Hometown of peony in E China (5/8)

A worker sorts out peony flowers to make herbal tea at a workshop in Heze City, east China's Shandong province, April 16, 2014. Heze, growing about 30,000 hectares of peony, is the hometown of the flower, where it is taken as food, top-quality cooking oil, cosmetics and herbal medicines. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)