Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province in China. It is an ancient city with a history of over 3,000 years and used to be one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. Also as one of the key birthplaces of Chinese ancient culture, here are the primitive caves of 25,000 years ago, the overlapping stratums of the Yangshao Culture, Longshan Culture and Xiaotun Culture, the memorial mausoleums of ancient Emperor Zhuanxu and Emperor Ku over 4,000 years ago, the first library of inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells, the Soul Spring Temple known as the "First Ancient Buddhist Temple in Henan", and 10,000-Buddha Ravine. Anyang also has beautiful natural scenery -- the Taihang Linlu Hill Scenic Area on the 400-kilometer Taihang Mountains and the grand 1,500-kilometer Red Flag Canal.
Jiefang Lu and Honqi Lu are considered to be the liveliest districts of the modern city, with a night and weekend market on Honqi Lu. The most pleasant outing you can take in central Anyang is a wander around the old city, the area around the Bell Tower at the south end of Honqi Lu, with dusty, unpaved streets and alleyways mostly too narrow for cars or lorries, but full of people and carts.
