Louyang

China is big as its history. There is a lot of Chinese history that goes back to B.C. A certain place that called Luoyang is important in the history of china. This place was the capital at one point of 13 dynasties, which is 1529 year of history. This capital was made in the Zhou by the duke in the 11th century. This capital was one of the four great capitals. (The others are Beijing, Nanjing, and Xian.) Luoyang had 96 emperors and all of which were buried in the China Mountain Mang. It was the capital of Zhou in 770 B.C. but later on it was destroyed in a civil war in 510 B.C. But, it was rebuilt the year after.

Since it was the capital for 13 dynasties, there was a lot of Architecture like: grandiose bridges, pagodas, and graves on Mountain Mang. Well the architecture has been in all the dynasties some new some the same of the dynasties they took over. There has been a lot of history that involves the buildings they built or the architecture of another like the Great Wall of China that was used to block the Mongols from rampaging through their city, and they’re plenty of other things that are used to protect city or just for show. In China, new influence usually came through India or the Middle East. In China most of the religion and philosophy were woven in to these preexisting fabrics. The art of the earlier times of China were called the Bronze Age. In the Shang and the Han they worked on he safety of their emperors journey to the after life and some of this construction was made on Mountain Mang ware most of them were buried. They built vast tomes with bronze vessels, weapons, carved jades, and other objects to comfort their king for his journey to the next world. Also in that tome was much more there were paintings that were all across each wall of daily life. In the Tang, a new religion (Buddhism) came, which brought a new idea to China. This new religion started landscape painting and more. Once others saw this they started to follow in this architecture. When Zhou took over and moved the capital to Louyang in 771 B.C, the Shang and their culture was retained but the art of bronze stayed. Usually, the bronze had long inscriptions in them explaining an event in China's early history. Bronze became secular, as it became wedding gifts to decorate their households, and the different designs gave a vibe thought the house and made it colorful. This is the architecture of Luoyang and the dynasties that surrounded and made it their capital.