Horinger embraces blossoming peonies

Chinese peonies (paeonia lactiflora or the common garden peony) in bloom at a popular tourism spot in Horinger county, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, June 2. The 9th Peony Tourism Festival began recently in Horinger, with hundreds of tourists coming to enjoy nearly 37 hectares of peonies. [Photo/Xinhua]

A young tourist photographs peonies at a Horinger county scenic spot, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia June 2. The Chinese peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the paeoniaceae family, native to central and eastern Asia, from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. [Photo/Xinhua]