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Letter From Heze
‘No other flower compares’: China’s unofficial national flower helps third-tier city to blossom
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From peony seed oil to peony toothpaste, peony tea, peony cosmetics and even peony eggs, you name it and Chinese city Heze has it.
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HEZE, Shandong – There is no mistaking what this city, in the agricultural heartland that is China’s central plain, wants to be remembered for.
Heze Mudan Airport bears the name of the peony flower, and visitors moving through the arrival hall cannot help but notice the pots containing voluminous blooms in vibrant hues of pink and purple.
