Luoyang, named after the north of the Luo River, is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization and has a profound ancient cultural heritage. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info is a place that makes people "dream back to the millennium": Dingding Jiuzhou, the prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng Sanyi, Cai Lun papermaking, Jian'an Fenggu, Luoyang paper and other historical events, happened here, "If you ask about the ancient and modern things, please only look at Luoyang City." "。

Topaz first tasted Luoyang's famous "water seat". It is said that the Luoyang water banquet began among the people, and then spread in the palace, plus the delicacies of the mountains and seas, made into a palace banquet, and then passed from the palace to the ** room. Then a unique flavor is formed, because of the imitation of the production method of the official banquet, so it is also called the officialdom seat. For thousands of years, Luoyang water mat has been undefeated for a long time. Luoyang water seat, there are 24 dishes, referred to as "three eight seats". First serve 6 cold dishes and serve wine, the cold dishes are 4 meat and 4 vegetarian. Following the 16 hot dishes, the hot dishes are served in different types of blue and white sea bowls. 4 of the 16 dishes are pressed table dishes. The other 12 dishes, each of which has a similar taste, are grouped together, and each group has a large dish to lead. It's called "belt up", eat one by one, like flowing water. Luoyang water mat has three major characteristics: one is meat and vegetarian, cold and persistent; second, there is soup and water, the north and south are delicious; third, the order of serving is strictly regulated, and the collocation is reasonable. Among the water seats, "swallow vegetables" are the most famous. The so-called "swallow vegetables" is actually made of radish finely cut into silk, shaped like bird's nest, so the name "swallow vegetables", if it is not express, it can really be fake and real, taste carefully, refreshing and delicious, and the taste is really special. After eating the Luoyang water seat, Topaz visited the Longmen Grottoes.

Luoyang in August, the sky is high and cool, under the blue sky and white clouds, between the green trees and green winds, the green mountains on both sides of the Yi River confront each other, the beautiful Yishui flows north in the mountains, the scales flash slightly in the sun, the green mountains on both sides of the bank are majestic and rough, the distance looks like a natural gate, so the history is called "Yique". The Han Dynasty has been called the "Dragon Gate", legend has it that after Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, it is not easy to control the whole country while sitting in Chang'an, and Luoyang is "the place of heaven and earth, the place of yin and yang", which can be "controlled by three rivers, fixed by four stops", and the water and land are connected, so it means to move the capital. He personally led the civil and military officials, mighty, arrived in Luoyang, when he saw this Yique was overjoyed, and said to the civil and military around him: "This is not Longmenye? Why not build the capital here since ancient times?" The minister next to him immediately complimented: "Since ancient times, I don't know, so as to Your Majesty." So "Yique" was officially changed to "Dragon Gate" from then on.

The Longmen Grottoes are built on the mountain cliffs on the east and west sides of Yishui, and are 1 km long from north to south. According to records: Longmen Grottoes were first excavated around 494 A.D., and were vigorously built by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and other dynasties. There are 1,352 grottoes, 750 Buddhist shrines, more than 100,000 statues, more than 3,600 inscriptions, and more than 40 pagodas. The most representative of the Longmen Grottoes are the Guyang Cave, Binyang Cave, Lotus Cave, and Yaofang Cave built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The statues in the grotto are rich in content and exquisite in shape, the largest Buddha statue is 17.14 meters high, and the smallest is only 2 centimeters. Its spirit is vast, the meaning is profound, and the carving is exquisite, which can be called the dazzling wonder in the treasure house of sculpture art in the world. Traveling south, I passed through Jingzenji Temple and Ten Thousand Buddha Cave to the most magnificent Fengxian Temple. The largest Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes - Lushena Buddha, the Buddha statue is 17.14 meters high, the head is 4 meters high, the ears are 1.9 meters long, the shape is plump, the appearance is magnificent, the clothes are smooth, it has a high degree of artistic appeal, condescending and calmly looking down on all living beings, a faint smile, abundant and beautiful, it is the perfect combination of noble, rich, open and elegant, all make people stop and watch, nostalgia and forgetfulness. The position of the Buddha statue is carefully chosen, especially her eyes, and no matter where you stand, you will feel like she is looking directly at you. Topaz tried it left and right, and he really felt that those smiling eyes had been looking directly at him. It was noon when I left the grotto, and more than four hours slipped away from my feet unconsciously, and after lunch nearby, Topaz arrived at the White Horse Temple again, and it seemed that he had broken into the prosperity from the silence. The White Horse Temple is full of flowers inside and out, accepting the same flowery flow of people in and out. Known as "China's first ancient temple", the White Horse Temple is located about 12 kilometers east of Luoyang City. The north is surrounded by the mountains, the south is Luoshui, the green trees and red walls, the temple pagoda, the environment is extremely solemn and quiet.

