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Luoyang

China

Watercolour of Luoyang, China. Along the Yi and Luo rivers, the ancient thirteen-dynasty imperial capital, centered around the iconic UNESCO World Heritage Longmen Grottoes and the monumental Mingtang and Tiantang palaces, with Fengxian Temple and Tiantang.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Fengxian Temple; Tiantang; AD White Horse Temple; Yi River; Lijing Gate; lush Central Plains and river gorge flora
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the Yi River toward the Fengxian Temple cliff grotto of Longmen, showing the colossal rock-carved Vairocana Buddha and attending figures, with weeping willow fronds in the foreground, the calm river waters and arched bridge in the middle-ground, and the rocky cliffs of the Yi River gorge fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick vegetation crowning the Longmen limestone cliffs, weeping willows along the Yi River, and temple garden canopies.
Guarded against
Not Xi'an, Kaifeng, or Zhengzhou
Population1,390,581Wikidata: 6,888,500
Coordinates34.67°N, 112.44°E
Elevation144 m
Area15,236 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:30clock runs 0.5 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Luoyang and you surface nearest to General Alvear, Argentina — 37 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

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AnyangCN237 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Luoyang inside this atlas.

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