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Luoyang 洛阳Luòyáng
Cliffs of carved Buddhas, a temple from Buddhism's arrival and spring peonies
About Luoyang
Between the Western Zhou and the Tang, six capitals rose on neighbouring sites around Luoyang, used by eleven dynasties, and with Chang'an the city marks the eastern end of UNESCO's Silk Roads corridor. South of the city, the Longmen Grottoes line the cliffs of the Yi River with more than 100,000 Buddhist statues, most carved under the Northern Wei and Tang. White Horse Temple is by tradition China's first Buddhist temple, founded in 68 AD, and every spring the city holds a peony festival.
What to eat in Luoyang
- Luoyang water banquet (洛阳水席)
- Luoyang jiangmian noodles (浆面条)
Featured places in Luoyang
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Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
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White Horse Temple 白马寺
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
Listed sites in Luoyang
67 listed sites are in Luoyang. These are the 38 rated 5A or 4A; see all 67 in the Henan list.
- Baiyun Mountain 白云山 5A scenic area
A high forested part of the Funiu range in southern Song County, on the watershed of the Yangtze, Yellow and Huai rivers, protected as a national forest park and nature reserve. - Longtan Grand Canyon 龙潭大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
A 12 km U-shaped gorge cut by the Qing River into purple-red quartz sandstone in northern Xin'an County, the core of the Wangwushan–Daimeishan UNESCO Global Geopark. - Mount Laojun and Jiguan Cave 老君山·鸡冠洞 5A scenic area
One of the main peaks of the Funiu range, renamed in the Tang after the legend that Laozi retired here to cultivate the Way; Taoist temples have stood on it since the Northern Wei, and three cable-car lines and a long ridge walkway lead up towards the Golden Summit, a cluster of Taoist halls on the crest. - Baoduzhai Old Stockade Village 抱犊寨 4A scenic area · on the map
An old fortified mountain village (zhai) at Dahong in Sanchuan town, western Luanchuan, run as a scenic area around the stockade and its old village houses. - China National Flower Garden 中国国花园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large peony garden, laid out from 2001 in the riverside Luopu Park on the south bank of the Luo River, over part of the Sui–Tang city site. - Chongdugou 重渡沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain valley in north-eastern Luanchuan, in the core area of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark, known for its springs and waterfalls and its extensive bamboo groves. - Dahehui, Luoyang 大河荟 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural leisure complex in Luolong District that opened in autumn 2023, built around immersive digital entertainment. - Daimei Mountain 黛眉山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the far north of Xin'an County, on the south bank of the Yellow River upstream of the Xiaolangdi Dam. - Dinosaur Valley Rafting 恐龙谷漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A commercial river-rafting attraction on a mountain stream at Chunshu village in Jincun township, in the hills of southern Ruyang County. - Erlitou Site Museum of the Xia Capital 二里头夏都遗址博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large museum opened in 2019 next to the Erlitou site, the Bronze Age settlement that many Chinese archaeologists identify as a capital of the Xia dynasty, a link the museum's own name asserts but which remains unproven. - Funiu Mountain Ski Resort 伏牛山滑雪度假乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain ski resort at Yangshuping village in the Funiu range west of Luanchuan, shortlisted in 2023 as a national-level ski tourism resort, the only one in Henan. - Guanlin Temple 关林 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The traditional burial place of the head of Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general later worshipped as a god, which Cao Cao is said to have buried here with princely honours in 220. - Haoze International Tulip Park 豪泽国际郁金香花海欢乐城 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower park in Yibin District, south-east of central Luoyang, planted with tulip fields that flower in spring, with fairground rides and children's play areas. - Huaguo Mountain National Forest Park 花果山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain in south-western Yiyang County that shares its name with the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, home of the Monkey King in Journey to the West, and plays on the story with a Water Curtain Cave square and Monkey King themes. - Longfengshan Ancient Town 龙凤山古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A large leisure town in Song-dynasty style built on former gullies and slopes north-west of Yichuan county town, with new walls open for walking, lanes, courtyards, food stalls, shops and guesthouses. - Longmen Fengxiang Hot Spring Resort 凤翔温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the southern edge of Luoyang, near the Longmen Grottoes, with thermal pools and an on-site hotel. - Longyuwan National Forest Park 龙峪湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the Funiu Mountains of Luanchuan County, which the city government