Which province was Luoyang in ancient times?

It is now Luoyang City, Henan Province.

Luoyang, referred to as Luoyi and Luo Jing for short, is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province, with a total area of 15230 square kilometers, including 803 square kilometers in the urban area, 0/79 kilometers in western Henan, and 0/68 kilometers in the north and south.

It spans the north and south banks of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Zhengzhou in the east, Sanmenxia in the west, Jiaozuo in the north and Pingdingshan and Nanyang in the south.

Luoyang, a famous historical and cultural city, is named after its location in the Yang of Luohe River. With a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, 4,000 years of city building and 1500 years of capital building, 105 emperors settled in Kyushu.

Luoyang is one of the first historical and cultural cities in the State Council and an important industrial city in the central region.

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Historical and cultural sites in Luoyang;

1, the ancient city of Luoyang in Han and Wei Dynasties

Luoyang, the ancient city of Han and Wei Dynasties, was the capital of China 1-6 centuries. It is located in the east of Luoyang 15km, facing Mangshan in the north, Luoshui in the south, Hulao Pass in the east and Hanguguan in the west.

Its urban scale reached the largest in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was divided into three urban circles: Miyagi, inner city and outer Guo Cheng, with an area of 100 square kilometers, which was 2.6 times that of Chang 'an in the Western Han Dynasty,10.5 times that of Chang 'an in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 9 times that of Constantinople, the capital of Byzantine Empire, and 8.2 times that of Baghdad completed in 800 AD.

At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhou built Luoyi and built a city here, which was called Chengzhou. Because the city is north of Luoshui, it was called Luoyang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Liu Bang established his capital here in the Western Han Dynasty. In the first year of Jianwu (AD 25), Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty established the capital here and changed Luoyang to Luoyang.

Later the capital of Cao Wei was changed to Luoyang. This is also the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty. In the eighteenth year of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (494), he moved the capital from Pingcheng to this place. Because this place was the most prosperous during the Han and Wei Dynasties, it was called the old city of Luoyang during the Han and Wei Dynasties.

Luoyang, the ancient city of Luoyang in Han and Wei Dynasties, continued to be used for nearly 1600 years, and was the largest capital of China in ancient times. The square system of the capital city and the "building center" system of the capital city of China were formed here, which were imitated by the later capitals.

Zhou, Han, Jin, Wei, Fengyunhui, the residence of more than 80 emperors, is an important period of social and cultural transformation in China from ancient times to the Middle Ages. There were only four contacts between the Roman Empire and ancient China, three of which (including the first time) were in the old city of Luoyang in the Han and Wei Dynasties, so there was a saying that there was Rome in the west and Luoyang in the east.

Witnessed the first extension of the Silk Road to Europe and the beginning of cultural exchanges between China and the West. When Sima Guang visited the ancient city of Han and Wei Dynasties in the Northern Song Dynasty, he said, "If you ask about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang City." Almost sighed.

The existing site of Luoyang Ancient City in Han and Wei Dynasties is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council, the starting point of the eastern end of the Silk Road, one of the first batch of national key protection sites, and a world cultural heritage.

2. Ruins of Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties

Luoyang City Site in Sui and Tang Dynasties is the capital site of Sui and Tang Dynasties, located in the old city and suburbs of Luoyang City, Henan Province. Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties was designed and built by Yuwen Kai. Yu Wenkai perfectly combined the planning and design of Luoyang city in Sui and Tang Dynasties with Luoyang landscape, and truly realized the planning concept of harmony between man and nature.

The ruins of Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties are mainly divided into three parts: Miyagi City (Wei Zicheng), Imperial City (Taiwei City) and Outer Guo Cheng. In addition, there are palace buildings, such as Shang Yang Palace and Shen Du Garden.

On the central axis of Luoyang, the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties, there are seven famous buildings, such as Tianque (No.1), Tianjie, Tianmen (yingtianmen), Tianjin (Tianjin Bridge), Shu Tian, Tiangong (Tang Ming) and Paradise, which run through Luoyang in Sui and Tang Dynasties from north to south and become the most magnificent central axis of the ancient capital of China. 1963 is listed as a provincial cultural protection unit, and 1988 is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

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