The White Horse Temple was originally built in the 11th year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to ancient records, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty slept in the South Palace at night, dreamed that the golden man flew around the palace, the body was six feet long, and there was a white light on the top, and he later knew that it was the Buddha, so he sent the minister Cai Yin, Qin Jing and other eighteen people to the Western Regions to ask for Buddhism. Cai, Qin and others traveled west to the Da Yue clan, and met with Indian monks and Zhu Flange. At the invitation of the Han envoy, the two Buddhist monks returned to Luoyang, Kyoto with Buddhist scriptures and statues on white horses. In the following year, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ordered the construction of a monastery outside the Xiyong Gate in Luoyang, Kyoto, to commemorate the merits of the White Horse Sutra, so it was named the White Horse Temple, and was respected as the "ancestral garden" and "the source of interpretation" by the disciples of Buddhism. There are several pavilions in the temple, mainly including a series of buildings such as the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Palace, the Receiving Hall, the Qingliangtai and the Pilu Pavilion. The Big Buddha Hall is the main building of the White Horse Temple, built in the Ming Dynasty, and the clay statue of the Ming Dynasty is enshrined in the hall, namely the Buddha Shakyamuni, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva. Behind the big Buddha hall is the Daxiong hall, the hall is lined up on both sides of the eighteen arhats, and the hall is enshrined in the "three Buddhas", namely the Buddha of Shakya, the Medicine Buddha and the Amitabha Buddha. Behind the hall to the north of the Wei Li Tianjiang, is the only remaining Yuan Dynasty clay sculpture work in the White Horse Temple. Walking through the leading hall, it is the place where the scriptures have been stored in the past dynasties - Qingliangtai. The last floor of the temple is the Pilu Pavilion, which towers above the Qingliang Platform. It was built in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. The hall is enshrined in the "Three Saints of Huayan". In front of the Pilu Pavilion, there is a hall in the east and west, which is dedicated to the two Indian monks who use the white horse to carry the scriptures.

The next day, Topaz watched the famous Luoyang peony in China. The peony flowers are huge, the flowers are dignified, the varieties are numerous, graceful and luxurious, and they are called "the king of flowers", "the king of flowers", and "the king of flowers". Peony is also known as one hundred taels of gold, wood peony, rich flower, Luoyang flower, etc. Li Zhengfeng in the Tang Dynasty had the verse "The national color is drunk in the morning, and the heavenly fragrance dyes clothes at night", and made "the heavenly fragrance and the national color" become the elegant name of the peony.

Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty said: "Although the peony bears seeds and seedlings grow on the roots, it is called "peony" (meaning that it can be asexually reproduced), and its flower bonus is called "Dan". Luoyang vein flowers are the most suitable, and peonies are especially strange in the world. Because Luoyang has a mild climate, moderate rainfall, and fertile land, the peony mutates thousands of species, and the famous products are increasing day by day, and the reputation is all over the country, so it has the name of "Luoyang peony is the best in the world".

Since ancient times, Luoyang people love flowers, Shao Yong's famous poem: "Luoyang people are used to seeing strange things, and peach and plum blossoms are not flowers." It must be the peony flowers in full bloom, and the city will be full of joy", which is the true portrayal of this custom. "Today's peony flowers are better, and all over the world are competing to come. In the days when the peony in Luoyang is in full bloom, the flowers bloom like the sea, the people are like the tide, and the "Jiuqu tourists" come here. Come to see the unique style of Luoyang peony, all for this poured, intoxicated, it is really "flowers bloom and fall for 20 days, a city of people are crazy." "

The greenest peony is "bean green", the blackest peony is "Guanshi Moyu", the peony with the most petals is "Wei Zi", the reddest peony is "Fire Alchemy Pill", the whitest peony is "luminous white", the bluest peony is "Lantian jade", the best intercolored peony is "Erqiao", and the peony that can be the most fake and real is "purse peony".