In 2022, the total population of Luzhou is about 5,067,300. Luzhou is a national historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,000 years. The Western Han Dynasty established Jiangyang Houguo and Luzhou in Datong, Liang Wudi. Luzhou was an important town in the southwest in the Song Dynasty and one of the 33 commercial metropolises in China in the Ming Dynasty.

Luzhou is a national regional central city, a regional central city in the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou, a central city in the southern wing of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, an important trade and logistics center and an important port city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Cultural monuments:

1, Thanksgiving Tower

Thanksgiving Tower is located in the center of Luzhou. It was built in the 18th year of Shaoxing in Southern Song Dynasty (1 148), Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1488- 1505) and Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1884) and 1983.

2. Longnao Bridge

Longnao Bridge is located in Jiuxi River, Datian Township, Lu Xian County. Built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it is 54m long, 1.9m wide and 5m high. It is a rare large stone carving bridge in Ming Dynasty in China. Eight of the 65,438+04 piers are carved with dragons, elephants and unicorns respectively. Its art is exquisite, the knife method is firm and the image is vivid and unique.

3. Hundred subgraphs

Baizitu is located in the northwest corner of Luzhou City. Formerly known as Sinnijorge. It was built in the 7th year of Kangxi in Song and Qing Dynasties (1668) and rebuilt in the 5th year of Qianlong (1788). Because there are stone carvings on the wall of the temple, it is called "Baizi Map".