1/410China Lavender Garden in Luoyang
1/41Visit Longmen Grottoes
Longmen Grottoes Scenic Area is one of China’s treasure repositories of stone carvings, currently a
World Cultural Heritage Site
National Key Cultural Heritage Protection Unit
National AAAA-Level Tourist Attraction
Located on the Longmen Mountain and Xiang Mountain along the two banks of the Yi River in Luolong District, Loyang City, Henan Province
Longmen Grottoes, together with Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, and MeiJI Shan Grottoes, constitute China’s Four Great Grottoes
1/42The highest artifact in the British Museum is a sculpture from Longmen Grottoes
In the British Museum in London, I once saw the highest artifact, which is a sculpture from Longmen Grottoes, taller than two stories
1/43Entering Luoyang
Loyang has a history of 5000 years of civilization, 4000 years of city history, and 1500 years of capital establishment history. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, and the center of the Sui-Tang Grand Canal. It has successively housed capitals of more than ten dynasties
1/44Step onto Xuanzang Road
Xuanzang’s hometown is located in Chenhe Village, Gushi Town, Yanshi County, Henan Province, commemorating Xuanzang, featuring Xuanzang Road. It is currently a tourist channel
1/45Xuanzang’s Hometown, Luoyang’s Xuanzang Road is also a tourism route
This road is a newly built tourism route in the Yibin District, with a total length of 9172 meters and a width of 45 meters. After the completion of the road, it will further optimize the tourism environment of the Yibin District, creating conditions for the integrated tour of Wan’an Mountain Park, Wan’an Mountain Wild Animal Park, Longmen Grottoes, and Shaolin Temple
1/46Along Xuanzang Road, turn into Zhaoguan Village
Adjacent to Wan’an Mountain, overlooking Yi River. The completed first phase includes imitation of late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China civilian architecture, three food streets and commercial streets, with yurts, opera houses, corridors, tea houses, temples, barns, wheat fields and ancient workshops for production and life of villagers
1/47Turn from Xuanzang Road into Zhuge Street
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang cherished Liu Bei’s three visits to the thatched cottage and vowed to assist the Han Dynasty to eliminate the worries of the rear, and settled his mother here. To commemorate Zhuge Liang’s historical deeds, this street is named Zhuge Street
1/48Entering Zhuge Town
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang cherished Liu Bei’s three visits to the thatched cottage and vowed to assist the Han Dynasty to eliminate the worries of the rear, and settled his mother here, hence the name Zhuge Town
1/49Turn from Xuanzang Road into Zhuge Street turn into Sima Guang Road
Sima Guang, a famous political and historical scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, built ‘Juede Garden’ in Sima Village in this town and compiled the annals of history ‘Zizhi Tongjian’
1/410China Lavender Garden in Luoyang
China Lavender Garden is located on the green ecological corridor between the Luoyang Municipal Government Administration Center and the Yibin New District, with a total area of over 6000 acres, a large-scale creative tourism agricultural park.
