After entering the Xudu City, Lin Shiying, who had walked forward for a while, found that the layout of the Xudu City was very similar to Luoyang City in the Yangjian City.

"I didn't expect that this capital city in the underworld is actually very similar to our Luoyang City in the yang world."

Lin Shiying said as he walked forward, observing his surroundings.

"Of course, you should know the history of Luoyang City in the Yang Realm, right?"

Listening to Lin Shiying's words, the four ghosts said with some pride.

"Of course I do. Luoyang is known as the "ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties", the state of emperors and the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Starting from the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in China, there have been 13 dynasties of Xia Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Later Liang, Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasty to build their capitals here, for more than 1,500 years, it is the earliest city in China's history, the most dynasties and the longest time to build the capital. ”

"Then do you know why the layout here is similar to Luoyang City?"

After listening to Lin Shiying's words, the four ghosts asked Lin Shiying rhetorically.

"I don't know, how would I know?"

The problem of the four ghosts made Lin Shiying feel very helpless, you said that this was the first time he came to this capital city and came to this underworld. How could he have known these things? How do you know why the layout of this capital city is similar to that of Luoyang City?

"Then you should know that there are ten halls of Yama kings in this capital city, right?"

"Well, I know. I heard Uncle Ying tell me that there are ten halls of Yama in the underworld, namely: the first palace Qin Guang King, the second palace Chujiang King, the third palace Song Emperor, the fourth hall Wuguan King, the fifth hall Yama King, the sixth hall Bian Cheng King, the seventh palace Taishan King, the eighth palace City King, the ninth hall Equality King, and the tenth hall Wheel King. ”

Lin Shiying had heard these things from Uncle Ying, so he still knew.

"That's right, and Luoyang City has the title of "Ancient Capital of Nine Dynasties", and has experienced about a dozen dynasties, and our Xudu City has ten halls of Yama, which can be compared with this ancient capital, so ah, this Xudu City will be so similar to the layout of the ancient capital of Luoyang in the Yang. ”

After listening to the explanation of the four ghosts, Lin Shiying suddenly realized that it was originally designed to correspond to the ten halls of Yama. Just thinking about it, the problem of the four ghosts is here again.

"Although we know this, but we don't know this ancient capital of Luoyang, you are from the yang world, you should know very well, right? Tell us, is it really the same as the capital city? ”

Looking at the curious faces of the four ghosts, Lin Shiying wondered, weren't they also human beings before they became ghosts? Don't they know? But it shouldn't be, we all know that Luoyang is the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, how can it not be clear? But thinking about it, Lin Shiying still said what he knew.

"As I said just now, Luoyang is known as the "ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties", the state of emperors and the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Starting from China's first dynasty - the Xia Dynasty, there have been 13 dynasties of Xia Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Later Liang, Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasty to build their capitals here, the time is as long as more than 1,500 years, it is the earliest city in China's history, the most dynasties and the longest time to build the capital.

Moreover, Luoyang has the world-famous "ruins of the six capitals", which are in chronological order: the ruins of Erlitou in the summer capital, the ruins of Yanshi Mall, the ruins of Chengzhou City in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ruins of the Wangcheng City of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the ruins of the ancient city of the Han and Wei dynasties and the ruins of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. ”

"Wait, ruins? What do you just mean by what Sui and Tang ruins? ”

Lin Shiying had just said that there were six ruins in Luoyang City, and the four ghosts suddenly interrupted Lin Shiying's words, and hurriedly asked what the ruins of the Sui and Tang dynasties meant.

"A site is a relic of human activity and is an archaeological concept. The characteristics of the site are incomplete remnants, with a certain regional range, and many prehistoric sites and ancient sites are buried deep below the surface. The discovery of buried sites is mostly related to human activities, such as agricultural production, construction site construction, etc.;

Many of the ancient sites are part of the expedition to discoveries. Most of the ancient cities and ancient architectural sites are ruined and broken, and various daily necessities are not broken and incomplete, but the trajectory of human life can be found through archaeological and anthropological research. Many of the sites are relics of wars and disasters. The ruins are cultural relics and belong to cultural monuments. ”

Although Lin Shiying didn't know what the four ghosts meant by asking this, he still explained.

"It seems that our dynasty has become a ruin."

"Could it be that you are from the Tang Dynasty?"

