Damei’s hometown, Luoyang, I speak for my hometown—Big Forest

History has created Luoyang, and Luoyang has created and witnessed countless kings and generals. Luoyang is the ancient capital of 13 dynasties and has a splendid history and culture. It is also a famous tourist and cultural city in modern times. As an authentic Luoyang person, Da Senlin invites book friends from Class 3 to Luoyang to visit famous attractions and taste palace dishes. Beautiful Luoyang welcomes you!

The Great Forest wants to represent its hometown, and has specially selected the most famous scenic spots and palace dishes for book lovers to taste.

The most beautiful scenery: Luoyang Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes are located on Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain on both sides of the Yi River in Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is a world cultural heritage and a national key cultural relic protection It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and one of the treasures of Chinese stone carving art. The Longmen Grottoes lasted for a long time and spanned many dynasties. They reflected the development and changes in many fields such as ancient Chinese politics, economy, religion, and culture with a large number of physical images and written materials from different aspects, and made great contributions to the innovation and development of Chinese grotto art. significant contribution.

The Longmen Grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Afterwards, they were built on a large scale for more than 400 years through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song and other dynasties. They are 1 kilometer long from north to south. Today, There are 2,345 cave niches, more than 100,000 statues, and more than 2,800 inscriptions. Among them, "Twenty Products of Longmen" is the essence of Wei calligraphy stele, and "Stele of Yique Buddhist Niche" written by Chu Suiliang is a model of regular script art in the early Tang Dynasty.

In 2009, the Longmen Grottoes were included by the China World Records Association as the grotto with the most existing cave niches in China, creating the largest number of existing cave niches in China.

The second delicacy

Luoyang agar-agar

Luoyang agar-agar is a unique flavor dish in Luoyang. According to legend, when Wu Zetian lived in Luoyang, a large radish weighing several dozen kilograms grew in a vegetable field in Dongguan. The vegetable farmers thought it was a magical thing and presented it to Empress Wu Zetian. The imperial chef cut it into shreds, mixed it with powder, steamed it, and served it with After the queen ate the delicious soup, she found it extremely delicious and had the flavor of bird's nest. She praised it so much that she named it "Yan Cai". Later, it was introduced to the people, and over time, everyone called it "Luoyang Yancai" and it has been passed down to this day. In October 1973, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to visit Luoyang. Famous chefs Wang Changsheng and Li Daxiong carefully prepared agarwood to entertain the two prime ministers. The Prime Minister ordered two dishes in succession and praised them in unison after eating. Because peonies are carved into the dish, Premier Zhou humorously called it "peony agarwood". Since then, Luoyang's "peony agarwood" has become famous both at home and abroad.

Big Forest Shenzhen March 23