Luoyang, an ancient tourist city, is full of charm. Why can't people in Xi 'an feel it? Because subjectively, they don't want to admit that Luoyang's history and culture are longer and thicker than Xi 'an's. Look at the comment area, it is almost a playground in Xi 'an, and Luoyang people can't see many!
Luoyang historical sites really lack overall planning. All retro buildings should be built on the original site, unlike the Datang city that never sleeps compiled by Xi An, which has become a lamp city. There is no need to consider whether there is a real site.
Standing on the beautiful gate of Luoyang, the old city still maintains the urban layout of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and many houses are centenarians!
The Battle of Luoyang was the first one-on-one casualty war between China army and Japanese army. Due to the heavy losses of the Japanese army, Luoyang city was devastated after the occupation. As long as there is war, Luoyang has never been spared, because it is too famous to pass by. Except for the above-ground buildings of Longmen, Baima Temple, Guanlin, Shangqing Palace, Shaolin Temple and a few other famous temples, they are all underground sites. The underground world of Luoyang is referred to as "the five capitals of Luoyang" for short. Corresponding sites can be found in the city's 4000-year history, and a complete historical chain can correspond to existing historical materials one by one, which is rare in China and even in the world.
I'm not from Xi. Luoyang is a native of Luoyang. But after living for 50 years, I have never felt the charm of an ancient city. It has always been a tepid and step-by-step third-tier city. There is not much cultural atmosphere. In recent years, I don't know what happened. Some people toss and turn on the Internet all day. They are all gods, and they want to crush Xi 'an. I wonder if it's dry, huh? Even if it is renamed Shen Du, it will overwhelm Xi 'an! ? Isn't it still that city? It's still so noisy and crowded, and there are typos and spiced eggs everywhere! Luo Yang lives in history forever, in the lewdness of Tang Dynasty!
Luoyang is a veritable ancient capital with a history of 1500 years, where more than ten dynasties established their capitals. It is no exaggeration to say that every brick dug underground in Luoyang will have the taste of the ancient city.
However, why don't some people feel the charm of the ancient city when they travel in Luoyang?
I think there are not a few tourists who feel this way. You can't blame the tourists for this feeling. Their feelings are reasonable. Share my views with you:
First, tourists may not find a place suitable for their own play. There are too many cultural and historical sites in Luoyang, among which Longmen Grottoes, Baima Temple, Guanlin Grottoes, temples and places of interest are the main representatives. These attractions may not be suitable for all tourists. Its cultural connotation, historical value and cultural research value are more suitable for research. That is, people often say: "experts watch the doorway, amateurs watch the excitement." Like tourists as treasures, don't like as our shoes. Naturally, we can't feel the value of culture, so we can't talk about the charm of the ancient city.
In fact, the taste of the ancient city of Luoyang is still there. The most emotional and direct are Luoyang Old Town and Lijingmen Scenic Area. Luoyang Old Town still retains a large number of ancient residential buildings, temples, ancestral halls, halls and other historical sites. Luoyang traditional folk snacks, such as confused noodles, paste noodles, mutton soup, Luoyang water mat, etc. , has a long reputation.
The most representative building is Lijing Gate. Although it is a modern reconstruction building, it was rebuilt in the old site of Lijingmen in the Sui Dynasty and became the leader and masterpiece of Luoyang ancient city gate. Lijingmen, as a whole scenic spot, includes the ancient city and blocks, showing the market trade, ancient capital customs, humanistic customs and town features of Luoyang ancient city, which can be said to represent the features of the ancient city. If you want to feel the charm of the ancient city of Luoyang, you must go to Lijingmen, see the grandeur and grandeur of Lijingmen, go to the old street and taste snacks with rich flavor of the ancient city. There are many market styles and cultures. It will definitely make you scream.
Second, as an ancient capital, Luoyang has fallen into an embarrassing cycle of destruction and construction. As Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is difficult to preserve the original appearance of the ancient city. Thousands of years ago, in the history of Chinese civilization, there has always been a sense of "unification" of "winning the Central Plains and winning the world". Therefore, every time the regime changes, Luoyang, as the capital, is bound to be a battleground for military strategists and compete for the focus of the world. As the saying goes, "prosperity is the people's suffering, and death is the people's suffering." The establishment of the new dynasty, the construction, the name of the people is not good; The old dynasty was defeated, often with swords and shadows, and life was ruined.
Luoyang, as the capital, keeps turning around in the historical cycle of buildings being destroyed and destroyed. Few complete buildings can be preserved. To find the charm of the ancient city of Luoyang, we can only restore and copy the charm of the ancient city at that time through archaeological excavation. This also made Luoyang shovel famous. Mysterious and practical, it is actually a shovel.
Third, Luoyang's protection and construction of the ancient city should have a historical debt. It is also an ancient city and an ancient capital. The Ming Wall in Xi 'an is the largest and most complete Ming Great Wall in China, which is closely related to the protection and construction of the historical ancient city in Xi 'an, while the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Little Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell and Drum Tower in the city center are well preserved.
Kaifeng, which is close to Luoyang, still retains Suoguo Temple, Longting, Iron Tower and Fanta. Later, it rebuilt the very representative ancient city buildings such as the Imperial Street in the Song Dynasty and the Riverside Garden in the Qingming Festival.
