Eight Scenic Spots of Luoyang
1. The beauty of Longmen Mountain: Longmen, also called Yique, is located in the south of Luoyang City. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once praised Luoyang as "the most beautiful landscape in the four fields of Luoyang, and the first one in Longmen", and he lived here as a layman in Xiangshan in his later years. Today, in addition to the world-famous Longmen Grottoes, a world cultural heritage, there are also Baiyuan, Xiangshan Temple and other scenic spots. Longmen and Xiangshan confront each other, and the Yihe River flows in the middle. The situation is majestic and the scenery is beautiful. It is still Luoyang's leading tourist attraction.
2. The bells of the Horse Temple: The White Horse Temple, located 13 kilometers east of Luoyang City, was founded in the eighth year of Yongping (68 AD) of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It is the earliest Buddhist temple in China , with a history of more than 1,900 years, is known as the "Shiyuan Ancestral Court". In the past, the melodious ringing of the bells in the temple could be heard for dozens of miles away, and even sounded in the bell tower of Luoyang City, which is a wonder. In recent years, the bells of the White Horse Temple have been ringing again, which is a blissful sound to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, praying for blessings for the people and warding off disasters.
Third, Jingu Chunqing: Shi Chong, a powerful minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, built a villa in Jingugujian, Luoyang in the eighth year of Yuankang (AD 296), and met with the celebrities Lu Ji, Pan Yue and Zuo Si at that time
23 other people formed a poetry club, named Jingu 24 Friends, and collected all kinds of exotic flowers and stones from all over the world in the garden.
It was named "Jingu Garden" and became a famous garden in Luoyang. Today, there is no trace of the famous garden, and its location is confirmed to be in the northeast of Luoyang City (west of Yangcheng in Luoyang during the Wei and Jin Dynasties). The Golden Valley Garden at Luoyang Railway Station is just a name, not the former location.
Four. Autumn wind in Luopu: The banks of the Luo River have been lined with peaches and plums since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and are shaded by willows. The scenery is picturesque and filled with tourists.
Walking around Luopu in midsummer, the cool breeze blows, like the autumn wind blowing against your face, and the summer heat suddenly disappears. Bai Juyi praised: "Jinqiao fights to the east and west.
To the west of the pavilion, it makes people think of poems. The eyebrows are full of moonlight as they step onto the goddess pool, and the spring waves on their faces are next to the Pi Niang embankment; the wind blows out the green willows, and the grass The velvet rain is cut neatly, and the precursors of the report are less likely to shout and drink, for fear that the yellow swallows will not be able to cry." In recent years, the Luopu Park built here by the municipal government has become a good place for citizens and tourists to relax and sightsee.
Fifth, Tianjin Xiaoyue: Today there is an old bridge in the east of Luoyang Bridge. There is a four-cornered pavilion on the bridge. The stone tablet in the pavilion has the inscription of Chairman Yang Sen of the Republic of China
This bridge is the former site of the Tianjin Bridge in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Luo River passed through the city. The Tianjin Bridge lay across the river. It has the image of Tianjin and Han Dynasties. It faces the end gate of the imperial city in the north and the Longmen in the south. There is no thoroughfare between north and south of Weidong Capital. Liu Xiyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, has a poem
"The spring water is under the Tianjin Bridge, the flowers are blooming on the Tianjin Bridge, the sound of horses returns outside the blue clouds, and the shadows of people are shaking in the green waves." New and old now
Luoyang Second Bridge Across the Luoshui River, the lights are bright at night and the moonlight is like waves, becoming another new scene in Luoyang today.
6. Tongtuo Muyu: Dongguan Datong Lane in the old city of Luoyang was called Tongtuo Street in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Tongtuo Street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was renamed Tongtuo Street in the early Republic of China
Camel Lane. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, this place was densely populated and prosperous with peach and plum trees on both sides of the Qian River. In the evening, the twilight is vast
and the smoke from the kitchen is like misty mist and rain, so people at that time called it "Bronze Camel Dusk Rain".
Seven, Pingquan pilgrimage: The former site is located in Liangjiatun Village, 25 kilometers south of Luoyang City. It was a garden villa built by Li Deyu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
There are many domestic treasures hidden in it, which is a symbol of the Tang Dynasty. It is a famous garden attraction of the dynasty and is also known as luxurious as Shi Chong's Jingu Garden. Today, Hiraizumi Villa has been abandoned for a long time, and only the ruins of Hiraizumi Temple can be remembered.
8. View of Mang Mountain at night: Mang Mountain is located in the north of Luoyang City, also known as Beishan or Beimang. In the Tang Dynasty, a summer palace was built on Cuiyun Peak of Mang Mountain
From the top, you can have a panoramic view of the whole city of Luoyang and the Yiluo Mountains and Rivers from the south. Nowadays, Shangqing Palace still exists on Cuiyun Peak as a Taoist temple and as a tourist attraction in Luoyang. The establishment of Shangqing Palace Forest Park will add to the beauty of Luoyang.
