Where is the hometown of China Peony?

Hometown of Peony in China —— Heze, Shandong. At the first, second, third and fourth national flower and flower fairs, Heze Peony won the gold, silver and bronze prizes, the first, second and third prizes, the scientific and technological progress prize and 26 high-quality exhibits prizes. Heze Peony caused a sensation in the three Hong Kong International Flower Expositions, winning the first prize 1 piece and three first prizes. At the Bordeaux International Flower Expo in France and the Pittsburgh International Invention Expo in the United States, they won the silver prize for the total score of the contest and the silver prize for dried peony flowers respectively. At the 4th National Flower Expo, Heze Peony won the only "Special Award for Attractions" and 6 individual awards.

001April 30, 1999, in China '99 Kunming World Horticultural Exposition 1 19 Peony Individual Award, Heze Peony won the championship with an absolute overwhelming advantage, of which 8 1. Among them, Heze "Cao Zhou Peony Garden" and "Qiao Zihong" peony each won L; 12 gold medal, Heze Peony "Black Flower" and "Caozhou Red" won l0; 36 silver medals, 26 Heze Peony "Hu Hong" and "lantian jade"; Among the 60 bronze medals, Heze Peony won 43 pieces, namely "Two Clever Flowers" and "Huang Huakui". Experts and judges unanimously commented that "Heze Peony is big, colorful and full of flowers, which is worthy of being a national beauty".

From September 00200/KLOC-0 to June 5438+00, Heze Peony won all the gold medals of special awards, accounting for 85% of the total number of peony special awards. Shandong Province won the first prize of the group in this flower fair, and Heze Peony accounted for more than one-third of the gold medals and nearly one-third of the awards.

At the beginning of February 2002, Heze Peony once again dominated the first National Peony Flower Exhibition, and * * * won 86 medals in 128, including 8 gold medals in 13, 22 silver medals in 38 and 56 tung medals in 77.

The total number of winning medals of Heze Peony is more than twice that of Luoyang Peony, which once again proves the indisputable fact that "Cao Zhou Peony is the best in the world".

In 2000, Heze was named "China Peony Town" by China Flower Association. In 2006, Heze was named "China Peony City". On March 2012 16, China Flower Association officially named Heze as "Peony Capital of China". Every year in mid-April, when the peony flowers are in full bloom, Heze will hold the "Heze International Peony Fair".