What are the scenic spots in Luoyang?

In the city, Wangcheng Park, Luopu Park, museums, Sui and Tang Dynasty ruins parks, suburban tours of Longmen Grottoes, National Flower Peony Garden, White Horse Temple, Guanlin Temple, Longtan Grand Canyon in the distance, Xin'an County, Jiguandong Luan Sichuan, Shenling Village, Luoning, etc.

The first day: Luonan New District Landscape Tour - Longmen Grottoes - Guanlin Temple - Sui and Tang City Ruins Botanical Garden - Kaiyuan Lake Musical Fountain

First , the first stop is of course Longmen Grottoes.

Since ancient times, "Longmen Mountain Beauty" has been hailed as the first of the eight scenic spots in Luoyang. Bai Juyi once commented: "Longmen is the most beautiful of the mountains and rivers in the suburbs of Luodu." I wonder if he loves this place too much. Yes, his old man’s tomb is also buried here. The ticket price for Longmen Grottoes is 120 yuan, including Longmen Grottoes, Baiyuan (Bai Juyi’s Tomb), and Xiangshan Temple.

I suggest that it is best to visit Longmen Grottoes in the morning. Because the sun shines directly on the west mountain of the grotto in the morning, there is enough light for photography. After climbing up the high steps, you suddenly look up and you will see the Lucena Buddha looking at you kindly. It is really shocking. After visiting the Xishan Grottoes, it’s a different experience to go over the Manshui Bridge in the south and look at the grottoes on the other side. Then visit Dongshan Grottoes, Xiangshan Temple and Baiyuan. The entire scenic spot visit time is generally 3-4 hours.

PS: Luoyang has now launched a new project of "Night Tour Longmen". If you are fascinated by the kind and Buddhist-like face of the Lucena Buddha, you might as well go and see the Buddha statue in colorful clothes at night. The sea of ??gleaming lights, the Sanskrit Buddhist music ringing in your ears, the 3D animation projected on the mountain, etc., will give people the illusion of traveling back to the Tang Dynasty! The so-called "heaven and earth are one, the mountains and rivers are one color, and humans and Buddhas are one" is nothing better than this.

At noon, come out of Longmen, walk along Longmen Avenue, turn to the Guanlin Street Archway, and you will arrive at Guanlin Temple.

The tombs of emperors are called mausoleums, the tombs of saints are called lins, and the tombs of scholar-officials are called gardens. As a martial saint, Guan Yu's tomb is called Guan Lin, which is also the origin of Guan Lin Temple. This place has been a resort for people to worship Guan Yu since ancient times. It is the only ancient architectural relic in my country that combines Guan Yu's "mound", "temple" and "forest". The ticket price is 40 yuan, and the visiting time is usually about one hour.

It is worth mentioning that around Guanlin Temple, there is an "Old Luoyang Wonton" on Guanlin Street. The hot noodles at this restaurant are delicious, but the environment is a bit rough. Hot noodle corner is a traditional snack in Luoyang. As the saying goes: It's more comfortable than lying down and more delicious than dumplings. Hot noodle corner, have you eaten this one?

Afternoon, Sui and Tang City Ruins Botanical Garden.

The Sui and Tang City Ruins Botanical Garden is a characteristic garden integrating cultural relic protection and greening. Among the included N gardens is the Peony Garden with Thousands of Positions. The garden has planted more than 270,000 peonies of more than 1,200 varieties in nine major colors, and more than 3,000 peonies of 22 varieties. Among them, there are peonies with the largest and shortest plants, peonies with the largest flowers, and peonies with the most unique colors and patterns. There are more than 20 kinds of peonies, including peonies with the most petals, peonies with the most diverse flower types, and peonies with the highest medicinal value. The visiting time is 1-2 hours.

At night, Kaiyuan Lake musical fountain.

Opening hours are every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 8pm. When it was built, it was said to be the largest musical fountain in Asia. The various forms of musical fountains and unparalleled audio-visual effects have become another beautiful scenery during the flower festival besides peonies. If you happen to have time in Luoyang, it would be a good choice to come and have a look if time permits~~

For dinner, the Really Different Hotel has a branch in the new district. There is a saying among the people that "it will be different if you don't enter Luoyang City". The main store is in the old city, but if you want to eat in the new area, you can come to this branch. This is the most famous water banquet restaurant in Luoyang.

