Luoyang, from the first dynasty of China, Xia Dynasty, has successively established its capital in thirteen dynasties, including Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Hou Liang, Later Tang and Later Jin. It is the city with the earliest, longest and most dynasties in the history of China.
Luoyang, the capital of gods, is the capital with the most dynasties and the longest capital in China history. It is the first of the eight ancient capitals in China, the cradle of Chinese civilization, an outstanding representative of Chinese culture and the most prosperous international metropolis in the world at that time. The eastern starting point of the Silk Road, the central hub of the Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties, is the only China city designated as a world famous cultural city by the United Nations, and it is also called "the four holy cities in the world" with Athens, Mecca and Jerusalem.
It has a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, 4,000 years of city building and 1500 years of capital building (excluding the capital). Twenty-two dynasties successively established their capitals here, with a population of1180,000 in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. As the capital and political, economic and cultural center of China for more than 1000 years, it is known as the "Millennium Imperial Capital and Peony City" and is an internationally famous tourist destination city.