求一篇用英语写的 介绍洛阳的小短文

洛阳位于河南省西部、黄河南岸，是世界“四大圣城（耶路撒冷、麦加、洛阳、雅典）”之一，是中国唯一被命名为“神都”的城市，是中国建都最早、朝代最多、历史最长的都城。是国务院首批公布的历史文化名城之一，是中国优秀旅游城市和“感动世界的中国品牌城市”。洛阳因地处古洛水之北岸而得名。以洛阳为中心的河洛地区是华夏文明的重要发祥地。洛阳是中华民族的摇篮。“永怀河洛间，煌煌祖宗业”。中国古代伏羲、女娲、黄帝、帝喾、唐尧、虞舜、夏禹等神话，多传于此。帝喾都亳邑，夏太康迁都斟鄩，商汤定都西亳；武王伐纣，八百诸侯会孟津；周公辅政，迁九鼎于洛邑。平王东迁，高祖都洛，光武中兴，魏晋相禅，孝文改制，隋唐盛世，后梁唐晋，相因沿袭，***十三个王朝。汉魏以后，洛阳逐渐成为国际大都市，隋唐时人口百万，四方纳贡，百国来朝，盛极一时。“崤函帝宅，河洛王国”，洛阳在历史上相当长的时期内，曾经是我国政治、经济、文化的中心，亦是道路四通八达的交通枢纽。

西周初期，在中国建立了第一个大公路网，洛阳是其中心，驰道驿路，其直如矢，无远不达；隋大业元年（公元605年），隋炀帝在洛阳建都，下令开凿大运河，至此形成了以洛阳为中心，向东北、东南辐射总长达2000多公里的南北水运网；以洛阳为东端起点的“丝绸之路”，可以直驰地中海东岸，明驼宛马，络绎不绝。

洛阳是中华文化的读本。史学考证知，文明首萌于此，道学肇始于此，儒学渊源于此，经学兴盛于此，佛学首传于此，玄学形成于此，理学寻源于此。圣贤云集，人文荟萃。洛阳还是姓氏主根、客家之根。

中华民族最早的历史文献“河图洛书”就出自洛阳。被奉为“人文之祖”的伏羲氏，根据河图和洛书画成了八卦和九畴。从此，周公“制礼作乐”，老子著述文章，孔子入周问礼，班固在这里写出了中国第一部断代史《汉书》，司马光在这里完成了历史巨著《资治通鉴》，程颐、程颢开创宋代理学，著名的“建安七子”、“竹林七贤”，“金谷二十四友”曾云集此地，谱写华彩篇章，左思一篇《三都赋》，曾使“洛阳纸贵”，张衡发明地动仪，蔡伦造纸，马钧发明翻车.....以洛阳为中心的河洛文化和河洛文明，是中华民族文化的核心和源头，构成了华夏文明的重要组成部分。

Luoyang, Henan Province is located in the west, the south bank of the Yellow River, is one of the world "four Al-Quds (Jerusalem, Mecca, Luoyang, Athens)" is one of the only China was named as "God is" the city, capital of China's earliest Most dynasties, the oldest capital city. The State Council released the first batch of one of the historical and cultural city, is the best tourist cities in China and "Chinese brands moving world city." Luoyang is located by the north shore of the ancient name Waterinfo. As the center of Luoyang Heluo region is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Luoyang is the cradle of the Chinese nation. "Heluo Huai Yong, the煌煌ancestors industry." Fuxi in ancient China, Nu Wa, the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Ku,唐尧,虞舜, Yu and other myths, this multi-Chuan. Ku Bo Dili town all summer capital pour Tai鄩, West商汤the lion's share capital;武王伐纣, 800 lords will Mengjin; Zhou colonial, move in洛邑Jiuding. Wang东迁, emperor Mindoro, Guangwu ZTE, the Wei and Jin Zen phase,孝文restructuring, the Sui and Tang Dynasties prosperity, Later Liang Tang Jin, phase followed by a total of 13 dynasties. After the Han, Wei, Luoyang has gradually become an international metropolis, when the population of millions of Sui and Tang dynasties, the Quartet's tribute, all the country to North Korea, very popular. "Xiao letter home Dili, Heluo kingdom", Luoyang in history for a long period of time, once the country's political, economic and cultural center, is the transport hub of the road extending in all directions.

The early Western Zhou Dynasty in China, established the first major road network, Luoyang is its center, Chi Road驿路, such as the straight arrow, not far from being reached; Sui great cause of the first year (AD 605), the Emperor in the capital Luoyang, ordered the opening of the Grand Canal, this formed a Luoyang as the center, to the northeast and southeast of the total radiation of more than 2,000 kilometers long north-south water transport network; to Luoyang, the eastern end of the starting point for the "Silk Road", you can direct the east coast of the Mediterranean Chi Ming camel宛马flooded.

Luoyang is the Reading of Chinese culture. Historical research is understood that the first civilization sprout here Daoxue began, the Confucian roots of this, the prosperity of this study, the first Chuan Buddhism here, the formation of this metaphysics, look for the origins of Neo-Confucianism. Saints gathered, Gathering of Talents. Luoyang name or main root, the root of the Hakka.

The earliest historical documents of the Chinese nation, "he tulo book" on from Luoyang. Be regarded as "ancestor of the humanities," the Fuxi's, according to Luo river maps and paintings became the gossip and the Kowloon-domain. Since then, the Duke of Zhou "music rituals", I write articles, asked Confucius ceremony into the week, Ban Gu wrote in China's first history of dating, "Han", Sima Guang was completed in the history of great works, "Mirror" Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao create Song Dynasty, the famous "Seven Jian'an", "Seven Bamboo", "24 Geumgok Friends" have gathered here and write a chapter in Nightlife, Si an article entitled "San Du Fu", had to make "洛阳纸贵," Zhang Heng invented Seismoscope, Cai paper, roll-over .....马钧invention to Luoyang as the center Heluo Heluo culture and civilization, is the core of Chinese culture and the origin of Chinese civilization constitute an important part.