Luoyang Parks and Gardens

Shenzhou Peony Garden, Luoyang
The garden is located opposite the White Horse Temple(Baima Si), featuring the special architectural style and landscape garden of Tang Dynasty(618-907AD). Here visitors have chance to see over 30,000 full-bloom peony trees of 840 kinds. The peony garden is divided into five scenic areas, namely, Peony Culture Area, Peony Leisure Area and Peony Viewing Area. The garden also stages fantastic folk cultural performances.

Bus Routes: No.56 or 58 and get off at White Horse Temple Station.

Xiyuan Park, Luoyang

Xiyuan Park was built on the site of Xiyuan Ruins, the palace of Emperor Yangdi during the Sui Dynasty(581-618AD). The park accentuates a theme of "watch peonies and appreciate bonsais" and launches many related tour activities related. Various kinds of peonies and oddly-shaped bonsais are integrated into an exotic world of peony.

Bus Routes: No.2, 7, 29, 59, 60, 63 or 69 at Xiyuan Park Station.

National Flower Garden, Luoyang
The garden located in the west of Museum of Ancient Tombs is a peony viewing garden with a long history and a rich peony culture. Visitors can watch rare peonies of over 200 kinds in bloom at the park. Besides, Luoyang National Garden is famous for its 150-year-old “Changsouhong” (red peony) and 120-year-old "Changsouzi" (purple peony).

Bus Routes: No.83 at Wangcheng Avenue.

Wangcheng Park
Covering an area of 50,000 square meters, the park gains its name from its location, Wangcheng Ruins, the site of the Capital of Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-221BC). It served as the venue for the first Luoyang Peony Festival and the main venue for the following Peony Festivals every year. The park also has a zoo that is one of the biggest in Henan Province. Visitors can enjoy more than 10,000 peony trees of 858 different kinds with various colors in full bloom. Other events, such  as peony lantern fair, peony souvenirs exhibition, melodrama performance, flower arranging art festival, Hebei Cangzhou acrobatic circus and large rare animal show are also available here.

Bus Routes: No. 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 28, 30, 32, 40, 50, 59, 101, 102 or 103 at Wangcheng Park.

Luoyang International Peony Garden
The garden grows over 600,000 peony trees of 600 kinds. The full-bloom dates are usually 3-7 days later than other gardens because the weather is colder here. The peony garden is highly reputed because of its big flower, long flowering date and flamboyant colors. In addition to the display of exotic peonies both from home and abroad, the garden also holds a large exhibition of Chinese herbaceous peony.

Bus Routes: No. 27 or 83 at International Peony Garden

Peony Garden, Luoyang
The garden is located on Xiyuan Road and has become one of the main viewing gardens in the city since the first Luoyang Peony Festival held in 1983. The park is well-known for its “ancient peony” and boasts over 3,000 different kinds of 100-year-old peonies.

Bus Routes: No. 8, 17, 25, 31, 50, 60, 63, 69, 70 or 103 and get off at Peony Park

Luoyang Tulip Garden
The garden grows over 500 different kinds of peonies of various kinds and over 1 million tulips of 80 kinds.The mixture of tulip and peony constitute a very special scene in the garden.

Bus Routes: No. 24 or 83

Luopu Park, Luoyang
Luopu Park is the biggest park in the city. Located on the banks of Luohe River in urban district, it is said that the park grows about 20,000 peony trees of 50 kinds along the Mudan Qiao(Peony Bridge) at the middle part of the garden.  About 20,000 peony trees of 50 kinds are grown along the Mudan Qiao(Peony Bridge) at the middle part of the garden.The area is covered by green grass and bamboo, precious flowers and trees of many varieties.

Bus Routes: No. 54, 59 or 89

Sui & Tang Dynasties Relics Botanic Garden, Luoyang

The garden is characterized for its vast area of colorful peony garden, displaying peonies of all the nine color systems, including red, pink, purple, yellow, white, blue, green, black and compound colors.

Bus Routes: No.26, 34, 37, 60, 62 or 68