Luoyang City is located in the west of Henan Province, across the north and south banks of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, adjacent to Zhengzhou City in the east, Sanmenxia City in the west, Nanyang City and Pingdingshan City in the south and Jiaozuo City in the north. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west 170km, the maximum vertical distance from north to south 168km, and the total area 15200 km2, accounting for 9% of the total area of the province, including 5.54 million mu of cultivated land. The total population is 6.36 million, of which the urban population is 6.5438+0.46 million. It has jurisdiction over 8 counties (Mengjin County, Xin 'an County, Yichuan County, Yiyang County, Ruyang County, Luanchuan County, Songxian County and Luoning County) and 8 districts (suburbs, Geely District, jianxi district, Xigong District, Old Town, Laihe District, National High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Provincial Economic and Technological Development Zone) in yanshi city. Luoyang is a place where many nationalities live together. There are 32 ethnic groups in the city, including Han, Hui, Manchu and Mongolian, among which the Han population accounts for about 98.8% of the total population of the city. Among the minority population, the Hui nationality has the largest population, accounting for more than 70% of the minority population. Established in 1962, Chanhe Hui Autonomous Region is the only county-level administrative region of ethnic minorities in the city.
Luo Jian, the eternal Huaihe River, is the cause of a magnificent ancestor. Tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors began to thrive in this beautiful and rich land, fishing and hunting crops, and created the culture of human childhood. China entered the class society, and the first slave country, the Xia Dynasty, was established in Luoyang. Since then, thirteen dynasties, including Shang Dynasty, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, Western Jin Dynasty, Northern Wei Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Hou Liang, Later Tang Dynasty and Later Jin Dynasty, have established their capitals here. The capital has a history of 1529 years. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, archaeologists have excavated more than 10 ancient city sites in Luoyang, including Erlitou Xia Dynasty Capital, Yanshi Mall, Eastern Zhou Dynasty Royal City, Han and Wei Luoyang City, and Sui and Tang Dynasties East Capital, which have gathered the essence of capital construction in previous dynasties and represented the development process of state-owned system, and are known as "Five Ancient City Sites in Luoyang". Luoyang is a famous historical and cultural city with the earliest capital establishment, the most dynasties and the longest capital establishment among the seven ancient capitals in China.
Luoyang has long been the political, economic and cultural center of our country in history, and it is also a transportation hub with convenient roads. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the first large-scale highway network in China was established, with Luoyang as the center, as straight as an arrow and as far as it could reach. On the Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yan Ying met, and Luoyang was the sea in the east, Guanlong in the west, Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south and Youyan in the north. The "Silk Road" at the eastern end, starting from Luoyang, can go directly to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, and camels and horses are in an endless stream.
"Luoyang is the first famous garden in the world" and "Luoyang peony is the first in the world". When the famous garden comes out, it enjoys it and the country is very beautiful. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, there were hundreds of gardens in Luoyang, or Fengge Dragon House, which were connected with Han Xiao. Or elaborate, colorful. Scholars and poets of past dynasties splashed ink and stones in ancient temples, adding poetry and painting to the ancient city.
Luoyang is a scholar of culture. Fu Xishi, the earliest historical document of the Chinese nation, came from Luoyang and is known as the "ancestor of humanity". According to the river map and Luo Shu, it has become a gossip and nine domains. From then on, the Duke of Zhou made a ritual and music system, wrote articles, Confucius went to Zhou to ask questions, Ban Gu wrote China's first dynastic history Hanshu, and Sima Guang completed his historical masterpiece Zi Jian. The famous "Seven Scholars in Jian 'an", "Seven Sages in Bamboo Forest" and "Twenty-four Friends in Jingu" all gathered here and wrote colorful chapters.