Eight Scenes of Luoyang
1. Peaches and Plums in Dongcheng
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Luoyang was known as the "Flower City", not only because "Luoyang peonies are the best in the world" , and also because of the unique charm of Luo Zhi's peaches and plums in Dongcheng Street, it has been praised by many poets and scholars and has long been famous.
Dongcheng is the palace city of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the so-called "Jiacheng" east of the imperial city, located east of the East Palace where the prince lived and south of Hanjiacang. According to "Yuan Henan Chronicles": There are 197 steps in the north and south of the city, and 30 steps in the east and west. There is Chengfu Gate in the south of the city, Xuanren Gate in the east, government offices such as Fu Jian and Military Equipment Supervisor in the north, and Li people's settlements in the north. land. The Zhongjing Jinchang Mansion of the Jin Dynasty is also here. The city is "bordered by Cheng Shui to the east, Nanguo of Dongcheng to the south, and Xiguo of Dongcheng to the west. It is only one mile smaller than the old one in the north." Therefore, it can be seen that the present-day Old City of Luoyang is the capital of Jinzhong, and its western half should be the former site of the East City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Surveys have proved that the 90-meter western section of the west wall and the west section of the North Wall of the present old city were built using the old foundations of the two northwest walls of the East City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. . The east wall of the East City is entirely under modern buildings, with an actual length of 1,270 meters. It crosses Gaoming Street, Tonghua Street, Wujia Street, and Hengtong Street in the old city, and continues to the south wall of the old city. However, the beautiful scenery of peaches and plums in the East City is not in this fortified East City, but in the well-organized streets to the east of it, roughly south of the present-day Old City, east of North Street, Tangsi Gate, and west of Tawan.
This area was the northeastern corner of the Eastern Capital in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It originally had 29 well-planned and orderly lanes, including Chengfu, Yuji, Beishi, Tongtuo, Fengcai, Zhengye, Shanglin, Tongyuan, and Wenquan. There are shipping channels, canals and winding rivers that cross each other, making it a bustling downtown and an important hub for water and land transportation. Because the banks of the river are shaded by elms and willows, and the streets and alleys are lined with peaches and plums, people often go swimming together during the Mengchun month, and they are all intoxicated and forget to return. "The flowers and willows in Luoyang are thick at this time, and the mountains, rivers and towers are reflected in the sky." "The peaches and plums in the east of the city are all gone in a moment, and the competition is like weeping willows for infinite time." What is even more artistic is Liu Xiyi's "Baitou Pian" in the Tang Dynasty: "The peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City fly around and fall into whose home?" "The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year. Send a message to the beauty of the world. , I feel sorry for the white-headed man. "It is said that the "Burial of Flowers" in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is an imitation of this poem. There is still a mystery about this poem. According to "Tang Yulin", the poem was originally written by Liu Xiyi, and his uncle Song Zhiwen got it from the poem "The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year". The bag crushed Liu Xiyi to death, so "Tang Poetry Season" says: Liu Xiyi "completed his poem and was killed by a traitor when he was not yet one year old."
2. Xiyuan Pond
Among the main traffic roads in Jianxi, Luoyang, there is a road called Xiyuan Road and a park called Xiyuan Park. These are all because of the It is named after it is located at the former site of Xiyuan, the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The cover of Xiyuan Pond is due to the fact that after Xiyuan was abandoned, an artificial sea was left. Because of its beautiful scenery, it was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Luoyang in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the history of Chinese gardens, Xiyuan plays an important role. It was built in 605 AD and is located to the west of the capital city, "between the valley and the Luo River where the two rivers meet in the Forbidden Garden", with a surrounding area of ??200 miles. It has sixteen courtyards including Yanguang, Mingcai, Hanxiang, Chenghua, Ninghui, Lijing, Feiying, Liufang, Yaoyi, Jieqi, Yongle, Qingshu and Mingde. Each courtyard has a four-year-old. Mrs. Pin presided over. Between the courtyards is the "curved and circumferential Dragon Scale Canal", which is 20 paces wide and spans a flying bridge. On both sides are lush forests and bamboos planted with "famous flowers and beautiful grasses, hidden in the sky". For example, "when the palace trees wither in autumn and winter, the ribbons are cut into colorful leaves, which are decorated on the branches. The colors are red and easy to be replaced with new ones, often like spring." In the pond, ribbons were also cut for lotuses and water chestnuts, as if the emperor "had a good time traveling in a chariot, so he went to the ice and laid them out." The Longlin Canal flows into an artificial sea with a radius of ten miles. Within the sea are the mountains of Fangzhang, Penglai and Yingzhou, each 300 steps away from each other and more than a hundred feet above the water, "Taiguan Pavilion, Luoluo Mountain". This is the most beautiful place in Xiyuan, and it may be where the Xiyuan Pond is located. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty often led dozens of maids on horseback to play "Sui Night Parade" on moonlit nights, and came here to have fun. , filled with old wine and delicacies." In the 606th year of Gongyuan, the Turkic chief Ranqian came to the Eastern Capital to pay his respects. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty gathered all kinds of music and opera to perform grandly on the side of the pool in the garden. The performance was so wonderful that Ranqian was amazed when he saw it. In the Tang Dynasty, Xiyuan was renamed Huitong Garden, Fanghua Garden, and Shendu Garden. The artificial sea in it was also renamed Jicui Pond and Ningbi Pond. However, during the "Anshi Rebellion", it was severely damaged. . No trace of the scenic beauty of Xiyuan can be found, and only an artificial sea remains.
