Twenty-Four Dishes, One Current
Luoyang’s water banquet follows a fixed sequence of 24 dishes: eight cold plates open the meal, soup dishes arrive in succession, and egg soup closes it.
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Under the Fengxian Cliff: Reading Longmen from the Other Bank
Longmen is a kilometre of carved cliff on both sides of the Yi River. Cross the water and the statues turn from a skyline into bodies you can measure, from a 17.14-metre Buddha to a niche no taller than your hand.
Erlitou: City Roads and the Turquoise Dragon
At Erlitou, a planned road network and a 64.5-centimetre turquoise dragon bring an early urban landscape into view. The site is often linked with a Xia capital, an identification that remains an archaeological interpretation.
White Horse Temple: Song Stone Horses and Five Halls
A temple dated to 68 CE, two Song-dynasty stone horses, and a 1556 restoration bring different periods of Luoyang’s Buddhist history together.