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A Glimpse of Ancient Capital Ruins in Luoyang⑤|Capital Ruins from Sui to Tang Dynasties
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Published：2023-05-03 09:25
Editor's note: Luoyang city in Central China's Henan province is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, serving as a capital for more than 1,500 years in Chinese history. Along the Luohe River on the Yiluo Plain, a core area of Luoyang Basin, are located 5 ancient city ruins, namely Yanshi Shang Dynasty Capital Ruins, Erlitou Ruins, Capital Ruins of Dynasties of Eastern Han, Former Wei, Western Jin and Later Wei, Capital Ruins from Sui to Tang Dynasties, and Capital Ruins of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Such a dense distribution of capital ruins is rarely seen in the world. At present, Luoyang is accelerating protection of major ruins and construction of "Five Major Capital Ruins Museum Cluster". Starting on April 29, we are launching 5 bilingual video stories about the ruins mentioned above under the theme of "A Glimpse of Ancient Capital Ruins in Luoyang" to help you know more about Luoyang, Henan and China. Here is the fifth story of the series: Capital Ruins from Sui to Tang Dynasties.
编者按：作为华夏文明的重要发源地，洛阳拥有1500多年建都史。在洛阳盆地腹心的伊洛平原上，沿洛河一线从东到西排列着偃师商城遗址、二里头遗址、汉魏洛阳城遗址、隋唐洛阳城遗址和东周王城遗址“五大都城遗址”，如此密集的都城分布举世罕见。目前，洛阳正加快推进大遗址保护和“五大都城遗址博物馆群”建设。4月29日起，大河网推出“走进洛阳大遗址”5期双语特别报道，聚焦洛阳“五大都城遗址”，以双语短视频的形式，向外讲好古都洛阳故事，让更多外国友人在行走河南中了解历史、读懂中国。今日推出第5期：《隋唐城还是看洛阳》。
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With high historical, scientific and artistic values, the City Ruins of Luoyang from Sui to Tang Dynasties is a relatively well-preserved large-scale ruins of an ancient city in the dynasties of Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907).
隋唐洛阳城遗址是中国现存隋唐时期保存较为完整的大型古代城市遗址，具有突出的历史价值、科学价值和艺术价值。
Part of the city ruins. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]
Distributed along the Luohe River and covering an area of about 47 square kilometers, the city ruins once served as the capital of Yang Guang (605-616), the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty. With Yique (Longmen in present day) in its south, the Mangshan Mountain in its north and the Luohe River flowing through, Luoyang was the starting point of the Silk Road in the East and a hub of the Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Luoyang's population during the two dynasties already exceeded 1 million. Since Yang Guang moved the capital eastward to Luoyang, the city was named Dongjing, Dongdu, Luoyanggong, Shendu and Xijing successively in its over 530 years of history of being a capital of different dynasties, witnessing the most prosperous period of China's feudal society. It is a valuable heritage for the study of the capital construction, urban layout, social life and other aspects of ancient China, and its layout and architectural form had a far-reaching influence on later dynasties.
隋唐洛阳城位于今洛阳市区洛河两岸，始建于隋大业元年（公元605年），面积约47平方公里，南面伊阙，北依邙山，左瀍右涧，洛水贯其中，是丝绸之路的东方起点，隋唐大运河的中心枢纽。隋唐两代，洛阳的都城人口达百万。自隋炀帝迁都，该城先后被称作东京、东都、洛阳宫、神都、西京，历经隋、唐、五代、北宋，跨越了中国封建社会的最鼎盛时期，前后沿用530多年，是研究中国古代都城建制、城市布局、社会生活等方面的宝贵遗产，其平面布局、建筑形制对后世影响深远。
Yingtianmen Gate. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]
Since the 1950s, archeologists have carried out in-depth investigations and excavations here and basically made the location, scale and overall layout of it clear. In 1988, the site was put by the State Council as one of the third batch of national key cultural relic protection units.
20世纪50年代以来，考古工作者在隋唐洛阳城范围内，进行了深入的文物调查和考古发掘，已基本探明了隋唐洛阳城城址的位置、规模以及整体布局。1988年，该遗址被国务院公布为第三批全国重点文物保护单位。（编译/赵汉青 杨佳欣 视频/何蒙贺 审校/陈行洁）
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