3. Stone Forest Snow Ji
Stone Forest Snow Ji, as the name suggests, is a rugged and towering place, covered with ice and snow, with severe wind, frost, and a unique scenery. It is located on Wan'an Mountain to the west of Yanshi Shuiquan Grottoes, about 30 kilometers southeast of Luoyang. With an altitude of 937.3 meters, it is the highest mountain peak near Luoyang and a natural barrier to the south of the ancient capital. This mountain is towering into the clouds, with lush trees. The so-called poems "the imperial palace faces the top of Song" and "the mountains are close in the clouds" refer to the situation where the Luoyang Royal Palace is far away and opposite to Wan'an Mountain. Wan'an Mountain is also known as "Yuquan Mountain". "Records of Famous Places" says: "Yuquan Mountain is thirty miles southeast of Luoyang. There is a spring on it, and the water is as green as jade. There is a White Dragon Temple on the spring, and prayers are answered." Today, it is on the mountainside. Not only does the White Dragon Temple still exist, but there is also the Yuquan Temple next to the temple. Ouyang Xiu visited this temple in the Song Dynasty and wrote an article about it. There is a pool in front of the temple, the water is clear and you can see the bottom. There is an all-stone Ancestral Temple built on the top of the mountain, which is majestic and difficult to reach.
However, the most amazing thing about Wan'an Mountain is the sky-high peaks. Some of them stand tall and straight, like knives and axes chopping them, while others are like slanting bamboo shoots that can be climbed up. . Every winter there is a thick layer of snow on the top of the mountain, which is like a layer of silvery white clothing. When the snow settles and the sky clears, and the rays of the warm sun shine all over the mountain, the stone forest will reflect the splendid brilliance and the magnificent scenery. The ancient capitals reflect each other. If it's hot in summer, waiting to reach the top of the mountain will immediately make people feel like "the coolness is so cool that you feel like you're going to be immortal".
4. Goldfish in the Dragon Pond
"Exploring the beautiful path outside Guo, thousands of trees hang in the air. The platform is high and the atmosphere is solemn, the dragon is lying on the water, and the chimes are blooming. The green pavilion reaches the sky, and the snow-capped mountains are barriers. Screen. Leaning on the railing to see the moon, the Yao grass and the sand are beautiful." This is the poem "Nine Dragons Contain Green" written by Zhang Mei in the Ming Dynasty. The poem describes Luoyang's Longtan Temple and Longchigou's high terraces and green pavilions, with clear flower chimes in the ponds, tall green trees, screens of snow-capped mountains, and pleasant scenery connected by winding and fragrant paths. This is the location of the goldfish scene in Longchi. The specific location is Longchigou Village, Xindian Township, 30 miles west of Luoyang today. It borders Yanqiu to the south and Longtan Temple ruins to the north. It is said that Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty once built a summer palace here. Because of the cool climate, Wu Zetian was reluctant to leave, hoping to extend the autumn season, so she named the palace Yanqiu, and Yanqiu Village came from this. This legend has not been recorded in ancient books, but what is recorded is that it belongs to the southernmost gate on the west wall of Xiyuan in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, called "Yingqiu Gate". Probably later, because the two characters "ying" and "yan" have similar shapes, "ying" was mistakenly written as "yan", so it was named "Yanqiu".
Then Longtan Temple and "Longchi Goldfish" were built by later generations and have nothing to do with Yanqiu Palace.
