Heze is the "Hometown of Peonies" in China. It is currently the peony production base, scientific research base, export base and ornamental base with the longest cultivation history, largest planting area and most varieties in the world. Peony cultivation in Heze began during the Jiaqing period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. The city's peony planting area reaches more than 80,000 acres, with 9 major color systems, 10 major flower types, and 1,100 varieties. It has won many awards in domestic and foreign flower exhibitions. Among the 110 flower individual awards at the 1999 Kunming World Expo, Heze Peony won 81 awards, fully demonstrating the strength of "Heze Peony is the best in the world".

Chinese name

Heze International Peony Festival

Establishment date

1992

Held date

April 16th every year

Held place

Heze

Festival type

Heze International Peony Culture Tourism Festival

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Origin of development

3 The 23rd session

Introduction

Established: 1992

Held time: April 16 every year

Location: Heze

Festival type: Heze International Peony Culture Tourism Festival

Festival content: more than 40 activities covering major festivals, economy and trade, culture, sports and tourism, local art joint performances, etc.

Origin of development

Since 1992, With the approval of the State Council, Heze holds the Heze International Peony Festival every year between April and May. It has been successfully held for 21 times so far. Starting from 2013, the "Heze International Peony Flower Fair" was renamed as the "Heze International Peony Cultural Tourism Festival", and April 16 was fixed as the opening time of each subsequent Peony Cultural Tourism Festival.

Heze City is also named the "Hometown of Martial Arts", "Hometown of Calligraphy and Painting" and "Hometown of Opera" named by the State Council.

According to this, Heze International Peony Fair holds various cultural and entertainment activities and a large number of economic, trade and cultural activities every session. During the 2006 Heze International Peony Fair, the opening ceremony and large-scale square star concert, investment project negotiation meeting, China International Dragon and Lion Championship, China (Juancheng) Human Hair Style Festival, real estate transaction exhibition, "Flower Country" were held. "Spring" concert, the 4th "Peony Cup" Contemporary Painting and Calligraphy Masters Exhibition, "China, Japan and South Korea Calligraphers and Painters Invitational Competition" and series of calligraphy and painting exhibitions, National Flower Wedding Ceremony, the 4th Chinese Peony Flower Arrangement Art Exhibition, "Flower of Flowers" "Soul" local opera concert, "Chinese Peony Fairy" and Heze "Tourism Ambassador" selection competition, etc.

Heze is the settlement of Chinese ancestors, the birthplace of the Chinese nation and one of the sources of Chinese civilization. It has profound, rich and long historical and cultural resources. By holding the "Heze International Peony Festival", the graceful and luxurious Heze peonies will go out of Heze, further expand the influence of Heze peony culture, promote the rapid growth of Heze peonies and Heze's economy, and let the luxurious peonies bloom often among the majority of beauty lovers. heart.

The 23rd

Editor

The 23rd "Heze International Peony Culture Festival" will open on April 16, 2014. This year's opening ceremony will no longer hold large-scale cultural and artistic performances as in previous years. Instead, there will be 31 performances that are popular with the masses and have local characteristics.

Huang Xiuling, deputy mayor of Heze City, said at the press conference that this Peony Cultural Tourism Festival is based on the principles of "warm, festive, pragmatic and simple". The event will not involve big scenes, invite celebrities, or invite celebrities. Pay attention to pomp and circumstance, avoid false propaganda, and organize 31 overall planned activities, which will fully reflect the culture and intangible cultural characteristics of Heze's "one city and four townships". In addition to the play "Women in the Ancient City" and the Shandong Southwest Persuasion Music "Singing Opera" and other award-winning works from the 2013 Ten Arts Festival, the 12th "Peony Cup" Invitational Exhibition of Works by Famous Chinese Calligraphers and Paintings, Heze Local Folk Culture Drama Exhibition, and Opera Fancier competitions and other activities will also be held at the same time.

This festival has been held for the 23rd time in 2014 since it was held in 1992. April 16 is fixed as the opening time of the Peony Cultural Tourism Festival every year. As of 2013, it has received a total of more than 52.11 million Chinese and foreign tourists, with an economic and trade turnover of nearly 111.8 billion yuan, and more than 410 foreign investment contracts signed. The field of foreign cooperation involves more than 40 industry categories in the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. .

Heze is the famous "Peony Capital of China", "Hometown of Calligraphy and Painting", "Hometown of Opera", "Hometown of Martial Arts" and "Hometown of Folk Art". "The peonies of Caozhou are the best in the world, and the beauty of the country and the fragrance of the sky crown all the fragrances" is an incisive description of the peonies of Heze. At present, the peony planting area in the city is 460,000 acres, and 1,237 varieties in 9 major color systems, 10 flower types, and certified by the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine as origin marks. The export rate of seedlings accounts for 80% of the country's total, and they are exported to more than 30 countries and regions such as the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, and South Korea. In these countries and regions, there are professional peony gardens where Heze Flower Farmers spread their skills. Heze has thus become China's largest peony export base and the world's largest peony production, breeding, scientific research and viewing base. [1]

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