What tourist attractions are worth seeing in Luoyang?

The tourist attractions worth seeing in Luoyang include Laojun Mountain·Jiguan Cave, Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple, Sui and Tang Luoyang City National Heritage Park, Baiyun Mountain, etc.

1. Laojun Mountain·Jiguan Cave

Laojun Mountain is named after Laozi, the founder of Taoism, who retreated to practice here. It combines natural landscape and Taoist culture, and is the place where Taoist believers in northern China A holy place to visit, it is also an outstanding representative of the Central Plains landscape culture; the Jiguan Cave, not far from Laojun Mountain, is a natural limestone cave known as the "No. 1 Cave in the North". The cave is 5,600 meters deep, divided into five floors, with a height difference of 138 meters. There are twists and turns in the cave, and the landscape layout is dense and dense.

2. Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is the place where the royal nobles of the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties gathered the most statues, and has a strong national religious flavor. Its construction process lasted for more than 400 years through the Eastern Wei, Sui, Tang, Song and other dynasties, leaving behind 2,345 cave niches, more than 100,000 statues, more than 2,800 inscriptions and other cultural heritage. The Xiangshan Temple, nestled among green pines and cypresses, is a Buddhist temple built during the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

3. White Horse Temple

Baima Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was built for the first time in Chinese history to "study scriptures from the West." Since then, Buddhism has been officially introduced to China. It also became the first government-run temple built at that time and was known as "the first ancient temple in China". The overall layout of the current White Horse Temple follows and retains the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Because of its influence on Buddhism throughout Southeast Asia, countries such as India, Myanmar, and Thailand have successively spent huge sums of money to establish the "International Buddhist Temple Area" in White Horse Temple, making White Horse Temple the "World Buddhist Temple Expo Site."

4. Sui and Tang Luoyang City National Heritage Park

Sui and Tang Luoyang City National Heritage Park was built on the ruins of Sui and Tang Luoyang City. Today, important architectural ruins such as Mingtang, Tiantang and Jiuzhouchi from the Tang Dynasty are scattered in the ruins park. Among them, "Mingtang" is the place where Wu Zetian worshiped heaven and earth and feasted on officials; "Heaven" on the north side is where Wu Zetian worships Buddha; Jiuzhou Pool is the royal garden in the west part of the palace area of ??Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

5. Baiyun Mountain

Baiyun Mountain is located in the primeval forest area in the hinterland of Funiu Mountain, with a total area of ??168 square kilometers. It is rich in animal and plant resources and is known as the "Museum of Nature" by experts and scholars. . Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area, with the natural landscape of Baiyun Mountain as the main body, spans the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Huaihe River basins in one peak, and gathers the spirit of the three rivers in one mountain. Yuhuangding is the "first peak of Baiyun Mountain", with an altitude of 2216 meters. It is the highest point in Baiyun Mountain and is known as the "top of the Central Plains". Therefore, it is also a good place to watch the sunrise over the sea of ??clouds in the Central Plains.