Luoyang is located in the hinterland of Kyushu, east longitude11216'-1237', north latitude 34 32'-34 45'. It is located at the junction of the second and third steps in China, in the east of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, with a length of about 60 meters. It spans the north and south banks of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Zhengzhou in the east, Sanmenxia in the west, Jiaozuo in the north and Pingdingshan and Nanyang in the south.
Luoyang is located in the warm temperate zone, and its climate is characterized by windy spring, dry climate, hot summer, concentrated rain, abundant sunshine in autumn, dry and cold winter, and scarce rain and snow. There are four distinct seasons throughout the year, and the distribution of heat and precipitation with time has obvious seasonal characteristics. The sunshine hours in the whole year are 265,438+0,465,438+0.6 hours, with little difference from place to place. The four seasons are more in summer than in winter, and the spring and autumn are in the middle.
Luoyang has a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, 4,000 years of city building and 1500 years of capital building, and 1005 emperors settled in Kyushu. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. It is an important hub of the Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Peony is famous all over the world because of Luoyang, and is known as the "Millennium Imperial Capital, Peony Flower City".
Luoyang has successively won the honorary titles of China Excellent Tourist City, National Civilized City and China Top Ten Charming Cities. 20 14 Luoyang was selected as the national comprehensive pilot of new urbanization.
As of 20 15, there are three world cultural heritages in Luoyang, and five capital sites on both sides of Luohe River, including Erlitou Site in Xiadu, Yanshi Mall, Wang City in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Ancient City of Han and Wei Dynasties and Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties.