Folk Culture

Folk and culture of Luoyang

Resurrection of the lost art

On the Buddha Ceremony Stage in the Longmen Grottoes Scenic Area in Luoyang, Central China’s Henan province, “Emperor Xiaowen” of…

Wangcheng Park: Charming Beauty of Peonies and Herbaceous Peonies

In late April, nearly one thousand peonies of Dafugui, Zhushapan, Qihua Lushuang and other varieties in Wangcheng Park entered the full blossom…

Luoyang Becomes Phenomenal Again with Trip of Wonder in the Dragon Boat Festival

Triple-tower of Yingtian Gate Jiuzhou Pool, the shooting place of Satire on Fair Ladies Brilliant Yingtian Gate Heritage Museum Recently during the Dragon…

Thousands of years on, revival of two legendary cities on Silk Road

ZHENGZHOU, April 25 (Xinhua) — As the spring awakens Bukhara, southwestern Uzbekistan, Chinese-made tractors pull harrows over the 2,000-hectare field,…

China,Ancient Capital——Introduction to Luoyang

Luoyang lives vibrantly in China’s present and yet few cities on earth can evoke so strongly its past. For over…

The First Age of Luoyang

The First Age of Luoyang Xia dynasty ca 2100-1600 BCE Although evidence of agricultural cultivation reaches back to the 8th…

The Second Age of Luoyang

Shang dynasty ca 1600-1050 BCE The Shang dynasty that followed was, like the Xia, cloaked in legend until peasants near…

The Fifth Age of Luoyang

Sui and Tang dynasties Sui dynasty 581-6I8CE Tang dynasty 618-906CE The second Sui emperor, Yangdi, was quick to develop Luoyang.…

The Fourth Age of Luoyang

Han 206-220 CE Western Han 206 BCE-8 CE Eastern Han 25-220 CE The Han Dynasty lasted for over four hundred…

The Third Age of Luoyang

Zhou dynasty ca 1046-475 BCE Western Zhou ca 1046-771 BCE Eastern Zhou ca 770-475 BCE The final pre-imperial dynasty was…