Recently, the TV series "Wind Rises Luoyang" starring actors Huang Xuan, Wang Yibo and others has been broadcast in major media. The TV series tells the story of a series of conspiracy events that occurred in Luoyang during the era of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, "Wind Rises Luoyang" was filmed in Hengdian, and Luoyang was the main filming location. The film introduces the important attractions of Luoyang to the audience and promotes the tourism culture of the ancient capital Luoyang by means of drama generation scenes.
Named because of its location in the south of the Guluo River, Luoyang is the famous ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, and it was also sealed by the Qianlong Imperial Seal, and its history can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. It also has a more noble name " Shendu " , why is that? First of all, the Heluo area is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Many ancient Chinese myths about Fuxi, Nuwa, the Yellow Emperor, etc. occurred here.
Secondly, the name of Shendu was actually sealed by Empress Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian called the empress dowager the eastern capital Luoyang "Shendu" and added the honorific title of "Holy Mother of God Emperor". Since then, Luoyang and Chang'an have been known as the eastern and western capitals of the Tang Dynasty, and have developed into an international bustling metropolis. For a time, the name "Shendu" spread all over the world.
Longmen Grottoes, one of the four major grottoes in China, has a long history. It was excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty and then went through the five dynasties of eastern Wei, western Wei, northern Qi, Sui and Tang, with a total of more than 500 years of intermittent excavation time. Two-thirds of the shrines were built during the Wu Zetian period and carved more than 97,000 large and small Buddha statues on the one-kilometer-long cliffs.
The Xishan Grottoes are the essence of the caves, and the caves of Guyang Cave, Binyang Middle Cave and Lotus Cave and Grotto Temple are the most representative values. The grand and imposing statues of the Great Lushena are the most famous. Unfortunately, after successive campaigns to exterminate Buddhism and looting in wars, the Longmen Grottoes were seriously damaged, which was very heart-wrenching.
White Horse Temple, founded during the Eastern Han Dynasty, is a temple built by the government after the introduction of Buddhism to China, and has always been considered the "ancestral court" of Chinese Buddhism. The name of the temple comes from the allusion to the "White Horse Negative Sutra". The White Horse Temple has been rebuilt several times after the war, so today's White Horse Temple is not large and can be completely explored on foot.
The mountain gate outside the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the stone carved horses on both sides were left over from the Song Dynasty. The five major halls of the temple are located on a central axis, and the second hall is the main hall, the Great Buddha Hall. The "treasure of the town temple" of the White Horse Temple, the "Statue of Dried Lacquer in the Yuan Dynasty", is placed in the third hall. The 23 Buddha statues are all made of silk and hemp, each respecting only 3 to 5 kilograms, and the color is still as new as new for more than 700 years. There are aspects of the wisdom of the ancients that modern people really can't understand.
(The picture in the text comes from Ctrip's contracted traveler @ Suhai w@ Zi Cheng Ai Travel)