Luoyang! Luoyang!

Luoyang

A name that goes deep into the Chinese spirit

It used to

It is poetry and myth

It is the most beautiful city in the hearts of countless people.

(From Zhu Dunru's "Partridge Sky·Xidu" by Song Dynasty)

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Jade Tower and Golden Palace

Let's plant plum blossoms and get drunk in Luoyang

(Laojun Mountain after the snow, photographer @史远)

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It once represented the

The most amazing time

The majestic emperor drove six

The ancient Baima Temple with its fragrant incense

And the Longmen Grottoes, which are visited by many people

It makes people think of the hustle and bustle of the past.

(Longmen Grottoes is one of the four major grottoes in China and a must-see for tourists visiting Luoyang. Photographer: @许河源)

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But it also

It is also a city full of sadness.

It is the ancient capital of 13 dynasties.

Countless wars, countless ups and downs

Let it gradually sink into the sea of ​​history

"If you want to know about the rise and fall of the past and present, please just look at Luoyang City"

Until the founding of New China

Luoyang finally found its direction

(Sketch of the location of the ancient city of Luoyang, drawn by @郑艺/Planetary Research Institute)

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Luoyang! Luoyang!

For us

What does it mean?

now

When we look at the scale of thousands of years

Looking at the history of Luoyang

You will find

It is the holy land of Chinese civilization.

It is also an important town for the industrial construction of the Republic.

It is unforgettable, forever and ever

God's Capital

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In China

In fact

In terms of geographical endowment

Luoyang is one of the many ancient capitals in China.

Outstanding

From a macro perspective

It is located in the center of China's territory

Looking north to Taihang Mountain and south to Jianghuai River

It borders the North China Plain to the east and the Guanzhong Basin to the west.

(Location and topography of Luoyang, drawn by @Zheng Yi/Planetary Research Institute)

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From a micro perspective

Luoyang can be described as "surrounded by mountains and rivers".

Including Xiao Mountain, Xiong'er Mountain, Waifang Mountain, Funiushan Mountain, etc.

Qinling Mountains

Winding from the West

Like a giant open hand

Embedded in the southwest of Luoyang

The altitude is over 2000 meters

(Please watch in horizontal mode, sunrise over Laojun Mountain and sea of ​​clouds, photographer @王煜文)

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also

Songshan Mountain stands in the east

Mang Mountain lies in the north

Like a military barrier

Guarding the Luoyang Basin in the middle

(The scenery of Mangshan Mountain along the Yellow River in Gongyi City; Gongyi is now part of Zhengzhou, and historically it was under the jurisdiction of Luoyang for a long time. Photographer: @郭少宁)

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And from the fingers of the mountain

Dense streams gurgle out

Converges into Yi River and Luo River

(In the southern suburbs of Luoyang, the Yi River passes through Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain. Photographer: @傅鼎)

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Two Rivers in Luoyang Basin

Alluvial deposits create fertile land

Then they meet in the south of Mangshan

And pour into the Yellow River

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Xiaolangdi Reservoir of the Yellow River located in the north of Luoyang, photographer @王煜文)

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that's all

Luoyang is located in the center of China

The land is fertile, with abundant water resources and mountains.

Such a beautiful land

Just waiting for someone to come?

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The beginning of the capital

Let us turn our attention

Investing in China 5,000 years ago

At this time, China

It has given birth to many prehistoric civilizations

They are scattered everywhere

As bright as a sky full of stars

The ancestors who lived in the Luoyang Basin

Taking advantage of being in the middle of China

Convenient communication with all parties

Absorb advanced culture from all over the world

(Hole-punched pottery stand, unearthed from Wangwan Site in Luoyang, image source: @Visual China)

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About 4200-4000 years ago

Abrupt global climate change

Completely disrupted the development process of various places

Cold and drought swept Inner Mongolia and northern Shaanxi

Heavy rains and floods hit the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

The former "sky full of stars"

Lost its luster for a while

Only the Central Plains region including the Luoyang Basin

Because the location is neither north nor south

Relatively mild climate

The disaster was relatively minor.

The central location

It also enables long-term communication with all parties

Bringing people more mature social organization capabilities

Finally stood out

(Agricultural progress was also one of the conditions for our ancestors to overcome disasters; the picture shows spring plowing in Luoyang farmland, photographer @李文博)

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Their tribal leader

Ascend the hereditary throne

Establishing an efficient and stable new order

A new dynastic state

Born

It is considered by many people

It is the Xia Dynasty recorded in history books.

