in Sima Po, Luoyang, and Wei Hua came from the family of Prime Minister Jin. Qian, a local resident of Luoyang, said, "People call the Peony King, and Yao Huang is the real king, and Wei Hua is the queen".

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang not only became the center of peony cultivation in China, but also appeared a number of peony monographs with important academic value, which made outstanding contributions to the popularization and development of peony research. In the first year of Jing You (1034), Ouyang Xiu wrote "Luoyang Peony", listed 24 famous peony varieties, summarized the experience of peony cultivation and breeding, and described the customs of Luoyang people in planting and enjoying flowers. This is the first peony monograph with important academic value in the world. Later, Zhou (1082) wrote Tales of Peony in Luoyang and Tales of Flowers and Trees in Luoyang, listing peony 109 species and peony 4 1 species. During the period of Yuan You (1086- 1093), Zhang Ge wrote "Luoyang Flower Catalogue", listing 1 19 species of peony. These monographs provided valuable information for promoting the development of peony at that time and for future generations to study peony.

Throughout the development history of Luoyang peony, it is an evolutionary history of the rise and fall of China. No wonder Li lamented: "The chaos in the world is waiting for the rise and fall of Luoyang; The rise and fall of Luoyang, the auxiliary waste of Hou Yu ",this sentence is very sincere. "In today's reform and opening up, the country is rich and the people are safe, and today, when we enter the 2 1 century, the elegant, rich and affectionate Luoyang peony will surely add its beauty and dignity.

China is the hometown of peony, and Luoyang is one of the birthplaces of peony in China. Luoyang peony is famous for its large flowers, bright colors and wealth. She began in Jin, flourished in Sui, flourished in Tang and flourished in Song. Since Sui and Tang Dynasties, Luoyang Peony has been introduced and cultivated in Tian Peng, Sichuan, Yancheng, Jiangsu, Hangzhou, Anhui, Haochuan, Cao Zhou, Shandong, Shaoguan, Guangdong and other places, and now it has spread all over the Great Wall and the north and south of the river. Luoyang peony has been dissolved in the sea of peony in China, and it is fragrant overseas. In 724 AD, China Peony was introduced to Japan; Introduce France 1330 to1850; 1656, the Netherlands began to introduce; In A.D. 1789, China peony was introduced to Britain, and more than 100 horticultural varieties were cultivated. The United States also began to introduce from 1826 to 1830.

Throughout the development history of Luoyang peony, it is an evolutionary history of the rise and fall of China. No wonder Li lamented: "The chaos in the world is waiting for the rise and fall of Luoyang; The rise and fall of Luoyang, the auxiliary waste of Hou Yu ",this sentence is very sincere. "In today's reform and opening up, the country is rich and the people are safe, and today, when we enter the 2 1 century, the elegant, rich and affectionate Luoyang peony will surely add its beauty and dignity.

Luoyang peony culture is rich, which is an important part of Heluo culture and a wonderful flower of Chinese national culture. Poems, songs, novels, stories, paintings and embroideries praising peony have appeared since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Due to people's love for Luoyang peony, all kinds of fairy tales and anecdotes about Luoyang peony that have been circulated for thousands of years are widely known. People compare peony to an angel who benefits mankind, who resists the just embodiment of power and shapes her into a beautiful and kind fairy, placing people's ideals and wishes. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the precious cultural relics discovered in Luoyang archaeological excavations and the peony patterns on existing ancient buildings are rare materials for studying peony history, painting, architecture, sculpture art, opera songs, film and television music, arts and crafts, etc. , expressing the theme of peony, full of beautiful things. The development of peony culture in Luoyang promoted the development of peony culture in Heluo area and laid the foundation for the formation of peony culture in China.

Luoyang cultural and artistic works also complement each other. Production enterprises and folk artists are working together in the direction of "specialization, precision, specialization and innovation", and peony crafts such as peony refrigerator stickers, paper-cuts, peony key chains and CD boxes have also developed accordingly, enriching the garden of peony art from different angles; Cosmetics, handicrafts, drinks and articles featuring peony are gradually developed; During the Flower Festival, thousands of peony personalized stamp issuing ceremonies, peony weddings, peony photography and painting exhibitions, and the song and dance "Millennium Peony Love" in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were held, and intangible cultural heritages such as "100,000 court dances", Luoyang paper-cutting, "Tang Sancai" and "Luoyang peony cultivation techniques" were sorted out, protected and developed, making peony culture and art unprecedentedly prosperous.

"Who will be the young master in spring, and the leader is the peony". Luoyang Peony enjoys a high status in the international horticultural cultural circles because of its long cultivation history, numerous varieties, grand production scale, rich wild resources, superb cultivation techniques, increasingly perfect scientific theoretical system and profound peony cultural heritage.