The Guanyin Temple

The Guanyin (the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy) Temple was built in the period of Qingli of the Song Dynasty (1041--1048), located in Wangtai Village 15 kilometers southeast of Ruyang County, Luoyang. The temple, facing south, covers an area of about 14,000 square meters. With a magnificent look, it stands in tasteful solitude. It is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Western Henan Province.

The Han-Wei Imperial City
The location of Han-Wei Imperial City of Luoyang is about 15 kilometers east of Luoyang. It backs on to the Mangshan Hill and faces the Luo River in the south. It was created as the capital for the Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin and the Northern Wei dynasties for 334 years. Today, part of the ancient city wall can still be seen on the Yi River plain where one can imagine the magnificence of that prior city.

The Hangu Pass of the Han Dynasty
The Hangu Pass of the Han Dynasty is located 500 meters east of the downtown of Xin'an County, Luoyang. It was built by General Yang Shi in the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty. The pass platform is 9 meters high, 25 meters wide and 20 meters deep. On the platform, there is an arched pass of 7 meters high and 4 meters wide. Here was the key pass to Chang'an (today's Xi'an) in ancient times.

The Mausoleum of Emperor Guangwudi of the Han Dynasty
Located in Baihe Township, Mengjin County 20 kilometers north of Luoyang, the mausoleum is a tomb for Emperor Liu Xiu, the first Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It consists of the mausoleum yard and a memorial monastery covering an area of 66,000 square meters. The mausoleum lies in the middle of the yard, 290 meters high and 50 meters in perimeter. Besides, there are five tablets inscribed respectively in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Sui-Tang period. As the cypress smell of apricot, so they are called apricot-cypresses, which are the only trees of their kind existing in China today.

The Baiyuan Garden
The Baiyuan Garden is located on the northern slope of Xiangshan Hill to the south of Luoyang. It is built in honor of the Tang poet Bai Juyi. The garden, including Bai's tomb, combines the charm of different gardens in both the north and China and is a typical representation of horticulture in this region.

The Tomb of Fan Zhongyan
The tomb of Fan is located on the slope of Wan'Anshan Hill, Pengpo Township, Yichuan County to the southeast of Luoyang. Fan Zhongyan was a well-known politician, militarist and a man of letters of the Northern Song Dynasty. The tomb yard consists of Fan's own tomb and several other tombs for family, his mother, his sons and grandsons. It occupies about 4 hectares of land with over a thousand age-old cypress trees planted. The large scale of Fan's tomb is quite rare in history.

Nativity of Xuanzang
The Nativity of Xuanzang is in Chenhe Village of Gousi Town, Yanshi County, Henan Province. As a famous monk of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang was a great traveler, translator and Buddhist as well as a cultural notable in world history.