(Grid-patterned bronze tripod, photographer @丁俊豪)

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As time goes by

The dynasty's power became increasingly centralized

A new capital is coming

Where is the royal capital located?

In recent years, many people have speculated that

It is located in Yanshi, Luoyang today.

Erlitou Site

From the appearance, it can be seen

This is a carefully planned and constructed city.

The crisscrossing “井”-shaped main roads

Divide the city into different functional areas

At its center

The palace where the ruler lived

(Schematic diagram of the Erlitou site layout, drawn by @Luo Zihan/Planetary Research Institute)

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It includes a main hall, corridors, courtyards, etc.

The royal palace and ancestral temple

and an altar shaped like a round table with a round pit inside.

The decree was issued here

Humans and gods communicate here

They are the heart of this capital.

(Reconstruction diagram of the main hall of Palace No. 1 at the Erlitou site, drawn by @Luo Zihan/Planetary Research Institute)

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Outside the Palace

There are many small and medium-sized houses

And various workshops in the north and south

To meet the production and living needs of the entire society

The artifacts produced by these workshops

It shows that it is a "technological power" and a "manufacturing power"

People can make

A 65cm long jade knife

(Seven-hole Jade Knife, photographer @丁俊豪)

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Can produce

The earliest bronze jue and bronze ding in China

This was the most advanced bronze casting technology at the time.

(The bronze jug with nipple pattern is known as "the first jug in China", photographer @范沛卓)

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You can also inlay turquoise on bronze

Making a turquoise animal-faced bronze plaque

(Turquoise animal face bronze plaque, photographer @Jimmy's Little Universe)

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And a 64.5 cm long

Turquoise dragon shaped vessel

It is composed of more than 2,000 pieces of turquoise.

Curved and radiant

(Please watch in horizontal screen, turquoise dragon-shaped vessel, now in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, photographer @李文博)

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These heavy and exquisitely crafted objects

Born out of the rulers' control over resources and population

Strong control

It has thus become a symbol of royal power and order.

As objects circulate in all directions

The order behind it

It is also radiating to the surrounding Fangguo tribes.

Form a closer centripetal force among them

And this "heart"

The King's Capital

Luoyang

(Erlitou Xia Capital Ruins Museum, photographer @石耀臣)

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After this

Merchants from the East

Also chose to establish his own ruling order in Luoyang

It is centered around today's Luoyang Yanshi area.

Build a city, establish a country, and govern

Over a hundred years

(Mother drum square jar léi, unearthed from the Luoyang Beiyao site, photographer @李琼)

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Zhou people from the west

While the capital was in Guanzhong

Heluo region is also favored

In their opinion

Luoyang is the "center of the world"

Better for controlling all sides

(From "Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Zhou")

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In this world, the tribute roads from all directions are

Therefore, they are in the Luoyang Basin

Building the Eastern Capital Chengzhou

This will help to conquer Kanto and make up for the disadvantage of the capital being located to the west.

This was the prototype of the "Two Capitals System" in later generations.

Legend has it that in the process

The Nine Cauldrons, symbolizing royal power, were also placed in Luoyang.

The origin of the idiom "定鼎中原"

(The He Zun was unearthed in Baoji, Shaanxi. The 122-character inscription inside it mentioned that King Wu of Zhou planned to build Luoyang, calling it "Zhezi Zhongguo". This is also the earliest written record of the word "China". Photographer @脉影)

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The end of the Western Zhou Dynasty

King Ping of Zhou tried to avoid the danger of the Quanrong

Leaving Guanzhong and moving the capital to Luoyang

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for more than 500 years, began

(Wangcheng Park built on the ruins of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Royal City, photographer @李琼)

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Eastern Zhou Dynasty

The princes rose up and rituals and music were destroyed

Heroes "strive for the Central Plains"

But the capital of Luoyang

It is still the center of national economic and cultural exchanges.

(Bronze gear, unearthed from the ruins of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Royal City, may be a mechanical brake device, photographer @李琼)

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after

The wheel of history rolls forward

In 221 BC, Qin unified the six kingdoms

202 BC

The Han Dynasty founded by Liu Bang established its capital in Chang'an

Power from Guanzhong

Create an unprecedented feudal empire

Luoyang, the former capital

Where to go?

