Peony is the earliest flower cultivated in my country. It has a cultivation history of more than 4,900 years. The flowers bloom in late spring and early summer, ranking first among herbs. They are known as the "flower fairy" and "flower elements". They are known as the "two best among flowers" together with peonies.
If April belongs to peony, May Flower God is peony. May peony is like peony, peony flower has just finished its curtain, peony flower is on the stage again. It is the season when peony flowers bloom in a row. There are colorful flowers blooming under the blue sky, emitting a faint fragrance in the breeze, scrambling to bloom, raising our arms and embracing the arrival of early summer. In the park, the fragrant, delicate and colorful peony can make tourists who come to watch, take photos among the blooming peony flowers and linger. Just imagine, on the loess high slope, the valleys have just been covered with a thin green coat, and a sea of peony flowers suddenly appeared in the empty fields. It is so spectacular.
In Chenzhang Village, Zhangdian Town, Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, 74-year-old Ma Yinxue, transformed his 20-acre orchard into a sea of peony flowers for 7 years. Looking around, the white, pink, and purple are full of flowers. There is no deliberate intention of attractions, no people are crowded, and it is spread out naturally. It looks unique against the backdrop of the large windmills on the loess high slope. The elder sisters and aunts who have attracted countless girls' hearts came to check in and became an Internet celebrity base.
Episode 0 How could an old farmer be so romantic and could create such a sea of peony flowers. Let's hear what Mr. Ma said. Speaking of creating this sea of flowers, Mr. Ma said it was a mistake. Zhangdian This place belongs to the Loess Plateau landform, and is one of the few large flat land in the mountainous areas of flat land. Due to the large temperature difference between morning and evening, every household grows apples for a living. However, the loess high slopes generally lack rain. When they rely on the weather to make a living, the apples always cannot grow well. Now people have high requirements for product quality, so they cannot sell at the price and their income is very average. In addition, they and their husbands are old and have high requirements for management of apple trees. They don’t have the energy to serve them, so they think about whether they can change to plant something else.
Hard work pays off. By chance, I learned that peony root is a very good Chinese medicinal material. One acre of land can earn four or five thousand yuan, which is much better than planting apples. Moreover, peony does not have too high requirements for the soil climate and is easy to fiddle with. It is not as complicated as growing apples, which require pruning branches, sparse flowers, sparse fruits, bagging, and spraying medicine. Both I and my wife love to grow flowers and plant flowers, which are both pleasing to the eye and getting rich. Why not do it if you turn your hobbies into careers?
Do it as soon as you say it. Seven years ago, I started to try planting in the apple orchard bit by bit, and started learning from scratch. Needless to say, the early process was difficult, I slowly expanded the scale and planted all the 20 acres of orchards with peony. The annual peony roots and peony seeds are sold for a considerable amount of money. In addition, the peony land is right in front of my yard, which is equivalent to my own garden. When the flowering season is blooming, I will be in a sea of flowers. I am in a good mood every day. The villagers in the surrounding villages also came to watch it, and they laughed and said that it was much better than going to Luoyang to see peony.
It is better to have fun alone than to have fun, I feel very accomplished. I happened to see CCTV's " Reader " telling a story about "Flower Valley", and I joked to my wife that this sea of peony flowers is the "Flower Valley" I gave you.
people in the mountains pay attention to practicality. Even if they think this large piece of peony flowers is beautiful, they don’t think about making money. It’s okay to take a look. Two years ago, several photography enthusiasts came to take photos and posted this picture of peony on their Moments. Unexpectedly, tourists from surrounding districts and counties came to enjoy the flowers, play, take photos, and post , Douyin . This unknown small village also became booming. Every year when the flowers bloom, tourists from all over the country will fill this small village. The roads in the countryside are narrow, and when there are many cars and people, it is blocked. "The fragrance of flowers is not afraid of the deep mountains and nests." This really made him unexpected.
Uncle Ma said that people in the city are now keen on rural tourism. When peony enters the flowering season, hundreds of tourists come to check in every day.The original purpose of growing peony by myself was to sell medicinal materials, not to develop tourism, and I was embarrassed to discourage everyone's interest. However, the influx of a large number of tourists will inevitably destroy Peony, and people have to be asked to maintain and manage it, which is a bit troublesome. If you are enthusiastic tourists, it is recommended to collect tickets appropriately as management fees and compensation. Learn from the city park to charge 10 yuan per person, and it is free for those over 60 years old and children under 6 years old. Nowadays, people in the city like flowers. They only charge one dollar for each fresh cut flower. It is also a very considerable income after one flowering season.
In order to enhance everyone's experience, Uncle Ma also prepared various cooking items and green pollution-free vegetables grown by his own home. Everyone can make farm meals by themselves. The dining table is placed beside the peony garden. Under the blue sky and white clouds, in the beautiful nature, smell the fragrance of flowers and feel the beauty of life.
Uncle Ma said that now Zhangdian Town is building a Fengkou tourist resort, and his Shaoyao Garden and Fengkou Village Taohua Garden will be a highlight. Now, my living conditions are already very good. I plan to use the money I collected to continue to expand the scale and contribute to the construction of a beautiful countryside.
After several years of filming, we found that although we worked in the fields all year round, Mr. Ma has been in good spirits in recent years and looks younger and younger. He wandered in the sea of flowers, like a young man, and asked him with a smile if he had taken some magic medicine for rejuvenation. Uncle Ma laughed and said that the peony is an immortal herb, which has been surrendered to the world to save ordinary people. Legend has it that peony is not a mortal flower, but a plague on earth in a certain year. In order to save the world, the flower god stole the Queen Mother's elixir and sprinkled it on earth, so peony carries the word "medicine". Rejuvenation is the biggest gain for Mr. Ma.
Looking at the tourists' happiness and satisfaction in the sea of flowers, Mr. Ma couldn't help but sigh: I was just a mistake. I really didn't expect that the economic effect of peony flowers would be more than selling medicinal materials. I was a farmer and I was a fashionable person. It would be worth it to make so many people happy. This is really "Don't sigh that the peony is gone ruthlessly, and the sea of peony flowers is also crazy." May Uncle Ma’s sea of peony flowers be better and better, and the beautiful countryside beauties become more and more beautiful. (Click to follow for more pictures and text stories)