describes as a core ecological scenic area of the range. - Luanchuan Huilan Orchid Culture Park 栾川蕙兰文化产业园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park in Heyu town devoted to the huilan orchid (Cymbidium faberi), which opened in April 2023 with the first Luanchuan Huilan festival and which the city describes as the largest orchid park of its kind in northern China. - Luanchuan Zhuhai Wildlife Park 竹海野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wildlife park in the Chongdugou valley area of north-eastern Luanchuan, best known for its Siberian tigers: more than 200 live here, and in 2026 an agriculture-ministry laboratory named it a Siberian tiger breeding base. - Luoyang Lavender Manor 薰衣草庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A lavender-themed flower farm in Yibin District near the Longmen Grottoes, begun in 2013 as an agri-tourism project on the Yi River ecological corridor. - Luoyi Ancient Town 洛邑古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist quarter in the east of Luoyang's old city, largely built in recent years in traditional style around surviving monuments: the Wenfeng Pagoda, a stretch of the Jin–Yuan city wall, the Xintan pond and the Henan Prefecture Confucian Temple. - Muzhaling Scenic Area 木札岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area at Checun in south-eastern Song County, on the northern side of the Funiu range and within the Funiu Mountain nature reserve. - Peony Pavilion and Luoyang Peony Museum 牡丹阁 4A scenic area · on the map
A large pavilion-style building at the southern end of Luoyang's modern city axis, opened on trial during the 2022 peony festival, which houses the Luoyang Peony Museum, showing the history of peony growing, peony varieties, peony-themed relics and the modern peony industry with documents, objects, film and live plants. - Qiantang Zhizhai Museum 千唐志斋 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A collection of carved tomb epitaphs described as China's largest, gathered in the 1930s by Zhang Fang from tombs looted around Luoyang and set into the walls of 15 brick-vaulted rooms beside his house in Tiemen. - Qicai Fairy Tale Animal Kingdom 七彩童话动物王国 4A scenic area · on the map
A zoo and amusement park in Lianzhuang town, Yiyang County, combining animal and plant collections with funfair rides, pick-your-own farm areas and school study programmes. - Qingyao Mountain 青要山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain area in north-western Xin'an County, linked in legend with the Yellow Emperor. - Shenlingzhai National Forest Park 神灵寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 53 km² in the mountains south-east of Luoning town, rising to 1,859 m. - Sui–Tang City Site Botanical Garden 隋唐城遗址植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A botanical garden and peony park laid out over part of the Sui–Tang city site south of the Luo River. - Sui–Tang Luoyang City Site (Yingtian Gate and Mingtang) 隋唐洛阳城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of Luoyang as rebuilt by Emperor Yang of Sui from 605, the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang and, under Empress Wu Zetian, the capital of her Zhou dynasty. - Tianchi Mountain National Forest Park 天池山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area in north-western Song County, made up of the Tianchi ('Heavenly Lake'), Feilaishi ('Flying Rock'), Yunü Stream and Erlang Gully sections. - Tianhe Grand Canyon 天河大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain canyon scenic area at Jiaohe in western Luanchuan, with a cableway up to Wusheng Peak. - Tombs of the Cheng Brothers (Cheng Brothers Culture Park) 二程文化园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The cemetery of Cheng Hao (1032–1085) and Cheng Yi (1033–1107), the Northern Song brothers who founded the Neo-Confucian 'study of principle', and of their father Cheng Xiang, at the foot of Jing Hill on the west side of Yichuan town. - Wan'an Mountain Summit Park 万安山山顶公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park along the crest of Wan'an Mountain, the 937 m ridge on the south-eastern edge of the Luoyang basin, facing the Song Mountains. - Wangfu Bamboo Sea 王府竹海 4A scenic area · on the map
A valley at Wangfugou in northern Luanchuan with large bamboo groves, rare this far north in China, along with waterfalls and springs. - Weipo Xinxu 魏坡·新序 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure and shopping quarter opened in 2024 in and around the old village of Weipo at Chaoyang, Mengjin, where grey-brick lanes and courtyards have been fitted out with cafés, shops, restaurants, a courtyard hotel and event spaces. - Xiaolangdi Dam Scenic Area 小浪底水利枢纽 4A scenic area
The visitor area at the south end of the Xiaolangdi Dam, the 154 m dam built across the Yellow River in 1994–2001 at the exit of its last gorge, mainly to control silt and floods. - Xitai Mountain 西泰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain scenic area at Fudian in southern Ruyang County, with Lovers' Valley and the Shengshui Lake. - Yangzigou Scenic Area 养子沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded valley on the slopes a few kilometres east of Mount Laojun, south-east of Luanchuan town.
Getting to Luoyang
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