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 ...

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 peony-themed realistic paintings at a studio in Juye County, Heze City of east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 2, 2023. Juye County is located in Heze, a city known for the cultivation ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

HEZE, China, April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- With peonies in full bloom, a forum on the industry of fine brushwork peony painting was held on Thursday in Juye County, Heze City, east China's ...

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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 ...