長谷寺の牡丹　Peonies in Hasedera Temple

長谷寺と言えば「花の寺」と言われ、特に牡丹が有名です。回廊の両脇の牡丹が有名ですが、5月上旬に行ったところ、回廊両脇の牡丹はすでに花がなくなっていて、回廊の中に牡丹が植えてありました。

Hasedera Temple is known as the “Temple of flowers”, and is especially famous for its peonies. The peonies on both sides of the corridor are famous, but when I went there on early May, the peonies on both sides of the corridor had already lost their flowers, and peonies were planted inside the corridor.

2月の様子。大切に育てられています。

February. They are being carefully grown.

日本の古い言葉で美しい女性を例える時に、立てば芍薬、座れば牡丹、歩く姿は百合の花という言葉があります。また、牡丹は「花の王」とも言われ、高貴な美しさが好まれてきました。

There is an old Japanese saying that a beautiful woman stands and sits like a peony and walks like a lily. The peony is also called the “king of flowers”, and its noble beauty has been favored.

大手毬の花。Large ball flower