洛陽位于河南省西部、黃河南岸,是世界“四大圣城（耶路撒冷、麥加、洛陽、雅典）”之一,是中國唯一被命名為“神都”的城市,是中國建都最早、朝代最多、歷史最長的都城.是國務(wù)院首批公布的歷史文化名城之一,是中國優(yōu)秀旅游城市和“感動世界的中國品牌城市”.洛陽因地處古洛水之北岸而得名.以洛陽為中心的河洛地區(qū)是華夏文明的重要發(fā)祥地.洛陽是中華民族的搖籃.“永懷河洛間,煌煌祖宗業(yè)”.中國古代伏羲、女媧、黃帝、帝嚳、唐堯、虞舜、夏禹等神話,多傳于此.帝嚳都亳邑,夏太康遷都斟鄩,商湯定都西亳；武王伐紂,八百諸侯會孟津；周公輔政,遷九鼎于洛邑.平王東遷,高祖都洛,光武中興,魏晉相禪,孝文改制,隋唐盛世,后梁唐晉,相因沿襲,共十三個王朝.漢魏以后,洛陽逐漸成為國際大都市,隋唐時人口百萬,四方納貢,百國來朝,盛極一時.“崤函帝宅,河洛王國”,洛陽在歷史上相當(dāng)長的時期內(nèi),曾經(jīng)是我國政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化的中心,亦是道路四通八達(dá)的交通樞紐.
西周初期,在中國建立了第一個大公路網(wǎng),洛陽是其中心,馳道驛路,其直如矢,無遠(yuǎn)不達(dá)；隋大業(yè)元年（公元605年）,隋煬帝在洛陽建都,下令開鑿大運(yùn)河,至此形成了以洛陽為中心,向東北、東南輻射總長達(dá)2000多公里的南北水運(yùn)網(wǎng)；以洛陽為東端起點(diǎn)的“絲綢之路”,可以直馳地中海東岸,明駝宛馬,絡(luò)繹不絕.
洛陽是中華文化的讀本.史學(xué)考證知,文明首萌于此,道學(xué)肇始于此,儒學(xué)淵源于此,經(jīng)學(xué)興盛于此,佛學(xué)首傳于此,玄學(xué)形成于此,理學(xué)尋源于此.圣賢云集,人文薈萃.洛陽還是姓氏主根、客家之根.
中華民族最早的歷史文獻(xiàn)“河圖洛書”就出自洛陽.被奉為“人文之祖”的伏羲氏,根據(jù)河圖和洛書畫成了八卦和九疇.從此,周公“制禮作樂”,老子著述文章,孔子入周問禮,班固在這里寫出了中國第一部斷代史《漢書》,司馬光在這里完成了歷史巨著《資治通鑒》,程頤、程顥開創(chuàng)宋代理學(xué),著名的“建安七子”、“竹林七賢”,“金谷二十四友”曾云集此地,譜寫華彩篇章,左思一篇《三都賦》,曾使“洛陽紙貴”,張衡發(fā)明地動儀,蔡倫造紙,馬鈞發(fā)明翻車.以洛陽為中心的河洛文化和河洛文明,是中華民族文化的核心和源頭,構(gòu)成了華夏文明的重要組成部分.
Luoyang, Henan Province is located in the west, the south bank of the Yellow River, is one of the world "four Al-Quds (Jerusalem, Mecca, Luoyang, Athens)" is one of the only China was named as "God is" the city, capital of China's earliest Most dynasties, the oldest capital city. The State Council released the first batch of one of the historical and cultural city, is the best tourist cities in China and "Chinese brands moving world city." Luoyang is located by the north shore of the ancient name Waterinfo. As the center of Luoyang Heluo region is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Luoyang is the cradle of the Chinese nation. "Heluo Huai Yong, the煌煌ancestors industry." Fuxi in ancient China, Nu Wa, the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Ku,唐堯,虞舜, Yu and other myths, this multi-Chuan. Ku Bo Dili town all summer capital pour Tai鄩, West商湯the lion's share capital;武王伐紂, 800 lords will Mengjin; Zhou colonial, move in洛邑Jiuding. Wang東遷, emperor Mindoro, Guangwu ZTE, the Wei and Jin Zen phase,孝文restructuring, the Sui and Tang Dynasties prosperity, Later Liang Tang Jin, phase followed by a total of 13 dynasties. After the Han, Wei, Luoyang has gradually become an international metropolis, when the population of millions of Sui and Tang dynasties, the Quartet's tribute, all the country to North Korea, very popular. "Xiao letter home Dili, Heluo kingdom", Luoyang in history for a long period of time, once the country's political, economic and cultural center, is the transport hub of the road extending in all directions.
The early Western Zhou Dynasty in China, established the first major road network, Luoyang is its center, Chi Road驛路, such as the straight arrow, not far from being reached; Sui great cause of the first year (AD 605), the Emperor in the capital Luoyang, ordered the opening of the Grand Canal, this formed a Luoyang as the center, to the northeast and southeast of the total radiation of more than 2,000 kilometers long north-south water transport network; to Luoyang, the eastern end of the starting point for the "Silk Road", you can direct the east coast of the Mediterranean Chi Ming camel宛馬flooded.
Luoyang is the Reading of Chinese culture. Historical research is understood that the first civilization sprout here Daoxue began, the Confucian roots of this, the prosperity of this study, the first Chuan Buddhism here, the formation of this metaphysics, look for the origins of Neo-Confucianism. Saints gathered, Gathering of Talents. Luoyang name or main root, the root of the Hakka.
The earliest historical documents of the Chinese nation, "he tulo book" on from Luoyang. Be regarded as "ancestor of the humanities," the Fuxi's, according to Luo river maps and paintings became the gossip and the Kowloon-domain. Since then, the Duke of Zhou "music rituals", I write articles, asked Confucius ceremony into the week, Ban Gu wrote in China's first history of dating, "Han", Sima Guang was completed in the history of great works, "Mirror" Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao create Song Dynasty, the famous "Seven Jian'an", "Seven Bamboo", "24 Geumgok Friends" have gathered here and write a chapter in Nightlife, Si an article entitled "San Du Fu", had to make "洛陽紙貴," Zhang Heng invented Seismoscope, Cai paper, roll-over .馬鈞invention to Luoyang as the center Heluo Heluo culture and civilization, is the core of Chinese culture and the origin of Chinese civilization constitute an important part.