Luoyang was the ancient capital of several dynasties.

Xi and Luoyang are called the ancient capitals of the 13th dynasty respectively. The first capital of Luoyang was the Xia Dynasty. The second capital of Luoyang is Shang Dynasty.

The third capital of Luoyang is the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is 1046 BC. In order to control the eastern region, the Western Zhou Dynasty began to build its capital in Luoyang. Since then, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty (Wu Zhou Dynasty), the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty 10 dynasties have all chosen Luoyang as their capital.

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Luoyang has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, a city history of 4,000 years, and a capital construction of 1500 years. Luoyang is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road and the center of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal. More than ten dynasties established their capitals in Luoyang in history. There are five capital sites in Luoyang: Erlitou Site, Yanshi Mall Site, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng Site, Han and Wei Luoyang City Site, Sui and Tang Luoyang City Site.

By the end of 2065438+March 2009, there were three world cultural heritages in Luoyang: Longmen Grottoes, Han Han Gu Guan and Han Jia Cang. At the end of 20 19, there were 82 A-level scenic spots in Luoyang, including 30 scenic spots above 4A level.

Luoyang has Chinese Luoyang Peony Culture Festival, Heluo Cultural Tourism Festival and other festivals. Luoyang won the honor of being an excellent tourist city, a national garden city, a national sanitary city and a national civilized city in China.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Luoyang