peony
It is the king of flowers, and it is really just right to describe peony with "national color and fragrance".
Spring in Luoyang is the most beautiful.
100,000 families under the red and green trees.
Who says flowers are like brilliant flowers,
People will learn from the splendid flowers.
This is a poem from Sima Guang's Luoyang Galand Watching Flowers.
There is a legend about Luoyang Peony Peony: Peony was originally a Chang 'an flower. One winter, Wu Zetian wrote an imperial edict:
In the Ming dynasty, I swam to the garden, and the fire reported spring.
Flowers bloom overnight, don't wait for the breeze to blow.
By the next morning, all the flowers were in bloom except the peony. Wu Zetian was furious and banished them to Luoyang. Who knows that the peony has arrived in Luoyang and is already in full bloom. Wu Zetian ordered a fire. As a result, although the fire scorched the branches, the flowers were even more dazzling.
Longmen Grottos
Located at13km south of Luoyang, Henan Province, it is called the Three Treasures of Ancient Buddhist Grottoes in China together with Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu and Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi. Longmen Grottoes were excavated when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang (AD 494). Until the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than 10 million Buddha statues and more than 2,300 grottoes. 196 1 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.
The Rushena Buddha in Fengxian Temple is said to be modeled after the sculpture of Wu Zetian.
Wei Dong-In 495 AD, Qiu Huicheng, the imperial clan of Wei State, began to dig Guyang Cave in Longmen Mountain. From 500 to 523, Emperor Wu and Emperor Di successively dug three large caves in the north, south and south of Binyang Cave. The construction of Shiyang Cave and Binyang Cave cost more than 800,000 people, and the Fangzi Cave and Lianhua Cave dug during the Eastern Wei Dynasty were also dug. Grottoes in the Northern Dynasties were all located in Longmen Mountain, and Guyang Cave was built for more than 50 years from the Hui Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, showing many China art forms, and the posture of the giant Buddha changed from the majestic Yungang Grottoes to the gentle and amiable Longmen Grottoes. The Buddha statue represented by the main Buddha in Binyang Middle Cave is smiling. Longmen Grottoes show more China art Buddha statues than Yungang Grottoes.
Tang grottoes-the most prosperous period is the Tang Dynasty, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of grottoes. During the reign of Wu Zetian, most of the grottoes in the Tang Dynasty were excavated, which was related to her long-term presence in Luoyang. Fengxian Temple is the most representative Tang grottoes, with two bodhisattvas 70 feet high, and Ye Jia, Ananda, King Kong and God King each 50 feet high (the length of the Tang Dynasty). The scale is the first in Longmen Grottoes. It took four years, and Wu Zetian paid 20,000 yuan herself.
Longmen 20 series products are precious calligraphy works of Wei Bei. Representing the stele style of Wei Dynasty, it is tall and straight, generous and powerful, and it is the font in the transition from official script to regular script, Guyangdong 19.
Luoyang's water xi
So unforgettable, not only because the tour guide put away the Luoyang water mat before going, but also said that there was a "Manchu-Han banquet" in the court and a "Luoyang water mat" in the court of the ancient capital. The reason for this is that there are many dishes. After eating a good one, you will follow the next one, such as running water. Second, every dish is soup and water.