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Enjoying flowers in spring has become a popular leisure activity and a custom in Luoyang. The poet of Luoyang in the Song Dynasty wrote: "the peony in Luoyang is the most unique." This sentence shows that Luoyang's "earth vein" makes peony unique.
Luoyang is an ancient city with a long standing reputation. More than ten dynasties established their capitals here, which is known as the ancient city of nine dynasties. Luoyang Peony began in the Sui Dynasty, rose in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and continues to this day. Luoyang peony is famous all over the world for its variety and beautiful design. Therefore, the famous saying "Luoyang peony is the best in the world" has been handed down to the world.
2. Enjoy thousands of stone carvings in Longmen Mountain
The Longmen Grottoes are carved with Buddhist legends on the stones. Longmen Grottoes is not only a world cultural heritage, but also a cultural card of Luoyang. If you don't visit Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, it's a waste of time. The "Longmen mountain scenery" here is also known as the first of the eight scenic spots in Luoyang. Bai Juyi once commented: "the victory of the landscape in the suburbs of Luodu is the first of the eight scenic spots in Longmen."
In fact, the "color" of Longmen Mountain contains more complex elements, including not only Longmen Grottoes and 100000 statues, but also Xiangshan temple and Yishui Zhongliu. With these scenes, Longmen mountain looks more beautiful. Therefore, the color of Longmen Mountain is beautiful, just like a landscape painting. It really needs mountains, water, temples and stone carvings. It's fascinating. 3. The experience of Luoyang water mat
Luoyang Shuixi is a famous dish in Henan cuisine of 18 Chinese cuisines. It has a history of more than 1000 years. It is said that it was formed in Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is known for its soup, so it is called "water mat". When you enter Luoyang, you can taste the world-famous Luoyang palace water mats. Between the soup and water, it is full of the food culture inherited from Luoyang for thousands of years. You can't help but admire it deeply.
The dishes in the "water mat" include vegetarian dishes, vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, cold dishes, hot dishes, salty, sweet, sour and spicy dishes, with different tastes. There are 24 dishes in total. Eight cold dishes (four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes) are served first, and then 16 hot dishes are served. The hot dishes are served in different sizes of sea bowls. In addition to the four table pressing dishes, the other 12 dishes, each of which has a similar taste, are divided into a group. Each group is led by a big dish, with two small dishes, called "Dai Shang Chao", as a side dish or seasoning dish. Welcome the new year with the bell of Baima Temple
In the eastern suburb of Luoyang, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, hidden among the lush forests and ancient trees is a white horse temple known as "the first ancient temple in China". When Emperor Han and Ming invited Tianzhu monks to preach Buddhism in China, and carried Buddhist scriptures and statues on white horses to Luoyang, the capital of China. Emperor Han and Ming ordered the temple to be built in imitation of Tianzhu's style. In order to remember the merits of Baima's carrying Buddhist scriptures, the temple was named "Baima Temple".
Every year, Baima temple holds a prayer meeting. At about 22 o'clock on the last day of the year, Sanskrit sounds linger inside and outside the temple. The abbot of Baima temple will lead 108 friends from all over the country to chant sutras and pray for good luck in the new year in front of the mountain gate. Around 23:40, monks in Baima temple will ring 108 long new year bells to express their best wishes. Then, everyone went up to the bell tower in turn and struck the bell to pray. When the clock at zero strikes, the Dragon leaps and the lion leaps outside the mountain gate, and firecrackers burst out in unison. Inside the mountain gate, the whole Baima temple is shrouded in a peaceful atmosphere. People at the scene pray for their relatives and friends to welcome the new year together. 5. Taste the real ancient capital under the soft and lingering Luoyang music
Listen to Luoyang music, let you more in-depth understanding of Luoyang City, understand the past of Luoyang. Most of its tunes are short in structure, simple in melody, fluent in rhythm, and easy to express tragic repertoire. Because it was formed in Luoyang, where warlords fought and suffered many calamities, and the melody of its Qupai was always downward, its singing was full of sadness and moving sentiment. Luoyang Quzi plays are simple and touching, and most of them are based on people's life and folk stories. Its performance is close to real life. It's very real and worth listening to. 6. See the earth shaking charm of mother river in Xiaolangdi
The Yellow River is not worthy of its name because of its small wave bottom. In this section of the Yellow River, it enjoys the reputation of "Thousand Island Lake in the north". The high gorge, flat lake, crisscross harbors, bright water and beautiful scenery make up a magnificent picture of beautiful mountains and rivers, the north and the south of the Yangtze River.
Of course, the roar of the Yellow River is eternal. In the narrowest part of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the broken walls on both sides of the river are cut off, and the river flows in the middle. GUSHAN gorge is a marvelous gorge with thousands of walls; Longfeng gorge is a winding gorge with dragons and snakes; Dayu gorge is a vast gorge. 7. The most beautiful sea of clouds in Central China from Baiyun Mountain
Baiyun Mountain, which spans the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, is unique in the Central Plains and can be called the "Grand View of mountains and waters in the Central Plains". There are cave landscapes with Baiyun cave as the road mark, humanistic landscapes with wuman temple as the representative, and phenological landscapes with sunrise in the sea of clouds as the representative. Come to Baiyun Mountain in autumn, enjoy the red leaves all over the mountain and feel the grace of nature.
Yuhuangding is the best place in the Central Plains to watch the sunrise in the sea of clouds. Climbing on Yuhuangding will open your eyes. The natural landscape is mysterious and changeable. Fog around the fragrant Yuhuang Pavilion, the flow of believers, as if into a fairyland.
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