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Towards the Capital of Gods

25 AD

The newly established Eastern Han regime

Ended the long war

Once again faced with the problem of choosing a capital city

Luoyang is located in the middle

Convenient material supply and other reasons

Stand out again

Became the capital of the Chinese Empire

(Hangu Pass Ruins in Xin'an County, the location of Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty, photographer @李文博)

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Afterwards

To Cao Wei and Western Jin

In the past 300 years

Although Luoyang has experienced many wars and destructions,

It has long been the center of dynastic rule.

(Cao Wei white jade cup, unearthed in Jianxi, Luoyang, now in Luoyang Museum, photographer @张艳)

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493 AD

Even the Northern Wei Dynasty, founded by the Xianbei people,

He also moved the capital from Datong to Luoyang, the center of China.

In order to implement the Chinese reform

This period

Luoyang has a prosperous culture

Cao Zhi composed "Ode to the Goddess of Luo River"

Fictional love with the goddess of Luo River

The most imaginable

(The Goddess of Luo River was created by Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty based on the Goddess of Luo River. The version in the picture is a copy, which is collected by Liaoning Provincial Museum. The photographer is @张艳)

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Zuo Si, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty

He composed the famous poem "Fu of Three Capitals" in Luoyang

It triggered nationwide copying and paper prices rose

This is why "Paper is expensive in Luoyang"

(Longma Futu Temple in Mengjin is said to have been built in the Jin Dynasty as a place for worshipping Fuxi. Photographer: @许河源)

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The newly introduced Buddhism

Combined with the needs of the ruler

He built Buddhist temples and excavated grottoes in Luoyang

The first official temple in Chinese history, White Horse Temple

Established in Luoyang during the Eastern Han Dynasty

It is considered the "ancestral temple" of Chinese Buddhism.

(White Horse Temple, photographer @丁俊豪)

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A famous book from the Northern Dynasties, Records of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang

I admire the Buddhist temple in Luoyang, Northern Wei Dynasty.

At one time, there were more than a thousand

Including the most magnificent wooden structure in the history of Chinese Buddhism

The Yongning Temple Pagoda is over 120 meters high.

In contrast

The tallest surviving ancient wooden pagoda in China, the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda

It is only 67 meters high.

(A clay sculpture of a human face unearthed from the Yongning Temple Pagoda, photographer @李文博)

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Yique, located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang

The Yi River flows through here

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, on the cliffs on both sides of the river

Cave digging

Longmen Grottoes

now

There are more than 2,300 caves from various periods here.

There are more than 100,000 statues in total.

They are of different ages and shapes.

Frowning or smiling, lifelike

(Please watch horizontally, panoramic view of the west side of Longmen Grottoes, photographer @孙业林)

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In the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Unprecedentedly large territorial boundaries

and unprecedentedly developed socio-economic

Requires countries to have stronger

Control and carrying capacity

Chang'an has stronger defensive capabilities

The location is relatively west, and the transportation of materials is inconvenient

Luoyang has convenient transportation

But it is weaker than Chang'an in military defense.

then

Sui and Tang dynasties carried forward the Western Zhou Dynasty's two-capital system

Chang'an and Luoyang were the two capitals

Mutual support and mutual dependence

The two cities also welcomed

The most glorious peak in the history of ancient urban development

(Illustration of the implementation of the "two capitals system" in the Sui and Tang dynasties, drawn by @Luo Zihan/Planetary Research Institute)

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Emperor Yang of Sui even dug

With Luoyang as its center, it is over 5,000 miles long.

Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Make Luoyang the national water and land transportation hub

(Sketch of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, drawn by @Zheng Yi/Planetary Research Institute)

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Luoyang City of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Across the Luo River

Presents a basically regular square

11 North-South Expressways

Intersecting with 11 east-west avenues

Divided into more than 100 lifang

(Schematic diagram of the layout of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, drawn by @郑艺&cc&雨菡/Planet Research Institute)

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Tianjie, which faces the south gate of the imperial city

100 meters wide

Cherries and pomegranates are planted along the roadside

(Dingding Gate is the south gate of the outer city of Luoyang during the Sui and Tang dynasties. The picture shows the reconstructed building. Photographer: @唐振明)

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A special place was built east of the imperial city.

