One day during the Spring Festival, I went to Lijingmen with my parents.
By the time we reached the LijingMen, it was already late afternoon. Everyone often said, "If you don't come to Lijingmen, you will come to Luoyang City in vain." Sure enough, in the distance, I saw a tall and large city tower, which looked majestic in the night, and the three big characters of "Lijing Gate" were written directly above the city gate, and the surrounding area was illuminated by various lights, which added a charm to the city tower. The flowers and trees in the green belt next to the road also look lush under the lights. Further on, the moat in front of the castle tower flows gently, and the stone lions on the bridge pillars look very cute, as if welcoming tourists. Enter the gate through the Regency Bridge, and in the middle is an oval-shaped urn surrounded by four-storey towers. It is said that the Lijing Gate was first built in the Sui Dynasty, and the current Lijing Gate was built in 2002, but I was not born at that time! We looked through the trees of the green belt, stood on the bridge, walked into west street to see, different angles, different scenery.
Entering the Lijingmen, it is the Old Town Street, which is lined with old houses and old houses, lined with bluestone paved roads, forming a unique historical style and ancient architectural style of the ancient city. Luoyang is an ancient city of culture, so most of the merchants on the street side of the old city are mainly engaged in antique calligraphy and painting, Luoyang local snacks, but also because Luoyang's peonies are particularly famous, some shops directly at the door to support a table for customers to paint, paintings are mostly peonies, there are many shops that make peony silver silk crisps and peony flower cakes. If you ask me what the most famous snack in Old Town Street is, I will answer without hesitation: "Don't turn the soup!" You see, there are long queues of people who come to drink the soup, and some of them sit directly outside the store, and the inside and outside of the store are full of fragrance, I think no matter who it is, it will be attracted to it!
Further inside, you will go to Cross Street, if you come to the old town and do not come to Cross Street, then your journey is not perfect! The big red lanterns on both sides of the street add to the festive celebration, and there are all kinds of snacks in the street: water mats, dragon whisker cakes, osmanthus candy...
It was late at night, but the streets were still crowded. Walking on the bluestone slab road, you can feel the thick historical and cultural accumulation of the old city everywhere. Lijingmen is the symbol of the ancient city of Luoyang, after people's praise and praise and give it a new scene, so that people can appreciate its atmosphere and ancient charm at the first sight of it, I love the old city of Lijingmen, I love my hometown - Luoyang!