Dingdingmen Site Museum

Dingdingmen site museum is a imitative Tang city gate, which is composed of city gate, city wall, city tower and que tower. The inner space of Chengtai, Chengcheng and quetai is the site protection and exhibition area. The gateway and pillar base stone of dingdingmen site unearthed from archaeological excavation will be protected and displayed here. The inner space of Chenglou and quelou is the exhibition area, which mainly displays the evolution history of dingdingmen site and some cultural relics unearthed from Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Dingdingmen Site Museum

Dingdingmen site, a world cultural heritage, is the main gate of Guocheng outside Luoyang, the capital of the Sui, Tang and Wu Zhou dynasties. It was named Jianguomen in the early Sui Dynasty, and renamed dingdingmen in the Tang Dynasty. It is located on the axis of Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty built Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the next year moved the capital to Luoyang, becoming the first emperor to pass the Dingding gate. After that, Dingding gate was successively designated as the main gate of Luoyang Waiguo city by Tang, Houliang, houtang, Houzhou and Northern Song Dynasty. It was gradually abandoned until the end of Northern Song Dynasty. Dingding gate, as the main gate of Guocheng Nanyuan for 530 years, is the ancient capital gate that has been used for a long time in China.

On the morning of October 30, 2009, the dingdingmen Site Museum of Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties, a key project of national large site protection, officially opened, marking the rebirth of Chengmen site, the longest used ancient capital in China. After sleeping underground for thousands of years, this gate, the longest used ancient capital in China, finally reappeared on the ground.

On June 22, 2014, dingdingmen site was officially listed in the world heritage list as one of the sites in the silk road project jointly declared by China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Construction history

Dingdingmen is the main gate of Guocheng outside Luoyang, the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is located on the central axis of Luoyang, the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties. In 605 A.D., the first year of Daye of Sui Dynasty, in order to further control the Guandong and Jiangnan areas, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty ordered the construction of the eastern capital, and recruited 2 million craftsmen every month. At the beginning of 606 A.D., a large-scale capital rose, which was the eastern capital of that time Luoyang. Since Sui Yang emperor moved his capital to Luoyang, he became the first emperor to pass Dingding gate. The city was the capital of Sui Dynasty for 15 years. It was the capital of Tang, Houliang, houtang and Houzhou dynasties. Wu Zetian called it Shendu, and later generations called it Luoyang. After that, Dingding gate was successively designated as the main gate of Waiguo city by Tang, Houliang, houtang, Houzhou and Northern Song Dynasty. It was not until the end of Northern Song Dynasty that Dingding gate was gradually abandoned.

Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties is mainly composed of palace city, Imperial City, Guocheng city and hanjiacang City, covering an area of 47 square kilometers. Dingdingmen is the South Gate of Guocheng outside Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was called Jianguomen in Sui Dynasty and dingdingmen in 621 ad. Dingdingmen, as the main gate of the south wall of Guocheng for 530 years, is the ancient capital gate which has been used for a long time.

On June 22, 2014, dingdingmen site was officially listed in the world heritage list as one of the sites in the silk road project jointly declared by China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

architectural composition

Dingdingmen site is located between Caotun village, Guanlin Town, Luolong District and Zhao village, Anle town.

The protection and exhibition project of dingdingmen site in Luoyang City of Sui and Tang Dynasties is one of the first batch of key projects for the protection of large sites determined by the State Administration of cultural relics. With a total investment of more than 40 million yuan, the project has officially started construction. The newly completed site museum is located in the north of the ancient city road in Luoyang New Area and the southeast of the Sui and Tang Dynasty site botanical garden. It is divided into one underground floor and two above ground floors, with a total construction area of 12616 square meters and a building height of about 28 meters. Among them, the underground floor is the original site display, showing the gate, pillar foundation stone, city wall, etc. of dingdingmen site excavated by archaeology. The museum on the ground two floors shows the evolution history of dingdingmen site and some cultural relics unearthed from archaeological excavation.

On the premise of protecting the underground site, the project adopts steel frame structure to restore and build a new city gate tower of dingdingmen on the site. In this way, not only the cultural relics are effectively protected, but also the historical features of dingdingmen are displayed.

In 2007, dingdingmen site protection was officially identified as the first batch of key projects by the State Administration of cultural relics.

Dingdingmen site museum is a imitative Tang city gate, which is composed of city gate, city wall, city tower and que tower. The inner space of Chengtai, Chengcheng and quetai is the site protection and exhibition area. The gateway and pillar base stone of dingdingmen site unearthed from archaeological excavation will be protected and displayed here. The inner space of Chenglou and quelou is the exhibition area, which mainly displays the evolution history of dingdingmen site and some cultural relics unearthed from Luoyang City in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The Silk Road Cultural Square is 110 meters long from east to west and 160 meters wide from north to south. Three 6-meter wide footpaths paved with bluestone floor tiles lead directly to the three gates of dingdingmen tower. On the East and west sides of the square are green space, small bridges, flowing water, green grass and cedar, giving people a sense of leisure and elegance.

In order to protect the important relics of the Silk Road, according to the requirements of the State Administration of cultural relics, the cultural relics department shall backfill and protect them. In the near future, a "Silk Road relief" will be erected here, through which people can understand the important position and contribution of dingdingmen on the silk road.

Visit information

Tickets will be closed from 9:00 to 17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, and will be closed on Monday.

According to 30 yuan / person time (LFG fee {2011} No. 52).

During the opening period, the annual tourist tickets of Luoyang are normally used according to the relevant regulations of the municipal government. Senior citizens over 70 years old with soldier's card, officer's card, full-time student's card, disabled person's card, retirement card can visit free of charge. Children under 1.4 meters are free of charge.

Address: Gucheng Road, Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province

Longitude: 112.46722287842

Latitude: 34.630365742293

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