Luohe City is located in the south-central part of Henan Province, in the intersection of the eastern foothills plain of Funiu Mountain and the Huaibei Plain, where the Shah River and the Li River intersect. Luohe is a prefecture-level city under Henan Province and an important city on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, located between Xuchang and Zhumadian. The geographical coordinates are 33°24′-33°59′ north latitude, 113°27′-114°16′ east longitude, and it is 140 kilometers north of the provincial capital Zhengzhou. 78 kilometers to the west is Pingdingshan City. 66 kilometers to the south is Zhumadian City, and 55 kilometers to the east is Zhoukou City. Luohe City is rich in tourism resources and its scenic spots and historic sites are well protected. The tomb and memorial hall of Xu Shen, a writer and philologist of the Eastern Han Dynasty, have been renovated; the "Bi'an Temple Sutra Building" built in the Northern Song Dynasty, also known as the "Dragon Pagoda Ancient Seal Script", is beautiful in shape, tall and spectacular; the famous detailed record of the Wei and Huang years of the Three Kingdoms , General Wei Gongqing persuaded Jin and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Zen in Cao Pi's history. There are two stone tablets, "General Gongqing Shangzunzao" and "Shou Zen Table", written by the famous litterateur Wang Lang, calligrapher Liang Hu and calligrapher Zhong Yao. The engraving is called the "Three Unique Steles" because of its unique writing, calligraphy and engraving; the spiritual altar where Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor is the "Shou Chan Terrace"; there are also the Beiwudushan Shaanxi Guild Hall Caipai Tower ruins and the Jiahu ancient cultural ruins, which are the best in the world. Bridge - Xiaoshang Bridge, the cemetery of Yang Zaixing, the famous anti-gold general, Journey to the West Palace, the Palace of Good and Evil, the Science Fiction Palace, the Shahe Rubber Dam Water Tour Area and dozens of other cultural landscapes. There are Xiaoshangqiao Tourist Resort and Shuanglong Resort. In 1997, it received 1,113 foreign tourists. Tourism income reached 650,000 yuan. Characteristics of Luohe 1. It has many cultural relics and historic sites. Luohe has a long history and numerous cultural relics. There are 73 ancient cultural sites, 30 ancient buildings before the Republic of China, 37 tombs of historical celebrities and important ancient tombs, 6 national cultural relics protection units and 7 provincial cultural relics protection units. There are 30 items in 28 places and more than 10,000 cultural relics in the collection. Among the many cultural relics and historic sites, many are extremely representative and of high historical value. For example, the tomb of Xu Shen, the author of my country's first dictionary "Shuowen Jiezi" and the originator of Chinese characters, the Dagang site where the earliest microlithic tools and early Neolithic age were discovered in my country, the earliest and largest existing art in my country The most valuable stone carvings are the Bian Temple Monument, the earliest wind instrument unearthed in the world, the seven-tone bone flute, the earliest discovery of wine making, the discovery of writing, the discovery of household pigs and dogs, and the discovery of northern rice cultivation at the Jiahu site, which predates The Xiaoshang Bridge of the Sui Dynasty in Zhaozhou Bridge, the Sanjue Monument and the Chantai that witnessed the transition of the Han and Wei dynasties, the Shanshan Guild Hall Colorful Archway, the highest archway in the Qing Dynasty in Henan Province, and so on. These historical relics are witnesses of Luohe's ancient civilization and contain rich cultural connotations. two. Rich in celebrity legends. Luohe is full of outstanding people and talented people. There are Xu Shen, a famous Confucian scholar, philologist, and exegesis scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fan Pang, a famous scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiao, the head of the Ministry of Punishments of the Ming Dynasty, and Jia Yong, an important minister of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. He served as the first prefect of Taipei and led the Taiwanese people to fight against the French invasion. Chen Xingju et al. Luohe is located in the Central Plains. It has always been an important transportation thoroughfare and a battleground for military strategists. There are many allusions and legends circulated, such as Confucius thinking about returning, Confucius asked ten, Cao Pi, the Zen Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Yue Fei's great victory in Lincheng, and Yang Zaixing's Battle of Xiaoshang Bridge. wait. three. It has a unique folk culture. Luohe was once an important historical town and a dock for floods and droughts. It had a prosperous economy, a large population, and a large number of merchants. Various folk cultures have a long history. For example, Xinyi Liuhe Boxing, which has been inherited for more than 300 years and has become its own school, Shahe Diao, one of the four major schools of Henan Opera, Wuyang peasant paintings with a strong local flavor; a large number of folk entertainment such as lion dance, bamboo horse dance, suona, and umbrella making. Project; There are popular folklore, such as the legend of the Incarnation Platform, the Sow Pen, the origins of Heshang Street and Guadao Camp, etc.; there are also famous snacks in the surrounding areas, such as Fancheng Beef, Beiwudu Spicy Soup, and Wife's Roast Chicken etc. Luohe Surrender Road, Surrender Monument, and Surrender Pavilion, in Luohe City, although it has been 60 years, these precious relics that witnessed the victory of the Anti-Japanese War always remind people to cherish today and never forget history. Now, in the courtyard of the Cultural Bureau of Yuanhui District, the Surrender Monument recording the history of Japan's surrender lies quietly here. People often come here to visit and remember the suffering history of the Chinese nation. On August 15, 1945, Japan was defeated and surrendered, ending their eight-year criminal war of aggression.
Luohe is the fifth surrender area among the fifteen surrender points across the country. On September 20, 1945, Liu Zhi, the then commander of the Fifth War Zone of the Kuomintang, represented the Chinese government in the Luohe Shanxi Guild Hall, now the Luohe No. 2 Middle School. The surrender of 31,560 Japanese soldiers led by Takashi Takamori, commander of the Japanese Army Unit 2971. The 76-year-old Xing Fugong still remembers the situation vividly. Subsequently, the people of Luohe voluntarily donated money, erected monuments and laid stones, and built the only surrender pavilion in the country to commemorate this major event of historical significance. They also renamed Zhumu Street, which accepted the Japanese surrender at that time, as Surrender Road. Later, the surrender pavilion was destroyed in the war, and only one main monument and most of the broken monuments remained among the four surrender monuments. After 60 years, the surrender road is now a bustling city street with busy traffic, but people will never forget that painful period. Historically, our city has put the reconstruction of the surrender pavilion and surrender square on the agenda. Luohe is the first "Chinese Food City" in the country. Its leading food processing industry has obvious characteristics and advantages. It has now become an area where a large amount of agricultural and sideline products from other places are imported and a large amount of food is exported.