牡丹,亦名木芍药、洛阳花、鹿韭、鼠姑、白术,被尊为“花中之王”。其品种繁多,有名可考者有六、七百种之多。牡丹花朵硕大,绚丽多彩,雍容华贵,清香四溢。根皮供药用,中药名曰“丹皮”。暮春时节,花事将阑,而此时牡丹正值“国色天香”尽敞芳扉之际,故民间有“谷雨三朝看牡丹”习俗。牡丹受人青睐,始于隋唐,历代文人墨客颂其傲“不随桃李竞春菲”,赞其美“紫烂红繁夸胜异”。古往今来,不少诗词画卷、戏剧散文,都留下了牡丹的香魂。“花开花落二 Peony, also known as wood peony, Luoyang flowers, deer leek, rat pupil, Atractylodes, was honored as “the king of flowers.” Its wide range of well-known candidates have six or seven hundred as many. Peony flowers huge, colorful, elegant, fragrance overflowing. Root bark for medicinal purposes, the Chinese name is “Dan-skin.” Late spring season, flowers will be closed, but this time the value of Peony is “aroma of China,” a long time to open Fang Fei Fei, so the people have “Guyu three Dynasties to see Peony” custom. Peony favored by people, began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, literati in ancient history, praised its proud “not with the Peach Li Jing Chunfei”, praising its beauty, “purple luster red exaggerate victory.” Throughout the ages, many poems and pictures, drama essays, have left the fragrance of peony. Flowers bloom two