In Shandong丨牡丹飘香的地方_山东

　　赏牡丹，就去中国牡丹之都菏泽。

　　There is no better placethan HezeCity forthe trip of appreciating peony.

　　见过菏泽牡丹绽放，才知道什么叫“国色天香”。

　　Never will you know what is meant by "national color and heavenly fragrance", before seeing Heze peony in bloom.

　　都说曹州牡丹甲天下，每年四月，这里有世界上最壮观的牡丹盛景，云集全世界游客。

　　It is said that Caozhou cultivated the best peonies in the world. In April every year, there is the world's most spectacular peony bloom, attracting tourists from all over the world.

　　菏泽古称曹州，是中国牡丹品种的主要发祥地之一。牡丹栽培始于隋、兴于唐、盛于明，至清代菏泽成为中国牡丹的栽培中心，至今已有1500余年历史。悠久的栽培历史，让菏泽牡丹以花大色艳、富贵大气、品种繁多的特点闻名中外。千年后的今天，行走在菏泽，依然会感受到牡丹花海倾国倾城的景象。

　　Heze, known as Caozhou in ancient times, is one of the main birthplaces of Chinese peony varieties.With a history of more than 1,500 years, peony cultivation startedin SuiDynasty, flourished in Tang and MingDynasty, and Heze became the center of Chinese peony cultivation in Qing Dynasty.The long history has made Heze peony famous in China and abroad for its large and colorful flowers, elegant and poisedcharmandnumerous varieties. After amillennium, you can still witness aflourishingsceneof extremelybeautifulsea of peoniesin Heze.

　　目前菏泽观赏牡丹拥有9大色系、10大花型、1308个品种，培育新品种数量占国内总量的80%，观赏牡丹面积达5万亩，有曹州牡丹园、百花园、古今园、中国牡丹园等10多个牡丹观赏园，牡丹芍药标准化种植基地30余处。菏泽已成为世界上面积最大、品种最多的牡丹生产基地、出口基地和观赏基地。

　　Currently, Heze boasts 9 color families, 10 flower types, and over 1,308varieties.Its number of newly cultivated varieties accounts for 80 percent of the total in China, and the area of ornamental peony reaches 50,000 mu, with more than 10 peony ornamental gardens such as Caozhou Peony Garden, Hundred Flowers Garden, Ancient and Modern Garden and China Peony Garden, and more than 30 standardized planting bases for peony.Heze has establisheditself as the world's largest peony breeding, processing, and export base.

　　菏泽牡丹不仅是可观赏的“富贵之花”，也是“产业之花”“富民之花”。目前，菏泽各类牡丹生产、加工、出口企业达到120余家，开发出牡丹籽油、牡丹茶、牡丹日化品和牡丹生物医药类产品260余种，产品远销美国、法国、德国和日本等30多个国家和地区，2023年实现总产值108亿元。

　　Heze peony is not only an ornamental "flower of wealth", but also a "flower of industry" and "flower of citizens’fortune". At present, there are more than 120 peony production, processing and exporting enterprises in Heze,developingover 260 processed products, including peony seed oil, tea,cosmetics,and biomedical products. These are exported to more than 30 countries and regions, such as the United States, France, Germany and Japan, etc. The total output value of the peony products hasreachedCNY 10.8 billion in 2023.