Anybody been to Louyang before

[nygatl15]

I will go to meet my SO's family in Louyang, maybe stay there for 2-3 days... anyone been there or know anything about it? I know it is an ancient city dating back over 10000 years... Any info, will be appreciated

[Dan R]

I haven't been there but here is something

 

http://www.china04.com/report/louyang.html

 

 

Here is the 88 year old University there

http://www.lync.edu.cn/english/xygk/xyjj.htm

 

The city of Luoyang sits not far from the Yellow River on the west end of Henan Province. Like Kaifeng in eastern Henan, Luoyang is one of China's ancient capital cities. It was the capital of the Xia Dynasty some 4000 (2200-1750BC) years ago; it was the first capital of a unified China under the Shang (1750-1040BC) and the Eastern Zhou (1100-256BC) dynasties. In all, 13 different dynasties used Luoyang as their capital for some period of time.

 

HeNan is an eastern province in China,with the area of 167,000 sq km and its population of 92,560,000 (2000).Of all the provinces,HeNan is the most densely populated.Its terrain is made up of a series of mountains in the west and plains in the east. The Huang He (Yellow River) crosses the northern part of HeNan.Its fertile loess uplands are found in the central area. Wheat is the most important crop;besides, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and sesame are also grown. Coal is mined, and hydroelectricity is produced with the help of the advanced irrigation and flood-control projects on the Huang He. Manufactures are famous for textiles, iron and steel, heavy machinery, and aluminum,etc. Major cities include the capital, Zhengzhou,a railroad and industrial center;Luoyang,has Longmen caves, with nearly 100,000 Buddhist on the cliffside, and Kaifeng,a commercial,manufacturing and agricultural center.

The LongMen Grottos

SongShan Mountain

SongShan Temple Pagoda

ShaoLin Temple The temple is a day away from Louyang.

 

Last trip I wanted to visit Kaifeng, Henan while next door in Shandong. But as always in China I ran out of time. Kaifeng had large Jewish and Muslim populations 1000 years ago involved with the silk route trade (before Marco Polo). Last year one of the Jewish families still there emigrated back to Israel under the law of return.

 

http://www.unc.edu/~ngullett/Louyang.html

 

Here are things other people recommend doing in Luoyang

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/...oyang-BR-1.html

 

Enjoy your trip but I think Luoyang area takes more than 2-3 days to see. But it all depends on your interests.

[nygatl15]

Thanks for the Information.. I look forward to the visit there, it sounds very interesting. thanks for taking the time to do this for me

[Dan R]

Bukeqi, hey what are CFL brothers for anyway?

[Guest Long_strider]

I have traveled to Luoyand in January of 2003. A little cold then and not during the busy season.

 

We saw the Longmen Grottos, interesting various carvings in the rocks. Some people worked on them for years, living by the river.

 

We also visited some Buddhists temples. We also made the trip to the Shaolin Temple which I found quite interesting. Saw a demonstration by a number of students of Shaolin Kung fu.. They were amazing!

 

We only spent one day there. We were fortunate to also meet with a high ranking visiting buddhist monk in the oldest temple in the city and received a blessing.

 

I have some pictures if you are interested.

 

Long_strider

[nygatl15]

Yes Longrider, I would like to see some pictures. My SO's family lives there.. we will stay there for a couple of days... I will take a 10 hour train ride from Beijing... I may have to fly back though. Thanks for the info... is it a rural type of city? My girl doesn't say much about it.

[nygatl15]

Sorry Longstrider, I mispelled your name

[nygatl15]

Bukeqi, hey what are CFL brothers for anyway?

True, true!! Thanks dude.

[Dan R]

From the pictures I've seen it is very green.

 

http://www.lacrosseschools.com/logan/luoyang/a_1.html

 

Here's the Yahoo pic search

 

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...-tab-img-t&b=21

[Mengxin]

Thanks everybody. I'm catching the plane right now. Come on Jim (feathers), plane's waiting for you.