Large national grain storage center

The area is as high as 430,000 square meters

Hanjiacang City

(In addition to Hanjia Granary, there are many granaries in and around Luoyang City. The picture shows the ruins of Huiluo Granary located in Xiaoli Village, Luoyang City today. Photographer: Huang Zhengwei)

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When Wu Zetian ascended the throne in Luoyang

Changed it to Shendu

The city was undergoing massive construction and adding palaces

Various gardens were built

It is said that peony became popular in Luoyang from then on.

The most ambitious project

Mingtang

It is the main hall of Luoyang Palace.

The base is octagonal

The lower layer is a square, representing the four seasons of the year.

The middle layer is a dodecagon, representing the twelve hours of the day.

The upper layer is a 24-sided polygon, representing the 24 solar terms in a year.

(The Mingtang was first built on the eve of Wu Zetian's enthronement and was destroyed during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. The picture shows the Mingtang in the Mingtang Paradise Scenic Area in Luoyang today. The height and size are different from those in the Wu Zhou period. Photographer: @唐振明)

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Outside the city

The famous Vairocana Buddha was carved in Longmen

The entire Buddha statue is 17 meters high

Smiling, respectful and not fearful

It is the highest achievement of Tang Dynasty sculpture.

(Lushena Giant Buddha, photographer @纪睿泓)

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Luoyang City

Skilled craftsmen from all walks of life

Ceramics, lacquered wood, gold and silver wares

All are natural treasures

(Exquisite Tang tri-color pottery, all stored in Luoyang Museum, photographer @焦潇翔)

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Hu merchants in the Western Regions

Also came with their spice jewels

Luoyang, one of the starting points of the Silk Road

It has long been an international metropolis

(The Nestorian Scripture Pillar of the Qin Dynasty, unearthed in Lilou Township, Luoyang, photographer @李琼)

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Everything in the prosperous age

Like a dream

However

With the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion

The song of the colorful feathered clothes

Luoyang City also went from prosperity to decline.

"Four thousand miles from Luocheng, the Hu cavalry drove for five or six years"

The poet Du Fu traveled west from Luoyang

Overnight in Shihao Village, Xin'an County

But I encountered a scene where officials were conscripting men from the village at night.

(From Du Fu's "The Stone-Haul Officer")

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At dusk, I arrived at Shihao Village, where an official was arresting people at night.

The old man climbed over the wall and the old woman went out to see.

How angry the official shouted! How bitter the woman cried!

The late Tang poet Wei Zhuang parted with his lover

Lovers are reluctant to leave

"Advise me to return home early, the people at the green window are like flowers"

But in the end it can only be

"Luoyang is a beautiful city in spring, but the talented people from Luoyang grow old in other places"

(Throughout the Tang Dynasty, many scholars and writers gathered in Luoyang, and its rise and fall were also recorded in poems. Among them, Bai Juyi wrote about Luoyang most frequently; the picture shows Bai Juyi’s tomb, located on Xiangshan Mountain by the Yi River, photographer @李琼)

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Since then

Continued turmoil, overdevelopment

Luoyang is getting worse

As China's political and cultural center for thousands of years, it

This is how it began to decline

Although the Five Dynasties

Later Liang, Later Tang, and Later Jin briefly established their capitals here

Although the Northern Song Dynasty

Luoyang is still a large city.

It is still a place where scholars gather and culture flourishes.

(Luoyang is the hometown and teaching place of Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, masters of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. The picture shows the hometown of the two Chengs in Song County, Luoyang. Photographer: @石耀臣)

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However, as the economy of Jiangnan continued to prosper

The country's political center also moved eastward

Kaifeng has better water transportation conditions

Luoyang at this time

No longer able to serve as the core of a country

Countless people sighed and lamented

People chant the name of Luoyang

Imitating Luoyang's architecture

Even many places are named Luoyang

(From Lu You's "Dreaming of Seeing Peonies in Luoyang, So Beautiful That I Woke Up and Wrote a Poem")

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I have forgotten everything in the world as I grow old, but I still see the flowers in Luoyang in my dreams

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Luoyang's status further declined

Becoming a regional center

(Located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, Guanlin has become a sacred place for Guan Yu's belief because of the burial of Guan Yu's head. It is also the only ancient building complex in my country that combines tombs, temples, and forests. Its existing buildings were mainly built in the Ming Dynasty. Photographer @丁俊豪)

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In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China

The whole of China is in danger

Luoyang's fate is even more tortuous

In 1932, the "January 28 Incident" broke out

The Japanese army attacked Shanghai, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in danger

The Nanjing National Government temporarily moved to Luoyang

But at this time, Luoyang was already in ruins.

