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Peonies may look delicate, but they have strong roots which thrive underground in the cold winter months. Peonies come back every Spring, sometimes outliving humans!

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According to the traditional Chinese meaning of the complementarity of opposites, the peony has a positive influence on both women and men, allowing them to live together in harmony. A painting depicting Chinese peonies, or a vase of the bloom should be placed in the Southwest of your bedroom to attract the ideal partner or maintain a happy energy. Get a peony tattoo could also create good Feng Shui.

Among the Chinese depictions of the seasons, the peony represents the late spring-early summer, along with the lotus, plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, and becomes a metaphor for female beauty and fertility. Vibrant and lively plant, full of stunning flowers and leaves, it is often depicted in oriental art amongst other plants and birds. Although it can represent female beauty and reproduction, it can also mean shame and timidity.

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Peonies are used in decorating for Chinese New Year festivities and symbolize abundance, prosperity and honor.

Peonies are widely used in Chinese and Japanese tattoos. The illustrations of Utagawa Kuniyoshi inspire many artists’ tattoo style, in particular the prints of the series “The 108 heroes of Suikoden“. The outlaws of tale fought against the injustice of the corrupt authorities and were covered with illustrative tattoos of peonies, lions, tigers, koi carps and dragons. Peonies have often come to symbolize masculine power and rebellion.

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Which Celebrities Have Peony Tattoos?

Singer Julia Michaels has a large peony flower tattoo on the back of her left forearm. Asia Argento has a peony inked on her inner thighs. It was tattooed by Akilla, a Tokyo-based artist who specializes in traditional Japanese style tattoos.