Qualla: Old City of Luoyang https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/j/old-city-of-luoyang-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Old City of Luoyang https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang Old City of Luoyang: Introduction https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang/ Photo credit SY, CC BY-SA 4.0. Fifteen kilometers east of modern Luoyang lies a ghost city spanning 75 square kilometers -- ten kilometers from east to west, seven and a half from north to south. It is not one city but many, layered atop each other across a thousand years of imperial history. The Han built their eastern capital here. The Northern Wei made it the seat of their dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui rebuilt it in 605 AD. Today, the Old City of Luoyang is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Silk Roads corridor designation that recognizes its role as a terminus for trade routes reaching from China to Central Asia.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/j/old-city-of-luoyang-wp/ww0j-old-city-of-luoyang-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Old City of Luoyang: Capitals Stacked Like Chapters https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang/ Photo credit Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0. The existing structure and layout of the Old City dates primarily to the Northern Wei dynasty, which moved its capital here from Datong in 494 AD. But the ground beneath those walls holds far older secrets. The Eastern Han established Luoyang as their capital in 25 AD, and the ci...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/j/old-city-of-luoyang-wp/ww0j-old-city-of-luoyang-capitals-stacked-like-chapters.mp3 0:06 2 full Old City of Luoyang: What the Ground Remembers https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang/ Photo credit Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0. Archaeological excavations have revealed a remarkable catalog of ruins. The Northern Wei inner city wall -- also the wall of the earlier Han, Wei, and Jin capital -- still traces its outline across the landscape. Beyond it lies the outer Guocheng City of the Northern Wei, with it...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/j/old-city-of-luoyang-wp/ww0j-old-city-of-luoyang-what-the-ground-remembers.mp3 0:06 3 full Old City of Luoyang: The Yongning Temple Tower https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang/ Photo credit Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0. Among the most evocative ruins is the foundation of the Yongning Temple and its legendary tower, built during the Northern Wei in 516 AD. The tower, a timber-frame pagoda that may have reached as high as 137 meters or more, was reportedly visible from 50 kilometers away. It was a...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/j/old-city-of-luoyang-wp/ww0j-old-city-of-luoyang-the-yongning-temple-tower.mp3 0:06 4 full Old City of Luoyang: A Silk Road Anchor https://qualla.com/old-city-of-luoyang/ Photo credit 东汉洛阳城, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Old City's inclusion in the UNESCO Silk Roads designation recognizes what its builders always understood: this was not merely a capital but a node in a network. Luoyang sat at the eastern end of trade routes that carried silk, spices, ideas, and religions across Central Asia....

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