The appearance of the name "Peony" marks the beginning of peony cultivation history. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty said: "Peony is named' Mu' (which means it can reproduce asexually), and its name is added as' Dan'."
In the Sui Dynasty, the number and scope of peony planting began to expand gradually. At that time, peony was introduced and cultivated in the royal gardens and the gardens of dignitaries, which initially formed a concentrated viewing scene. "Sui Su Zhiwen" said: "Peony blooms at five o'clock in Qingming Festival." This shows that peony is a bigger ornamental plant. According to the record of Haidishan in the Tang Dynasty, "Emperor Yangdi distributed 200 Li in Xiyuan (around Xiyuan Park in Luoyang today), and the life spent in the world. Yizhou brought in 20 boxes of peonies, including He Hong, Fei Laihong, Yuan Jiahong, Zuihuan, Tianwaihong, Huang, Ruantiaohuang, Yan, Xianchunhong and so on. .......
During the Tang Dynasty, the society was stable and the economy was prosperous. Tang Dou Chang 'an Peony has developed rapidly on the basis of introducing Luoyang Peony. At that time, gardeners had planted peonies. According to Liu Zongyuan's "Dragon City", Song was a single father who was good at planting peony. Peony has become thousands, and people can't know their skills. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty called Mount Li and planted ten thousand peonies of different colors. At that time, "artists" were limited by society and forced by life, and all their "stunts" were kept secret. Therefore, the single father of Song Dynasty planted peony's "stunt", so that future generations "don't know its skills". However, judging from the "10,000 different color peony samples", the cultivation technology of peony has reached a quite high level.