The so-called water banquet has two meanings: first, each dish is inseparable from the soup; second, one goes up and down one by one, like flowing clouds, so it is called water banquet. The dishes in the "water banquet" include vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, cold dishes, hot dishes, salty, sweet, sour and spicy dishes, with different tastes. There are twenty-four dishes on the water banquet, namely eight cold dishes, four large items, and four table dishes. If there are few people, you can order a la carte. Recommended dishes: Peony agar-agar, Luoyang sea cucumber, fried meatballs, Luoyang braised goods, etc., all of which cannot be eaten in other places~~

On the second day, you can tour the old city and the main city as you like - —China National Garden, Tianzi Jialiu Museum, White Horse Temple, Historical and Cultural District

In the morning, China National Garden. There are eight major peony gardens in Luoyang: China National Garden, National Peony Garden, Wangcheng Park, Sui and Tangcheng Botanical Gardens, Xiyuan Park, Peony Park, Shenzhou Peony Garden, and International Peony Garden. From April to April, the peonies in these eight peony gardens compete for beauty, and no one wants to lose the beauty of the other.

The reason why I introduce the National Garden of China here is because this peony garden is in a good location and has convenient transportation to other scenic spots in the city and does not take up a lot of time on the road. Moreover, the peonies here are really good, and it is currently the largest peony ornamental garden in the country. This place is based on the history and culture of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with peony culture as the main content, integrating history, culture, peony culture and garden landscape. The visiting time is 2-3 hours.

At noon, the emperor drove to the Liu Museum. As the ancient capital of 13 dynasties, Luoyang has a profound historical accumulation. There are many museums here: Ancient Tomb Museum, Tianzi Jialiu Museum, Luoyang Museum, Plaque Museum and so on.

The Tianzi Jialiu Museum is precisely because the archaeological discovery of a six-horse chariot relic here confirmed the theory in ancient documents about the "Emperor Jialiu" during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. The visiting time is about 40 minutes.

Eat: Not far from the Tianzi Jialiu Museum, there is a snack street behind the Central Department Store. There is a Xigong Restaurant. The small street pot stickers in it are a unique delicacy in Luoyang and are now rated as Luoyang’s best. intangible heritage. Pot stickers are fried snacks with fillings. They are exquisitely made and taste delicious. They are often made with pork fillings and are served with different fresh vegetables according to the season. When making the buns, the fillings are usually divided into half and half, each in the shape of a crescent bud. The bottom of the pot stickers is dark yellow, crispy, the dough is soft and tough, and the fillings are delicious. The finished product is soupy and oily, yellow in color and overflowing with deliciousness. When eating, the skin can be crispy or soft, the filling can be crispy or crispy, the aroma is fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless.

In the afternoon, the last stop of the city’s scenic spots - White Horse Temple. The White Horse Temple is the first temple built by the government after Buddhism was introduced to China. From the White Horse Temple, Chinese monasteries have been generally called temples. Eminent monks of all ages and even famous foreign monks have come here to read scriptures and seek Dharma, so the White Horse Temple is also revered as the "ancestral temple". "Ting" and "Shiyuan". There is a lot of incense here. Everywhere you go, there is free incense for tourists to burn. There is not much incense to burn, just three pieces of fresh incense to worship the Buddha. Ticket price: 50 yuan, visiting time is about 1-2 hours.

At night, historical and cultural district.

This is a magical ancient district.

Starting from Lijingmen in the west and reaching the Cross Street of the Old City in the east, you can find all kinds of delicacies such as a la carte water mats, meatball soup, small bowls of soup, starched noodles and other delicacies from Old Luoyang. It can be said to be a paradise for foodies! Eating traditional snacks, looking at the vicissitudes of ancient buildings, and admiring exquisite antiques, it feels like you have traveled through a thousand years! Warm reminder: Although snacks are good, don’t be greedy!