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Luoyang
Luoyang, a city in Henan province, is
known as the ¡°city of peonies.¡±
Situated on the north bank of the Luo River, it is cut by
two rivers that flow into the Luo, the Jian to the west
and Chan to the east.
Henan is the heart of ancient China. As
far back as the Neolithic Era, the area was well populated.
The capital of the bronze-age Shang Dynasty was in the present-day
Anyang. Then in the 1lth century B.C., one of the Zhou kings
made his temporary capital at Luoyi near Luoyang.
Since 1949, the city has grown in
importance as an industrial center. It now has machine-building
works, chemical factories, textile plants, glass works and
a large tractor factory.
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