The roads are all sand and dirt, and there is not a single electric light in the old city.

During the Anti-Japanese War

Luoyang as a national defense fortress on the battlefield of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi

It was repeatedly bombed by the Japanese army.

The city was a scorched earth, and 60% of the city was destroyed.

(The Chiang-Song Villa, located in Longmen Xiangshan, Luoyang, was built in 1936 and was Chiang Kai-shek’s “temporary palace” in Luoyang. Photographer: Ding Junhao)

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When New China was founded

There are only 70,000 people in Luoyang

There are less than 3,000 artisans

The whole city seems to be stopped in time

The elegant Luoyang flower

Has become a dream memory

The vicissitudes of Luoyang City

Will it sink into oblivion?

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Ancient Capital Reborn

The surging Yellow River

Washing away the rise and fall of history

The divine capital city that was glorious in agricultural civilization

Although it is difficult to reappear in the world

However, with the development of socialist construction in New China

Luoyang ushered in its rebirth in the industrial age

1950s

To achieve industrialization

New China is in need of reconstruction

The First Five-Year Plan was implemented

The focus is on 156 projects assisted by the Soviet Union

That is "Project 156"

(Illustration of the industrial nature of Project 156, drawn by @Luo Zihan/Planet Research Institute)

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The new China at that time

Still facing severe external threats

Safety

Become an important consideration in project site selection

In this situation

Luoyang's geographical advantages are highlighted again

It is located inland, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

And there is a huge agricultural population and market demand in the surrounding area

Very suitable for the production of agricultural machinery

1954

After repeated investigation and demonstration

first tractor factory

Flowers fall in Luoyang

(Overlooking the YTO factory in Luoyang today, photographer @焦潇翔)

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also

There are also a large number of upstream and downstream projects settled in Luoyang

Including Luoyang Copper Processing Plant, Luoyang Thermal Power Plant, Henan Diesel Engine Plant

Luoyang Ball Bearing Factory, Luoyang Mining Machinery Factory, etc.

A total of 6 "156 Project" projects

And many supporting small and medium-sized enterprises and scientific research institutes

(Distribution of major construction projects in Luoyang during the First Five-Year Plan, drawn by @郑艺/Planet Research Institute)

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At the call of the country

Technical talents and workers from all over the country gathered in Luoyang

Devoting ourselves to the industrial construction of Luoyang

From 1953 to 1956

In just four years

Luoyang's urban population has tripled

(Sketch of population changes in Luoyang, drawn by @罗梓涵/Planet Research Institute)

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As for the 1960s

Luoyang is already full of factories of all sizes.

It has become an important base for China's machinery industry

(Luoyang's petrochemical industry is also very strong. The picture shows the factory of Sinopec Luoyang Petrochemical Company. Photographer: @焦潇翔)

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As population and industry gather

Luoyang's Urban Structure

There has also been a fundamental change

It is different from other ancient capitals which are often built around the old city.

Instead, the old and new urban areas are separated and developed relatively independently.

Evolved into a typical "strip city"

At the beginning of the construction of "Yituo"

For the purpose of cultural heritage protection

The factory site avoids the old city and many ancient city sites

Choose to build a new industrial city west of Jianhe River

Therefore, this place is named "Jianxi District".

(Please watch in horizontal mode, panoramic view of Jianxi District, photographer @王煜文)

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Under the grand plan

A new industrial city rises from the wilderness

Industrial areas are concentrated on the north side of the block

Lined up along the Longhai Railway

It accounts for 1/3 of the planned area of ​​Jianxi District

The residential area is located in the middle of the block

There is a wide green belt between the industrial area and the

It is divided into 76 "neighborhoods" of varying sizes.

It has distinctive Soviet architectural features

(Please watch in horizontal screen, the Soviet-style buildings in Jianxi, photographer @张岳)

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South of residential area

It is a concentrated commercial area

There are many shops moved in from Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places.

Research institutes and universities

It is concentrated at the southernmost end of the entire block.

(Henan University of Science and Technology moved from Beijing to Luoyang in 1956. The picture shows the night view of its library. Photographer: @张孟尧)

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This industrial new town coexists with the old town

Self-contained and closely connected

The layout and style of the ancient city are well preserved.

This is also known as the protection of large sites.