The scenic spot of Longchi Goldfish is on the hillside to the north of Longchigou Village. There is a gurgling spring beside the village. If you follow the spring water, you can find a quiet source of the pond. There are oily and tender springs growing around the pond. Water plants may look like water lilies or daffodils. After asking the villagers, they said this was the "Mother of the Nine Dragons Temple". The temple originally had a three-story main hall. The wooden pillars in the hall were decorated with rolling dragons. The main deity was the "Mother of the Nine Dragons". In fact, it was a Buddha statue similar to Guanyin in the South China Sea. There is a dragon pond under the front steps of the hall, surrounded by bluestones and trees with carved stone railings. There are five-color goldfish playing in the pond, which are naturally occurring and do not require artificial breeding. However, Longtan Temple was destroyed in the Ming Dynasty. The great calligrapher Wang Duo wrote in his poem "Longtan Temple": "When walking to the Kono Temple in Nanbieguan, the clear pond is still leaning on the cliff. The broken flowers do not draw the tears of heroes, and the old chimes are like hearing. The sound of iron horses. The moon is full in the sky, and the raccoon passes through the tomb and cuts through the light clouds. In a moment, Yuan Rong sighed. "It can be seen that the Longtan Temple in the early Qing Dynasty was in ruins, infested by wild beasts, and was in ruins. A desolate sight. Therefore, during the Anti-Japanese War, this became a concentration camp where the Japanese invaders imprisoned civilians. There is only one Longtan Pond left. In the 1960s, charming and colorful goldfish were surprisingly born in the pond. Unfortunately, someone used dynamite to catch fish, causing the goldfish to become extinct. The Longchi spring water maintains a constant temperature of about 12 degrees Celsius all year round, and special aquatic plants grow in the pond, which is very suitable for the life of goldfish. Wouldn't it be beautiful if we could use it now and add fish fry?
5. Yinuma Lotus Fragrance
Yi River is the third big river in Luoyang. It winds from the entrance of Longmen to the northeast and flows through Yanshi County. Enter Luoshui. There are criss-crossing ditches along the coast and the land is fertile. The villas of celebrities from the Tang and Song Dynasties such as Li Deyu, Pei Du, Bai Juyi, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, etc. were all built in this area. The abundance of flowers and trees in its ponds is often seen in poets' songs, and it is especially famous for its lotus flowers. . Due to the convenient irrigation, the villages on both sides of the Yi River are still places where lotus roots are produced. Every summer, lotus flowers bloom in the river guarding the village by the village. The gentle breeze blows, and the fragrance overflows, refreshing the heart and soul, making people feel that the summer heat has subsided.
6. Tamang Valley Zhuying
The Tamang River is a seasonal river flowing from north to south. It enters Luoyang City from Mengjin and joins the Luo River in the east of the old city. When it passes through Mang Mountain, there are steep cliffs on both sides and deep ravines. Folks plant cherries densely at the bottom of the ravines and on the slopes. Every spring when the cherries are ripe, the ravines are full of ravines, and you can see thousands of reds and greens for miles, which is really gratifying. However, this scene is no longer seen today. In Wangcungou, which is more than ten miles northwest of Luoyang, Yingyinggou has flourished and developed.
7. Wuqiao Bicao
In Pancun, the southern suburbs of Luoyang today, the tofu shop area is said to be the villa of Pei Du, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, which was called Wuqiao Village at the time. According to the "Old Book of Tang". "The Biography of Pei Du" records: In the ninth year of Taihe (835), the eunuchs monopolized power. Because he was squeezed out, he "ruled Jixianli, the eastern capital" and retired. The house is built with a mountain and a pond, green bamboos and trees, wind pavilions and waterside pavilions, ladders, bridges and pavilions, and a loop of islands, making it look like a capital city. He also built a villa in Wuqiao with thousands of flowers and trees, and a summer pavilion with a veranda in the middle, which was called Green Field Hall. The sweet water is poured into it, and the scenery is pleasant to the left and right of the pavilions and buildings. The poets Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi and many celebrities often feasted and traveled here, singing and singing. The garden is covered with green grass depending on the terrain, which is called "Xiao'er Slope". He often spreads his flocks of sheep on the slope, and the white sheep and green grass complement each other. So he relished: "The grass is affectionate, and Lai's slope is beautiful." This decorates your ears!" From then on, the green grass of the afternoon bridge became a scene.
8. Guanlin Green Cypress
In Guanlin Town, 15 miles south of Luoyang City, there is a magnificent temple with red walls and blue tiles. It is said that the head of Guan Yunchang, a general of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, was buried. place. Since the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu has been named emperor many times, so it is called "Guandi Tomb". According to the record of the temple stele, the temple was built in the 24th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1596). Now it has a theater, a gate, a ceremony gate, a majestic main hall, a second hall, a third hall, and bell and drum towers. Most of them are Ming Dynasty buildings. There are many huggable ancient cypress trees planted in the courtyard, which are lush and green. From a distance, the overlapping blue waves look like a sea of ??green. Therefore, it has become a beautiful scenery praised by people for many years.