Introduction of Luoyang City

Luoyang City lies in the western part of He'nan province along the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

The name Luoyang indicates its location, i.e. the northern side of the Luoshui River. With a history of nearly 5,000 years, the city is often regarded as “the Hinterland of the Nine States”. Additionally, as one of the Seven Ancient Capitals in China, Luoyang used to be the capital city of 13 dynasties for a period of over 1,500 years.

Luoyang has a great diversity of landforms and physiognomy. 25 kilometers to the north of Luoyang runs the Yellow River, the torrential “mother river” of Chinese people, on which the world famous Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Water Project is set up. The vast lake covering 270 square kilometers with hills rising here and there forms a splendid view of a sea of islands, just like the Qiandao Lake in south China. 80 kilometers to the east stands the world famous Shaolin Temple among the flourishing trees on Mountain Songshan. Besides the majestic temples, many Kung fu schools scatter here. Lots of scenic spots can be found 50 to 160 kilometers to the south and the east, including Mountain Baiyun National Forest Park, Mountain Huaguo, Chongdu Valley Scenic Area, Longyu Wan National Forest Park, the Jiguan Cave——the “No.1 dissolved cavern of the North China” as well as provincial forest parks and reservation parks like Mountain Tianchi of Songxian County and Mountain Qingyao.

Characterized by landscape features of both the north China and the south China, those charming scenic spots on this land are natural integration of grandness and elegance, majesty and beauty. The Heluo Area centered by Luoyang, a city among the earliest approved Historical Cities of Culture by the State Department, is a significant birthplace of Chinese civilization.

Luoyang has become an international metropolis since the Han and Wei Dynasties. With foreign ambassadors bringing tributes from all over the world in an endless stream, Luoyang reached its peak of prosperity in the Sui and Tang Dynasties with a population of one million. A number of human landscapes can display the glorious history of this ancient city, among which are the Longmen Grottoes, the Baima Temple, the Guanlin (the mausoleum of Guan Yu, a well-known general during the Period of Three Kingdoms), the Luoyang Museum, the Han Emperor Guangwu Mausoleum, the House of Thousand Epitaphs of the Tang Dynasty, the Longmafutu Temple (the Map-carrying Dragon-Horse Temple), the Former Residence of Wang Duo (a famous poet, calligrapher and painter during the period ranging from the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty), etc.

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