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Exquisite Flower Realm

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It boasts a grand scale and majestic presence, standing in distant view of the Five Pavilion Bridge, exuding the luxurious elegance of a northern imperial garden. On the opposite bank of Wangchun Tower lies this cluster of structures called the Exquisite Flower Realm, which is known for cultivating peonies and tree peonies. During the Song Dynasty, there was a saying: “Luoyang peonies, Guangling tree peonies.” Ouyang Xiu once wrote these lines: “No other flowers in the world can rival the tree peony and peony; when I happen not to compose poems about them, I feel reproached; so I choose to get drunk beneath the Matchless Pavilion, knowing full well I won’t let down the spring of Guangling.” The Twenty-Four Bridges are also known as the Peony Bridge. You can visit Yangzhou in late spring to early summer to admire the Guangling tree peonies, which have enjoyed the reputation of being “the finest under heaven” since the Song Dynasty.

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It boasts a grand scale and majestic presence, standing in distant view of the Five Pavilion Bridge, exuding the luxurious elegance of a northern imperial garden. On the opposite bank of Wangchun Tower lies this cluster of structures called the Exquisite Flower Realm, which is known for cultivating peonies and tree peonies. During the Song Dynasty, there was a saying: “Luoyang peonies, Guangling tree peonies.” Ouyang Xiu once wrote these lines: “No other flowers in the world can rival the tree peony and peony; when I happen not to compose poems about them, I feel reproached; so I choose to get drunk beneath the Matchless Pavilion, knowing full well I won’t let down the spring of Guangling.” The Twenty-Four Bridges are also known as the Peony Bridge. You can visit Yangzhou in late spring to early summer to admire the Guangling tree peonies, which have enjoyed the reputation of being “the finest under heaven” since the Song Dynasty.

The "Exquisite Flower Realm" is a viewing spot for Guangling tree peonies. Since ancient times, Guangling tree peonies have been as famous as Luoyang peonies. The ancients referred to peonies as the “king of flowers” and tree peonies as the “prime minister of flowers.”