1600 years ago, the Shang Dynasty was established. Xibo, the capital of Shang Tang (about 6 kilometers northeast of Erlitou site). 1046 After the Yin Dynasty in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang began to build its capital in order to control the eastern region.

Duke Zhou built a king city and a state city on the north bank of Luoshui. Historically, Wang Cheng has been called "the first move into a state", "Ding Ding is in the wild" and "the stockade China". He once moved Yin stubborn people to Chengzhou, which was supervised by the Eighth Division of Chengzhou. At that time, Luoyang was called Luoyi, Xinyi, Dayi, Chengzhou, Shi Tian and China, also known as Nan Zhou.

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Luoyang has always been the cultural, political and scientific center of the country in ancient times. Among the four great inventions in ancient times, papermaking, printing and compass were all born in Luoyang. At that time, the book of Hutuluo in Luoyang was a national civilization. During the capital construction of Luoyang, the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty, a total of 105 emperors proclaimed Luoyang as emperor, leaving a heavy history of Luoyang today.

Luoyang not only has a long history, but also has many cultural heritages. There are also many sites in Luoyang that have been included in the World Cultural Heritage List, promoting the traditional culture of China to the world.

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