Exploring Luoyang's past and present life

"Its shape is as graceful as a breeze and as graceful as a swimming dragon..." In 222 AD, Cao Zhi passed through the Luoshui River and seemed to see a beautiful woman walking over the water. "Luo Shen Fu" achieved the love between Cao Zhi and Zhen, and also told people: Luoyang, a city shrouded in the misty rain of the thirteen dynasties, is a city with too many stories.

The "Luoyang Book Events" column launched a series of reports on "Reading Luoyang Culture in Book Fragrance". If you are a writer from Luoyang and have published works about Luoyang, or if you are an enthusiastic reader and have discovered excellent works about Luoyang, you can recommend them to us, contact number: 65233686.―― Editor

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To understand Luoyang, we must approach Luoyang

"If history is an endless river, then let us go upstream and explore the romantic chapter of Luoyang, the imperial capital..." The new book "Millennium Imperial Capital Luoyang City" published by Han Jianxin, a young author of our city, in March this year, unveils the mystery of Luoyang's thousands of years of history for us, allowing Luoyang, which has had too many stories, to be presented to us page by page.

"Luoyang City, the thousand-year-old Imperial Capital" takes history as the line and introduces readers to Luoyang's culture, history, folk customs, scenic spots and historical stories that took place in Luoyang from different angles, allowing readers to understand Luoyang's past and present lives in a relaxed reading atmosphere.

In Han Jianxin's view, Luoyang is a famous historical city with a history of "thousands of years of imperial capital and hundreds of generations of emperors." Since the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in China, a total of 13 dynasties established their capitals in Luoyang, which lasted for more than 1500 years. Luoyang has witnessed the rise and fall of emperors and generals. Don't you see that Ji Yijiu, King Ping of Zhou, who moved his capital to Luoyi to avoid chaos, has left us. Wu Zetian, the only queen in China history, left legends in Luoyang...

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To read Luoyang, you must walk into Luoyang

As long as the history of the Chinese nation is, the history of Luoyang is as long as it is. In the vast sea of China classics, Luoyang is a word that cannot be avoided or avoided. If you understand Luoyang, you will understand the five thousand years of civilization of China.

Following Han Jianxin's description and following the mottled imprint of history, we see the Duke of Zhou coming from the bank of the Wei River to the bank of the Luo River, using his wisdom to create Luoyi, opening the glory of this city. Looking north at Mangshan Mountain, the twenty-fourth emperors of the six dynasties slept here, and the tombs were "places where there were almost no resting oxen"; looking south at Yique, the Longmen dug in the Northern Wei Dynasty is next to the Yi River. The Buddha statues in the grottoes seem to narrate the rise and fall of history and the change of dynasties; there are also sites silent deep in history such as Baima Temple and Guanlin, which are the best witnesses of the dusty years. What we need to do is to clear the fog of history to visit, pay homage and recall, so as to restore Luoyang's true colors.

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To prosper Luoyang, we must love Luoyang

In Han Jianxin's writing, Luoyang is a city where "holding a handful of loess is full of historical stories, and holding a handful of river water can smell the historical legacy." In the long history, Luoyang was at its peak for a while, and it also declined due to war. The situation of the Imperial Capital of the 13th Dynasty changed, leaving us no tall towers and buildings like Beijing. However, Luoyang is still a gathering of cultural monuments. A place of feng shui treasure containing national cultural treasures. Standing on Dingding Road, in the land under your feet, Wu Zetian stood on the towering Yingtian Gate during the Tang Dynasty to receive foreign envoys; Luoshui witnessed Cao Zhi's peerless talent and also demonstrated the wisdom and wisdom of Heluo children-Luoyang, as the central city of the Sui and Tang Dynasties Grand Canal, is sparing no effort to contribute to the application of the Grand Canal in China.

Han Jianxin used the pen in his hand to tell the story of Luoyang's past and present life, allowing you to see the blooming flowers, profound cultural heritage, and the magnificent beauty of Luoyang's mountains and rivers. Listen, Lao Tzu recited the Tao Te Ching and rode away on a donkey; you see, Luoyang, which has been ups and downs in the long river of history for thousands of years, is now ready to rebuild its glory.

Original title: Exploring Luoyang's past and present life

Source: Luoyang Evening News