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What are the famous scenic spots in Luoyang?

1. Longmen Grottoes: Longmen Grottoes is one of the treasures of stone carving art in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It is located in Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain on both sides of the Yihe River in Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was dug in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then it was built on a large scale in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty for more than 400 years, with a length of 1 km from north to south. Today, there are 2345 caves, more than 654.38 million statues and more than 2800 inscriptions.

2. Baiyun Mountain: Baiyun Mountain is located in the virgin forest area in the hinterland of Funiu Mountain in the south of Song County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, with 204 species of animals and 199 1 species of plants, and the forest coverage rate is over 98.5%. It is praised as a "natural museum" by experts and scholars. There are 37 peaks above1500m, of which Yuhuangding is the first peak of Baiyun Mountain at an altitude of 2216m, and it is one of the best places to watch the sunrise and the sea of clouds. Baiyun Mountain: a world geopark, a national 5A-level tourist attraction, a national forest park, the top ten leisure resorts in China, one of the most beautiful places in China, and the third among the top ten scenic spots in Henan Province.

3. Baima Temple: Baima Temple is located in Baima Temple Town, Luolong District, east of the old city of Luoyang City, Henan Province12km. The world-famous Galand, the first ancient temple in China, which was built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 68), is the first official temple built after Buddhism was introduced into China. It is known as the "ancestral temple" and "source of Buddhism in China, with a history of 1900 years. The existing sites and historical sites were left over from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. A large number of dry lacquer statues of the Yuan Dynasty are preserved in the temple, such as Buddha III, Admiral of the Second Heaven and Eighteen Arhats, which are very precious.