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A thousand years ago, Luoyang was renamed Shendu – the "Divine Capital" – by Empress Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. In 694, envoys from across the known world raised the Tian Shu monument here, marking it as the center of the world. That cosmopolitan spirit never really left.

Tonight, beneath the great gates of Yingtianmen, the Tang comes alive again – not as a museum piece, but as a living welcome. You don't need to know a line of Tang poetry to feel it: this was a civilization that once received the world with open arms, and it is still saying welcome to every traveler who arrives today.

The lanterns are lit. The gates were never meant to close. If you've ever wanted to step inside a thousand-year-old invitation, Luoyang is waiting – for you, from the world.

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