Why peony is the national flower

'the color of the country, the wine in the morning, the fragrance in the sky and the clothes in the night. Since ancient times, peony has been praised by people. The cultivation history of Zhuang peony has been recorded as early as the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties. By the Tang and Song Dynasties, the cultivation techniques of peony had a great development. In the Tang Dynasty, peony is more gorgeous, known as the 'King of flowers'. 'I'm proud of my horse's hoof disease, and I've seen Chang'an flowers all day. 'the Chang'an flower here is peony. The Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing and planted peonies all over the temple. In the Qing Dynasty, a prince went to the temple to see the peony. He inscribed a plaque on it, saying: "national flower temple". It can be seen that Zhuang Dan had already been crowned as national flower in the Qing Dynasty. In his book the origin of species, Darwin also took the creation of new varieties of Chinese peony as an example to demonstrate the theory of natural selection and artificial selection. In the eighth century, Chinese peony was introduced to Japan, France in 1330, Holland in 1656, and the United States in 1820. So far, more than 20 countries have cultivated Chinese peony. Peony and Chinese culture are inseparable. It is said that Empress Wu Zetian of Tang Dynasty was drunk in winter and made all flowers bloom. She was demoted to Luoyang only because she failed to resist Zhuang Dan. This made Luoyang zhuangdan the best in the world. From this, we can see that peony's character of not fearing obscenity, power, and adversity is in line with the special integrity of the Chinese nation.