Luoyang Introduction

Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.

She situated on the central plain of China, one of the cradles of the Chinese civilization, Luoyang was one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.

it covers 8 counties,1 city and 6 districts with 1.5 rnillion population and total 152 thousand k㎡,of which,the urban area is 544km2.Luoyang, used to be a well-known city with long history,is nowadays an energetic and charming city.
Coordinates: 34°47′28″N ,114°20′53″E , major nationalities are : Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian.
Luoyang is also a city of peony,which has over 1500years history in planting and the peony here is well-known since the ancient.Now,there are nearly thousand varieties of peony in Luoyang with more than 30thousand mu planting and viewing area,forming the pattern that peony’s successive blossoming in urban,suburb and southern mountain area.

History
Luoyang is a saint city in respect of the historical and cuitural background.it is one of the first historical cities recognized by the Council of State,and one of seven famous ancient capitals,which had been the capitalof 13 dynasties, including the Xia Dynasty,Shang Dynasty,Eastern Zhou Dynasty,Eastern Han Dynasty,Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty With more than 4000 years city history and over 1500 years of capital history,Luoyang is a city once to be the earliest capital,most dynasties experienced and longest history.it is also one of the key origins of China’S civilization,and for instance,the long lasting Heluo culture representing with the MAP OF THE YELLOW RlVER AND BOOK OF THE LUO RlVER,origin of Taoist school,primary propogadadizing place of Buddhism,and flourishing place of Confucian school. Meanwhile,some important ancient scientific and technical inventions are made in Luoyang,like papefmaking technique, printing technique,seismoscope and armillary sphere,etc.whi1e some ancient politicans,ideologists,scientists and litterateurs have made great achievements enabling them eave their names in history,such as Ban Gu,Du Pu,Bai Juyi and Sima Guang.At the same time,Luoyang is a1so the origin of surname of the Chinese nation,and is so becoming one of the hot spot of the domestic and oversea Chinese to search for their ancestors.ln the brilliant Twenty-Five Dynasties History,Luoyang had been mentioned for 3549 times,averaging one time every less than 8700 words.it could be said that Luoyang is a miniature of China’s ancient history.

The prefecture-level city of Luoyang administers 6 districts, 1 county-level city and 8 counties.

Jianxi District ,Xigong District ,Laocheng District ,Chanhe District ,Luolong District ,Jili District ,
Yanshi City ,Mengjin County ,Xin’an County ,Luoning County ,Yiyang County ,Yichuan County ,
Song County ,Luanchuan County ,Ruyang County .