"That's right, the four of us were all scholars in the Tang Dynasty, but we came to the underworld because we were killed, and Lord Hades saw that we were all scholars and talents, so he made us ghosts."

"I see."

"By the way, what about the six ruins you just mentioned? Because we are only responsible for this area, we have never been to Luoyang, and we have not been back since we died. ”

Looking at the lonely expressions and atmosphere of the four ghosts, Lin Shiying can understand, after all, this is also a homelessness, and he can't go home, right?

"Eastern Han Dynasty ruins. Luoyang City of the Eastern Han Dynasty is located at the former site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Wangcheng, 15 kilometers east of Luoyang City, east of the White Horse Temple, north of Bishan Mountain, south of Luoshui. The Western Han Dynasty took Luoyang as the accompanying capital, and built a palace here, and built the capital here after the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Luoyang City of the Eastern Han Dynasty is nine miles and seventy steps long from north to south, six miles and ten steps wide from east to west, commonly known as "Nine Six Cities", the plane is rectangular, there are 12 city gates.

The overall layout of the city is on the longitudinal axis, according to the old palace of the Western Han Dynasty to operate the north and south two palaces, the two palaces are one mile apart, and they are connected by three compound roads. Nangong is about 1,300 meters long from north to south and about 1,000 meters wide from east to west; The North Palace is about 1,500 meters long from north to south and about 1,200 meters wide from east to west.

Later, the east and west palaces were added one after another. The main palace is in the South Palace, which is smaller than the palace in Chang'an in the Western Han Dynasty. The main government office is located near the South Palace, and the sacrificial buildings such as the Taimiao are located in the south of the city. There are 24 streets in the whole city, which are roughly in the shape of a square grid, and are divided into more than 100 luli li. Street trees such as chestnut, catalpa, and tung trees are planted on both sides of the street.

There are seven or eight royal gardens inside and outside the city, such as Fanglin Garden, Shanglin Garden, etc., with Shan Guiling Kun Garden as the largest, 11 miles around. There are also some private gardens of the nobility. Luoyang, the capital of Cao Wei, still follows the old system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with two palaces in the north and south, and a garden in the suburbs, and was also built in Luoyang during the Western Jin Dynasty. After the Yongjia Rebellion (311), the city of Luoyang gradually declined.

Northern Wei Dynasty Ruins: Luoyang City of Northern Wei Dynasty The Northern Wei Dynasty originally built its capital in Pingcheng (now Datong, Shanxi). In the seventeenth year of Emperor Xiaowen (493), the capital was moved to Luoyang. When the Northern Wei Dynasty rebuilt Luoyang City, it first sent officials to Luoyang to investigate the palace ruins, and then went to Jiankang to inspect the palace buildings of the Southern Qi Dynasty; Then the edict planned and mobilized more than 50,000 people to build it.

The site of Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty is about equivalent to the former site of Luoyang City in the Han and Jin Dynasties, with the Bishan Mountain in the north and the Luoshui River in the south, and there are three city walls of the palace city, the capital city and the Guocheng city. Miyagi is located in the north of the central part of the original Han and Jin Dynasty palaces, the terrain is high, the plane is rectangular. It is about 1,400 meters long from north to south, about 600 meters wide from east to west, and the building density in Miyagi is large, and twenty or thirty large rammed earth foundations have been found after investigation.

The foundation of the capital is on the original site of the "Ninety-six City". In the northeast corner, there are Taicang and East Palace, and the city wall has been demolished; The northwest corner is connected to a small city, the defensive castle of Luoyang in the Wei and Jin dynasties, "Kim Yong Shing". There are four gates on the south and west sides of the capital, three gates on the east side, and two gates on the north side, a total of 13 city gates. There was a moat outside the city walls.

The main arterial road of the capital is the Tongluo Street from the main gate of the palace city to the south to the main gate of the capital, Xuanyang Gate, which is the central axis of Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The street is 40 meters wide, and important buildings such as government offices and temples are arranged on both sides, such as Situ Mansion, Taiwei Mansion, Taimiao, Taishe, etc.

The famous Buddhist temple Yongning Temple is on the west side of the north end of the street. The roads in the capital are straight and wide, and there are direct roads between the gates. The street that runs through is 30 meters wide, the street that does not pass through is 20 meters wide, and the street at the city gate has three roads, which can be used by nine cars in parallel. Outside the capital, there is Waiguo City, 20 miles from east to west, 15 miles from north to south, divided into 310 miles. The inside is square, the side is one mile (300 steps), the perimeter is surrounded by a wall, a door is opened on each side, and the inside is a cross street.

