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Luohe 漯河Luòhé
Neolithic bone flutes, a Han dictionary-maker and the end of the Han dynasty
About Luohe
Luohe, where the Sha and Li rivers meet, is a food-processing city, home to Shuanghui meats and Weilong snacks. At Jiahu in Wuyang, settled around 7000 BC, archaeologists found flutes carved from crane bones that are among the oldest playable instruments in the world, with traces of a fermented drink. Xu Shen, compiler of the Shuowen Jiezi dictionary, was born and buried here, and at Fancheng in Linying two steles record the last Han emperor yielding his throne to Cao Pi in 220.
Listed sites in Luohe
9 sites in Luohe are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Jiahu Liquor Culture Park 贾湖酒文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
The baijiu distillery and visitor park of the Jiahu liquor company in Wuyang county town, named after the Neolithic Jiahu site in the same county, where residues of one of the earliest known fermented drinks were found. - Jiahu Site and Museum 贾湖遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The Neolithic settlement of Jiahu, lived in from about 9,000 to 7,500 years ago, yielded bone flutes made from the wing bones of red-crowned cranes that can still be played, along with signs carved on tortoise shells, early rice and traces of fermented drink. - Nanjie Village 南街村 4A scenic area
A village on the southern edge of Linying town, widely described as China's last Maoist village, which collectivised its farming and industry in 1986; a statue of Mao Zedong flanked by portraits of Engels and Lenin stands on its main square, and images of Marx and Stalin appear around the village. - Sha–Li Rivers Scenic Area 沙澧河风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A belt of riverside parks along both banks of the Sha and Li rivers through central Luohe, centred on their confluence and built from 2007 on top of the city's flood-control works. - Shenzhou Bird Park 神州鸟园 4A scenic area · on the map
A bird-themed park in Yuanhui district on the south side of Luohe, developed from the former Kaiyuan Forest Park and once called the Golden Phoenix Bird Culture Park. - Xiaoshang Bridge 小商桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A red-sandstone arch bridge over the Xiaoshang River, traditionally dated to 584 under the Sui and rebuilt in early Song style, with one main arch and a small open arch at each end. - Xu Shen Cultural Park and Tomb 许慎文化园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A culture park of about 10 hectares built around the tomb of Xu Shen, the Eastern Han scholar who compiled the Shuowen Jiezi, regarded as the first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters. - Bi'an Temple Stele 彼岸寺碑 National heritage site · on the map
A Northern Song stone pillar from the vanished Bi'an Temple, known locally as the 'Dragon Pagoda', made up of a carved image section, a panel of seal-script text and a base carried on eight openwork columns carved with coiling dragons. - Shoushan Platform and Steles 受禅台 National heritage site · on the map
The earthen platform at Fancheng where in 220 Emperor Xian, the last ruler of the Han, abdicated in favour of Cao Pi, son of Cao Cao, who founded the Wei dynasty of the Three Kingdoms.
On the map
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