Shangluo

Shangluo City is located in southeast Shaanxi Province among the Qinling Mountains and is named for the Shang Mountain and Luo River within its borders. Historically, the Shangluo Road was one of the primary arteries of the third century BCE Qin royal road network. As the “Qin-Chu Throat,” it was a critical passageway between the capital Chang'an (today's Xi'an) and all the lands of the southeast and the Central Plain. Famous historical sites in Shangluo include the Jinsixia (“Gold Thread Gorge” or Jinsi Grand Canyon) National Park in Shangnan, the Niubeiliang “Cow’s Back Ridge” National Forest Park, Zhashui Cave, the Erlang Temple, the Fengyang Pagoda, Dayun Temple, Tianzhu Mountain, and the “Moon Cave.”