The Luoyang Model

After the Reform and Opening Up

Luoyang is like other old industrial bases.

Once encountered development difficulties

From industrial structure to urban construction

New battlefields need to be opened up

The first to achieve a breakthrough

It is an upgrade in the industrial field

With the efforts of major scientific research institutes

Traditional industries based on resources and labor

Infused with technology

Various innovative achievements and products emerge in an endless stream

(Please watch in horizontal mode. The world's largest 18,500-ton forging hydraulic press is operating in a factory in Luoyang. Photographer: Huang Zhengwei)

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The "Dongfanghong" that was once famous in China

Transformed into

5G+Hydrogen-fueled electric driverless tractor

Robots used in underwater detection, mining security and other fields

They were also born in factories in Luoyang.

In addition to mechanical manufacturing

Luoyang has gradually become China's "Industrial Design Capital"

It owns Luotu Institute and CITIC Heavy Industries

Two national industrial design centers

The style of Erlitou as a "manufacturing powerhouse" in the past

Reappearance in Heluo Land

(5G+hydrogen fuel electric unmanned tractor, photographer @黄政伟)

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also

Luoyang's rich history and culture

It is also becoming its business card for development.

As early as 1983

Luoyang held the first "Peony Culture Festival"

When the peonies are in full bloom in April and May every year

Attracting tourists from all over the world to visit

So far, 39 sessions have been held

(Peony and tree peony belong to the same genus, and are often planted together with tree peony to show the beauty of spring; the picture shows the blooming peony in Mingtang Paradise Scenic Area, photographer @雪儿)

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Traditional culture has also been reborn.

A piece of past events

Being brought to the public stage

(Luoyang Yingtian Gate, the filming site of the Henan Lantern Festival Gala "Tang Palace Night Banquet", picture source @Visual China)

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Handicrafts

Endowed with the ingenuity of the times

(In Mengjin Sancai Town, a master is making Tang Sancai, photographer @邓国晖)

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And that ancient capital solidified in bricks, tiles and vegetation

And returned to the world with a new attitude

The area is more than 2,800 acres

Sui and Tang City Ruins Botanical Garden

Lying quietly by the Luo River

(Sui and Tang Dynasty City Ruins Botanical Garden, photographer @石耀臣)

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Museums of various themes

More than 100 companies

Recording the vicissitudes of the past and present in all aspects

(Luoyang Museum, photographer @石耀臣)

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The city gate and square were renovated on the original site

Showing the elegance and splendor of the past

(The rebuilt Lijing Gate is integrated into Luoyang Old Street. Photographer: Ding Junhao)

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While retaining the classical beauty

Its urban framework is also expanding

Reflecting the light of modernity everywhere

Luoyang New District, south of Luo River

There are universities, parks and sports stadiums scattered around.

Full of vitality and energy

(Please watch in horizontal mode, the scenery of Luoyang New District, photographer @王煜文)

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The flyover bridge spanning the Luo River from north to south

Integrate the old city with the new city

(Xiyuan Interchange, photographer @张孟尧)

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Luoyang Metro connects east and west

As if traveling through time and space

("Luoyang Metro Made in Luoyang", brand new trains were transported from Luoyang CRRC Corporation to the test site; Luoyang is also the only non-provincial capital city in the central and western regions with a subway, picture source @Visual China)

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In this intersection of ancient and modern times

Luoyang is reborn as Luoyang

Although it has not frequently appeared in the spotlight of the times

But as long as you embark on a journey to the ancient capital

You can experience its charm and legend

This is Luoyang

It has influenced Chinese civilization for thousands of years.

Leaving a mark in the hearts of every Chinese

It has experienced ups and downs

But still persist in moving forward

Luoyang

Never Forget

Will not be forgotten

The ancient nation is on the road to revival

Ancient Capital of Gods

Will be evergreen

(From "Spring Day in the Capital" by Du Shenyan of the Tang Dynasty)

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A message to Luocheng: May the spring scenery be twice as beautiful next year

(Please watch in horizontal mode, brilliant fireworks illuminate the night sky of Luoyang, photographer @李玉杰)

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This article was created by

Written by | Bei Luoshimen

Editor | Director Photo | Zhou Xuguang

Map | Zheng Yi Design | Luo Zihan

Proofreading | Changchun Ding Jiaxin Hogapi Chen Zhihao

Cover Photographer | Wu Bin

Head Photographer | Tang Zhenming

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