Heze is known as the peony capital. Luoyang peony originated in the Tang Dynasty, with a history of 1300 years, which is related to the legend of Wu Zetian. "Luoyang is the most suitable flower, and peony is especially strange in the world." Luoyang, Henan Province is known as the hometown of peony. Its cultivation began in Sui Dynasty, flourished in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty.

Peony flowers in Luoyang are large, varied and colorful. There are 9 color systems, 10 flower patterns and 1000 varieties, including red, white, pink, yellow, purple, blue, green, black and multicolor. Every April, there will be peony flowers in Luoyang, and then Luoyang City will be crowded with people competing to see the beauty of peony.

Peony is mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, including Henan, Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi provinces. Distribution centers are located in Heze, Shandong, Luoyang, Henan and Beijing. In fact, the cultivation and distribution of peony varieties in the central plains are in Shanghai and Hangzhou in the south; It can bloom normally in Qingdao and Yantai in the east, Lanzhou in Gansu in the west and south of the Great Wall in the north.

Luoyang also has this title, provided that there is no Heze. Although they are both famous for peony, there are still great differences between them.

Luoyang peony is famous for its humanistic atmosphere, and almost all famous sentences about peony are related to Luoyang. Li Bai, who has seen all the mountains and rivers, wrote a famous sentence: "Look at the oriental flowers and disturb Luoyang people"; Xu Wei, a proud wit, has the question "What is the beauty of famous flowers?" Call Luoyang unparalleled.

Luoyang peony became famous very early, beginning in Sui Dynasty, flourishing in Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the poetry culture flourished, and countless literati endowed Luoyang peony with unrestrained talent, which created the grand occasion that "only peony is the real national color, and the capital moves when flowers bloom". In today's words, Luoyang peony was the top stream at that time, and everyone wanted to rub it.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 65,438+000 poems about peony by 50 literati were collected in the whole Tang Dynasty alone. At the same time, a number of theoretical monographs and professional peony florists were born, and peony flowers were planted all over Luoyang, becoming the earliest peony cultivation center in China.

People in Luoyang like peonies. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, ornamental peony was a popular culture at that time. In the Song Dynasty, Luoyang peony became the best in the world.

Interestingly, from the Ming Dynasty, the Peony Center in China began to move to Cao Zhou, which is now Heze. Officials in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty once described the grand occasion of local peony planting: "All the way to Cao Nan, a hundred miles away, the fragrance is welcome, and every garden is planted with peony, if the dishes are natural."

Cao Zhou people's enthusiasm for planting peony is no less than that of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, so that it is as extensive as vegetables in the garden. The peony in Cao Nan wrote, "The peony in Cao Nan is the best in the sea". Since then, Heze has replaced Luoyang as the "First Peony City".

Heze used to be a natural ancient river, where Ji and Shui meet and come out together, connecting the two major water systems of Guji and Surabaya. It was renamed Longchi in the Tang Dynasty and Xiayue Lake in the Qing Dynasty. In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), it was promoted to the government and became Guo Wei County. Because there is "Heshan" in the south and "Razer" in the north, it is named Heze.

1952165438+10 Pingyuan province was abolished, Heze and Huxi were placed in Shandong province, and Dongming county under Heze area was placed in Zhengzhou area of Henan province.

1July, 953, Huxi Special Zone was abolished, and Shanxian, Fucheng, Chengwu and Juye under its jurisdiction were placed in Heze Special Zone, and Jiaxiang, Jinxiang and Yutai were placed in Jining Special Zone. At the same time, Wang Nan County was cancelled and divided into Liangshan and Jiaxiang. By the end of 1953, Heze District had governed 10 counties: Heze, Juancheng, Yuncheng, Liangshan, Dingtao, Cao Xian, Shanxian, Chengwu, Juye and Fucheng.

1March, 956, Fucheng County was abolished and merged into Cao County and Shan County.

1958+0 1 month, Heze area was abolished, and eight counties including Heze, Juancheng, Yuncheng, Liangshan, Juye, Chengwu, Shanxian and Cao Xian were merged into Jining area. At the same time, Dingtao County was abolished and divided into Heze County and Chengwu County.

1June, 959, Heze area was restored, and eight counties originally merged into Jining area were returned to Heze area.

1960 65438+ 10, Heze County was changed to Heze City, and Pingyin County, which originally belonged to Jinan City, was included in Heze District in February.

196 1 February, Pingyin County under the jurisdiction of Heze District was restored to Jinan City, and Dingtao County was restored in June 10.

1963 In March, Heze City was changed to Heze County, and in April, 2006, Dongming County was returned to Heze District.

1September 1983, Heze County was changed to Heze City. 1985 65438+In February, all the areas of six towns in Liangshan County, such as Yinshan, Doushan, Banyudian, Kunshan, Li Si and Daanshan, and some areas of two towns, Shanglaozhuang and Daimiao, were incorporated into Dongping County, Tai 'an City.

1989 12.22, Liangshan county was included in Jining city, and nuclear taoyuan township, which originally belonged to Jiaxiang county of Jining city, was included in Juye county. By the end of 1996, there were 8 counties, 253 towns and offices, 74 neighborhood committees and 6,426 village committees under the jurisdiction of Heze 1 city and Dongming, Dingtao, Cao Xian, Chengwu, Shanxian, Juye, Yuncheng and Juancheng.1. The administrative office is located in Heze City.