The commercial market is concentrated in the east, west and south of Waiguo City. The "big city" is in the west, eight miles around; The "small city" is in the east. The "Sitong City" in the south is a place for international trade, and there is a "Siyi Pavilion" for foreign guests to live. Long-term residents can also be allocated to residences and gardens within Siyili.

Buddhist temples can be found throughout the city and abroad, reaching more than 1,360 at its peak. Yique in the south of the city excavated a large-scale Longmen grottoes.

The shape of Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty had a great influence on the Chang'an City and Luoyang City in the later Sui and Tang dynasties.

Sui and Tang Dynasty Ruins: Luoyang City of Sui and Tang Dynasties and Sui and Tang dynasties inherited the Eastern and Western Beijing system of the Han Dynasty, with Luoyang as the eastern capital. Luoyang's geographical location was east of Chang'an, which made it easy to control the Jianghuai region, which had gradually become an economic base at that time. After the opening of the Sui Grand Canal, Luoyang became more and more prosperous. When Wu Zetian was in power in the Tang Dynasty, he once moved the capital to Luoyang.

The site of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties is about 10 kilometers west of the Luoyang City Site in the Han and Wei Dynasties. It is located in the north and faces Yique (Longmen). In the first year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty (605), it was planned and built by Yu Wenkai and Feng Deyi, and was called the Eastern Capital or Tokyo, which paid equal attention to Chang'an. It was destroyed in the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty and restored in the Tang Dynasty.

The plan of Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties is slightly square, the east wall is 7,312 meters long, the south wall is 7,290 meters long, the west wall is 6,776 meters long, and the north wall is 6,138 meters long. The total area of the city is smaller than that of Chang'an. Part of the city wall bends along the Luo River. The Luo River runs through the city, dividing the city into two districts, north and south, and building four bridges. There are three gates on the east and south sides of the city, two on the north side, and two gates on the west side of the palace city and two gates on the west side of the imperial city. The locations of the gates are asymmetrical.

Due to the topographical relationship of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the central axis and symmetry could not be emphasized, but the palace city and the imperial city were placed on the west side of the north district, and the imperial city was bordered by Luoshui in the south, with three north-south trunk roads, and there were official offices and temples in the imperial city. The palace city is in the north of the imperial city, and there are dozens of halls, pavilions, halls, and courtyards such as Hanyuan and Zhenguan.

The Imperial City and the Imperial City are on the same axis, and the avenue in front of the Imperial City reaches the Dingding Gate through the bridge on the Luoshui River, opposite to Yique. There are 28 squares and 1 city in the north district of Luoyang City; There are 81 districts and 2 municipalities in the southern district. The shape of the square is slightly the same as that of Chang'an City, the plane is square (or rectangular), the side length is 450 meters, slightly smaller than the square of Chang'an, there are walls around, each side opens a door, the inside is a cross-shaped street, and the road surface is about 14 meters wide.

The width of the road in Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties is roughly as follows: the main road is 120 meters wide, the main road connecting the city gate is 40~60 meters wide, and the small streets between the alleys are less than 30 meters wide. The streets are generally narrower than those in Chang'an.

The largest of the three cities is Nanshi, on the south bank of the Luohe River, accounting for two squares, with 112 rows and more than 3,000 shops. The north city is in the center of the northeast square area on the north bank of the Luo River, and the west city is in the southwest corner of the city. There are Persian Hu Temple and Ancestral Hall near Nanshi, which shows that foreign merchants are mostly in this area.

There are also some shops in the square, there are commercial houses on both sides of the Luohe River, and the Chengfu, Yuji, Tonghuo, and Shanglin Zhufang on the north bank are the most prosperous. Wu Zetian (701) built a large waterhole in Yuandefang in the southeast corner of the imperial city that could be used to moor merchant ships.

The planning of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties drew on the experience of Chang'an City, and the layout was not limited to square and symmetry, which could match the terrain, and the width of the road was also appropriately reduced. In addition to the centralized city, there are also commercial establishments in some of the squares along the Luo River, which are significant advances in urban planning. ”

On the ruins of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Lin Shiying made a detailed introduction, after all, the four major ghosts were from the Sui and Tang dynasties. He also wanted them to know more about the Sui and Tang ruins.