People pose for a group photo with a peony painting at the 2023 UN Chinese Language Day event in Vienna, Austria, on May 2, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of Juye Painting and Calligraphy Institute The peony ...

Farmers paint peonies in the Luxi Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Juye, Shandong province, on Sunday. [Photo by Zhao Ruixue/China Daily] Known as the "Peony Capital of China", Heze in Shandong ...

China may be known today as a global economic powerhouse and an industrial giant, but it still takes immense pride in its thousands of years of rich culture and heritage. Even at the enterprising port ...

Ancient Feng Shui principles reveal how art can boost prosperity. Paintings of flowing waterfalls, koi fish, golden mountains, running horses, peonies, and bamboo are believed to attract wealth and ...

Kho said the peony holds symbolic importance in East Asia. "The origin goes back to China's 618―907 Tang Dynasty when the Tang court discovered the beauty of the peony and the flower came to symbolize ...

Photo taken on April 11, 2023 shows fans with pictures of peonies composed by painters in Pingle Village, Mengjin District, Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. [People's Daily Online/Wang ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The exhibition of the Global Tour of Heze Juye Gongbi Peony Paintings, titled "Blooming along the Silk Road, Creating Prosperity Together," was held from Tuesday to ...

“Dip your finest brush in color. Keep your brush vertical — this is very important. Lower it gently onto the paper. Don’t apply pressure. You’ll see tiny yellow dots appear,” a teacher told students ...

As we all know, peony is China's national flower. And more than a hundred traditional Chinese paintings of the flower went on display this week in Shanghai. As we all know, peony is China's national ...

In spring, the city of Heze in East China's Shandong Province busies itself for peony blossom. Tourists shuttle through the fields of peonies, admiring the precious flowers which bloom in various ...

Known as the "Peony Capital of China", Heze in Shandong province has been cultivating the delicate flower for over 1,400 years, and thanks to this local specialty another industry has bloomed into ...