After Pangu opened up the land, there were only some common flowers and plants on the land, but no peonies.
At that time, there were two fairies in the sky, two sisters, one named Mu Mu and the other named Dandan. Dandans name is noble, and people love nobleness. Although they are two sisters, they have different personalities. My elder sister, Mu Mu, loves simplicity.
Once, for some unknown reason, Pei Mu and Dan Dan violated the rules of heaven and were demoted to the mortal world by the Emperor of Heaven. They were originally allowed to work as ordinary grass and be trampled by animals. However, the Queen Mother interceded and they were allowed to change. They make exotic flowers and herbs.
The Queen Mother said to Mu Mu and Dandan: "You are sisters in heaven. In order to take care of you, I let you live together after you come down to earth, so that you can help and take care of each other. However, there are two kinds of I want you to choose: the first is flowers, which are beautiful and noble, but have a short lifespan; the second is leaves, which are simple and unpretentious, but have a long lifespan. You can each choose a path.
," Mu Mu said: "Dandan, I am older than you, I have practiced longer than you, and my inner strength is deeper than you. Let me be the flower. I can withstand it. If you are younger, just be the leaf. The leaf has a long lifespan." "No, sister, you have always known that I love beauty, just let me be the flower, okay? My good sister." Dandan begged. Seeing her sisters pitiful look, Mu Mu had no choice but to give in to her.
So, the two of them descended to earth and merged into a beautiful flower. Dandan turned into an eye-catching "flower", standing proudly on the branches, looking around, showing off its beauty, and indeed attracted the admiration of many unknown flowers and plants. The peony has become a green "leaf", setting off the "flower", simple and simple, not seeking to be gorgeous.
Good flowers don’t bloom often. The next day, Dandan lowered his head as if he was ill. Pei Mu asked: "Sister, whats wrong with you?" Dandan said: "I'm not feeling well, sister, please help me." Father-in-law Sun saw all this and hurried to tell the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was anxious and hurriedly invited her to come. The doctors Feng Po Po and Yu Niang Niang were invited to treat Dan Dans illness. But it was too late. When they arrived, there was another storm on the ground, which scraped the long branches of Dandan into bruises and left her dying. It was only before Dandan died that she realized that she should not spend her whole life being greedy for beauty. As for the peony, they are still steadfastly raising the new flowers of Dandan’s descendants.
People call this flower peony.
This story tells us: Everyone has a love for beauty. But excessive love for beauty turns into aestheticism. If you show off from then on, you will go the opposite direction and pay a heavy price.
