Get to know Laocheng District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Luoyang
- Chinese name
- 老城区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 57.00 km²
- Population · 2010
- 197,800
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
The district was set up in 1956 as Luoyang's earliest built-up area. The old town keeps the historic quarters of the southeast and southwest corners (东西南隅历史文化街区), which the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development put on its second list of reusable practice in protecting historic districts, and the Henan Prefecture Confucian Temple (河南府文庙), where the National Cultural Heritage Administration has approved a plan for its surroundings.
What to see
The district government builds its tourism work around getting Luoyi Ancient City (洛邑古城) a national 5A rating. The district government groups it with Ziwei City (紫微城) and the Zhougongli (周公里), Suitangli (隋唐里) and Xiaochangli (校场里) quarters, where it has set up themed scenes in Sui-Tang, Republican-era and industrial styles; the district counts more than 1,300 hanfu costume shops.
The Luoyang Ancient Tombs Museum (洛阳古墓博物馆), on Airport Road in Mangshan subdistrict, opened in 1987 and is a national first-grade museum. Its eastern galleries display 25 tombs of the Western Han to the Song and Jin from the Heluo region (河洛地区), including the painted Western Han tomb of Bu Qianqiu (卜千秋). On the west side is the Jingling (景陵), tomb of the Northern Wei Emperor Xuanwu, excavated in a rescue dig approved in 1993 and listed in 2006, as part of the Mangshan tombs, among national key cultural relics protection sites.
Merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi trading in Luoyang paid for the Shanxi-Shaanxi Guild Hall (洛阳山陕会馆). Its layout was in place between 1711 and 1721, and it keeps its gate, stage tower, worship hall, main hall and screen wall; it became a national key cultural relics protection site in 2006 and has housed the Luoyang Wanli Tea Road Museum (洛阳万里茶道博物馆) since April 2023.
At No. 1 Beidajie (北大街), the Zushi Temple (祖师庙), begun in the late Yuan or early Ming and first dedicated to Laozi, has a Yuan-style timber frame in its main hall. Also a national key site since 2006, the temple has held the Luoyang Laozi Memorial Hall (洛阳老子纪念馆) since 2012, with murals of Laozi's life including his post as archive keeper in Luoyang.
Food and local products
The district's rural revitalisation plan promotes peony growing and scorpion (全蝎) farming. The Luoyang peony cultivation system was named a Henan agricultural heritage system in 2024.
Highlights
- Luoyang Ancient Tombs Museum 洛阳古墓博物馆: Opened 1987; 25 tombs of the Western Han to the Song and Jin, plus the Northern Wei Jingling.
- Luoyi Ancient City 洛邑古城: The district government builds its tourism work around getting it a national 5A rating.
- Shanxi-Shaanxi Guild Hall 洛阳山陕会馆: Early 18th-century merchants' hall, national key site since 2006, now the Wanli Tea Road Museum.
- Zushi Temple and Laozi Memorial Hall 祖师庙: Late Yuan or early Ming temple first dedicated to Laozi; memorial hall since 2012.
Sources for this guide
老城概况_老城区人民政府 · Laocheng District People's Government, Luoyang
老城区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
洛阳古墓博物馆 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
洛阳山陕会馆 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
洛阳老子纪念馆 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-24.
Explore Laocheng District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Laocheng District
The main entrance gateway of the Luoyang Museum of Ancient Tombs, flanked by stone pillars and lion statues, Luoyang. · 洛阳古墓博物馆大门入口，石柱及石狮分立两侧。 Source-recorded photograph date: 2024-09-29 10:16:02.Luoyang Museum of Ancient Tombs洛阳古墓博物馆
Luoyang museum where 25 excavated tombs from the Han to the Jin are rebuilt and open, beside the Northern Wei imperial tomb of Jingling.
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A night view of a stone arch bridge strung with red lanterns and thronged with visitors, an illuminated hall with a hip-and-gable roof behind, mist over the water and lantern reflections on its surface, with a dark sky above.Luoyi Ancient City洛邑古城
Luoyi Ancient City is a visitor quarter in Laocheng District, Luoyang, built around a handful of protected historic buildings and linked by the Xintan pool and the line of the old moat; Luoyi is an old name for Luoyang itself.
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Getting there
Laocheng District is about 10 km in a straight line from central Luoyang. Search for 老城区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Luoyang Museum of Ancient Tombs and Luoyi Ancient City are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 老城区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 洛阳古墓博物馆 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 洛阳山陕会馆 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 洛阳老子纪念馆 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Luoyang Museum of Ancient Tombs · Tim Wu · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
Photo: Luoyi Ancient City · Muqing112233 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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