Comprehensive list of tourist attractions in Luyi, Henan

1. Laozi’s Hometown Tourist Area

Laozi’s Hometown Tourist Area is located in Luyi County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province. The scenic area contains the birth and growth of Lao Tzu, a great thinker in ancient China and a world-famous historical and cultural celebrity, as well as cultural relics and monuments left by descendants' sacrificial activities. There are also other famous historical relics and cultural landscapes in the surrounding area. It is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is also a comprehensive tourist area integrating history, culture, natural customs, leisure and health.

2. Luyi Taiqing Palace Ruins

The Luyi Taiqing Palace Ruins, the birthplace of Laozi, is a large-scale site group, including the remains of many royal sacrifices to Laozi from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Taiqinggong Town was built in the eighth year of Yanxi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 165). It is located 5 kilometers east of Luyi County, Henan Province. It consists of the front palace, the harem and the Yinshan Longshan Cultural Site.

Origin of place names:

Lu Yi was called "Ku", "Zhenyuan", "Guyang", "Yuanxian" and "Weizhen" in ancient times. In history, three emperors issued edicts to change the name of Luyi County. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty changed the name of the county to Zhenyuan, and Lu Yi was the birthplace of Zhenyuan (Taoist thought). Wu Zetian proclaimed herself the emperor and respected Li Mu as the Xiantian Queen Mother, and in her edict she changed the name Zhenyuan to Xianyuan, which meant that I was an immortal and the place where I was born was Xianyuan.

After Song Zhenzong arrived in Lu Yi, he changed the name of the county to Wei Zhen to show that he defended the supremacy of Laozi and thought (truth) more than other dynasties. "Xu Zhi" says: "In the early Yuan Dynasty, the water moved eastward, and today the place is Zhen, still called it, but the old one has been abolished.