Introduction to Luoyang ~ ~

Luoyang is the only city named "God Capital" in the history of China, an excellent tourist city in China and a "China brand city that touched the world". Luoyang is named after its location on the north bank of Guluo River. The Heluo area centered on Luoyang is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization.

The earliest historical document of the Chinese nation, Hutuluo, came from Luoyang. Fu, known as the "ancestor of humanity", was composed of eight diagrams and nine realms according to the river map and Luo's paintings and calligraphy.

From then on, Duke Zhou and Sima Guang completed the historical masterpiece Zi Jian here, Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao initiated Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, and the famous "Seven Scholars in Jian 'an" and "Seven Sages in Bamboo Forest" appeared, Zhang Heng invented the seismograph, Cai Lun invented the papermaking technique, and Ma Jun invented the dumper ... Heluo culture and Heluo civilization centered on Luoyang are the core and source of Chinese national culture and constitute Chinese civilization.

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Luoyang Peony Flower Festival started at 1983 and has been held for more than 30 times. In 2008, Luoyang Peony Fair was identified as a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. 20 10 Luoyang Peony Fair was renamed as "China Luoyang Peony Culture Festival".

There are five major religions in Luoyang: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Catholicism and Islam. In 2000, there were 260,000 religious believers in Luoyang, 594 places for religious activities and 7 religious groups approved by the government.

At the end of 20 18, there were 39 performing arts groups, 7 cultural centers, 7 public libraries and 69 museums in Luoyang. There are 43 national key cultural relics protection units and 22 provincial cultural relics protection units/kloc-0.