Luoyi Ancient City Invites Youth Around Globe to Partake in 'Hanfu Party'

This is Luoyang, Henan Province, China. Recently, the immersive Hanfu (traditional clothes of the Han ethnic group) tours in Luoyi Ancient City become highly popular, attracting more and more young tourists to come for immersive experiences in which they travel around the city in Hanfu and take photos.

Tourists taking photos in Hanfu [Photo by Wan Qingli]

Luoyi is also a sanctuary of intangible cultural heritage. Here, you will find national intangible cultural heritage items as well as those of provincial and municipal levels, including the 2,200-year-old Chinese brushes, brilliant court lanterns, Sancai folk handicrafts, traditional artworks, traditional Chinese music instruments, and producing techniques renowned for long histories. It is indeed worth exploring.

View of Luoyi Ancient City [Photo by Wan Qingli]

"Luoyi" is what Luoyang was called in ancient times. Today's Luoyi Ancient City is located in Laocheng District of Luoyang. Consisting of historical relics under protection, such as Wenfeng Tower, the Temple of Literature, Tuoling Palace and the Four-eyed Well, which are connected by its Xintan Port and moat, Luoyi Ancient City is designed based on traditional features and modern elements, fully showing the charm of Luoyang as a thousand-year-old city. With densely designed views, Luoyi shows a strong humanistic atmosphere and is recognized as the highlight in terms of the protection, rejuvenation and inheritance of Luoyang's traditional culture in the old town of Luoyang.