牡丹是洛陽的市花,洛陽每年4月都舉辦牡丹花會。“花中之王”牡丹在中國已有2 400余年的人工栽培歷史。唐宋年間,洛陽家家有牡丹。許多大詩人。如李白、杜甫、自居易、李商隱、蘇東坡等,都留下了吟詠洛陽牡丹的精美詩篇。如今,洛陽牡丹已擁有500多個品種。每到春季,400多萬株牡丹在洛陽競相開放。
The peony is the city flower of Luoyang. Every year during the month of April, the city holds a peony show. The “King of Flowers” has been cultivated by Chinese people for over 2 400 years. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, every household in Luoyang grew peonies and many poets, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, and Su Dongpo, composed fancy poems praising the beauty of Luoyang’s peonies. Today, there has been over 500 kinds of Luoyang peonies, and every spring over four million peonies bloom throughout the city.