Success takes root in peony capital
By Li Yingxue in Luoyang, Henan | China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-20 06:59
Legend says the bloom, reviled by empress, found new life in Henan province; now it brings prosperity
It's said that Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the only empress in China's history, asked all flowers to blossom in winter in Chang'an, today's Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
All the flowers did, except for the peonies.
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