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Luoyang, Old town

Rem Sapozhnikov / April 2014

Looking at a map of Luoyang, I found a part of the city, which is surrounded by an almost rectangular canal with a perimeter length of about 8 km. Most likely, in old days the cradle of Luoyang was there. Now, apart from the modern ordinary city, there is a tourist street, which is called the "Old Town".

Front gate Lijing (丽景门 - Lìjǐngmén). It was first built on this site in the beginning of VII century. I read on the web that now the gate is a completely new construction, built in 2003. Through it I went out and finished my walk around the "Old Town".

I began my walk by passing over the canal by a parallel street, which is located 150 meters to the north from the tourist street.

Don't know how it happens, but again I came across the bird market, which is located in one of the lanes.

Particularly sorry for these two kittens locked in a mini-cage.

This street, overly decorated with lanterns, leads to the "Old Town". Right now I will not go there, at first I will explore the district around.

Open-air club of Xiangqi (象棋 - xiàngqí) game lovers.

Perhaps this is a championship among the strongest players of the nearby houses.

I noticed that in Chinese cities also often put bars on the windows to protect against burglaries.

After walking around in a circle, I went back to the street that leads to the "Old Town", but from the South side.

Now I will turn to the west (to the left) and will go to the front Lijing Gate, photograph of which is at the beginning of this page.

Pioneer-terracotta kitsch in the design of the cafe.

As can be seen, "Old Town" is an usual tourist street. It reminded me in a simplified version of Ciqikou Old Town in Chongqing.

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