Wang Xiaozhao is painting peonies. Wang Xiaozhao, a 63-year-old painter in Henan province, is famous for painting peonies, which change color with the temperature and humidity. When Wang was young, he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Negative marked: Girl Bending Over ...