Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province.
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11 Facts About Luoyang
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Luoyang has had several names over the centuries, including Luoyi and Luozhou, though Luoyang has been its primary name.
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Luoyang was renamed Henanfu during the Qing dynasty but regained its former name in 1912.
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Greater Luoyang area has been sacred ground since the late Neolithic period.
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In 166 AD, the first Roman mission, sent by "the king of Da Qin [the Roman Empire], Andun", reached Luoyang after arriving by sea in Rinan Commandery in what is central Vietnam.
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In 493 AD, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei dynasty moved the capital from Datong to Luoyang and started the construction of the rock-cut Longmen Grottoes.
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Luoyang's constructed the tallest palace in Chinese history, which is in the site of Sui Tang Luoyang city.
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Since the Yuan dynasty, Luoyang was no longer the capital of China in the rest of the ancient dynasties.
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However, for one last time, Luoyang city was the capital of the Republic of China for a brief period of time during the Japanese invasion.
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Luoyang has a highly continental dry-winter humid subtropical climate.
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Luoyang is celebrated for the cultivation of peonies, its city flower.
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