In Luoyang, except for the reconstruction of Lijingmen, others are often built in the form of ruins parks, such as Wangcheng Park, Xiyuan Park, Sui and Tang Dynasties Ruins Park and Tomb Museum. Tourists can't feel the intuitive charm of the ancient city when they play here.
They are all man-made scenic spots of modern people, which are shoddy and have no substantive content, such as Luoyi Ancient City, Shangyang Palace, Sui and Tang Ruins Park, Jiuzhou Pool, Lijingmen and so on. You don't want to go twice if you go once.
The questioner affirmed Xi 'an's people, and Luoyang's history and culture crushed Xi 'an. Xi 'an wanted to use the ancient capital culture to develop the economy, so he suppressed Luoyang to improve his popularity and achieve the purpose of collecting money. Is there any history and culture? Search how many 4A and 3A scenic spots there are in Luoyang and Xi 'an, and compare them, just like crushing Xi 'an scenic spots.
The most attractive places in the ancient city of China are Beijing, Xi and Pingyao.
Beijing not only has the magnificent and antique Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also has the "most beautiful skyline" reflecting the longitudinal history of Chinese civilization. As the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty, Xi 'an, despite thousands of years of hardships, resolutely retains the unique temperament endowed by history. The sky is round, just like the neat planning of a chessboard, which exudes a quaint and long-lasting charm everywhere, solemn and majestic, making people linger; Pingyao Ancient City, which was selected as the "World Cultural Heritage" with the honor of the whole city, is not only the most complete existing ancient city in the Han area of China, but also an outstanding example of the preservation of all the characteristics of the ancient city of China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
However, when we enter Luoyang, the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty, which is also a famous historical and cultural city, we only see a large number of high-rise buildings and modern overpasses, but the charm of the ancient city that once envied our peers is almost gone.
Then, why don't you often feel the charm of the ancient city when you travel in Luoyang, the ancient capital of thousands of years?
One of the reasons: this is a battleground for Zhuolu Central Plains military strategists, and most of Luoyang's ancient buildings were destroyed by war. Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. The ancients called it "the world" and "the earliest China" (Zhai Zihua, a national treasure bronze weapon in He Zun's inscription). Luoyang has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, so many gorgeous palaces, pavilions, historical sites and cities are often destroyed by the war between military strategists. For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang 'an, turning the once glorious imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty into a scorched earth; Luoyang, a magnificent city in the Northern Wei Dynasty, was reduced to ruins in the battle between Mangshan Mountain in the East and West Wei Dynasties in 538 AD. The peerless landscape of Luoyang, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was burned down twice by insurgents and Uighur soldiers in the Anshi Rebellion. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the magnificent "mansion" built with reference to the shape of the Forbidden City was set on fire by the peasant army in Li Zicheng.
There are still five capital sites in Luoyang, such as Erlitou Site, Yanshi Mall Site, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng Site, Luoyang City Site in Han Wei and Luoyang City Site in Sui and Tang Dynasties, which silently tell the glory and glory of the former imperial city.
The second reason: in the process of urbanization, there is a lack of systematic, reasonable and scientific planning for the characteristics of the ancient city. Walking into Luoyang, a modern city, I saw many tall buildings and criss-crossing overpasses. However, the landscape reflecting the historical features of the ancient capital is only concentrated in the core areas of ancient city protection, such as Lijingmen, yingtianmen, Tang Ming, etc., lacking the unique system and long-term planning of Beijing and Xi 'an.
It should be pointed out that in Luoyang, a city with 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, it is necessary not only to control the number and height of skyscrapers, but also to limit the construction density of facilities that are destructive to historical and cultural blocks, such as overpasses, and form a unique and antique "urban skyline".
The third reason: in the protection and restoration of the ancient city ruins, there is a lack of "exquisite carving" and "repairing the old as the old" similar to Datong ancient city. Taking the construction of Lijingmen Wall in Luoyang as an example, it is obviously the restoration and reconstruction of the ancient wall in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but there are many glass windows, which are neither fish nor fowl.
On the other hand, Geng Yanbo presided over the restoration and reconstruction of Datong ancient city wall in Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to Liang Sicheng's surveying and mapping data and photo files of Datong Tower, 70% of the rammed earth walls of the ancient city are all repaired with bricks, and the stone foundation and the brick wall of the horse face foundation of the city wall have reference, which provides a detailed basis for the repair, ensures the authenticity of the building, and is simple, elegant and spectacular. In the process of increasing the charm of the ancient city, Luoyang is worth thinking about and learning from.
It's normal not to feel! The history of Luoyang is like a yellow book, which is rarely torn into toilet paper. Then, how can we avoid loopholes by recalling, guessing, imagining, fabricating, falsifying and re-editing? Just like those so-called "historic sites" that are imitated, it is awkward to look at them. Xi, Beijing, Luoyang and Nanjing are like gold, silver, copper and iron. Luoyang is copper, copper is copper. It's ridiculous to rub some gold powder and pretend to be gold!
No, Luoyang is not fake at all. These newly-built buildings were older in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. 5A scenic spot ranks first in the world, with a tourism GDP of 930 billion, which is the sum of Ann, Beijing and Nanjing. [Laughter]
Perhaps it is related to the separation of historical attractions, such as Shaolin Temple and Zhongyue Temple, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Luoyang and later under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou.