LUOYANG: The City Heaven Chose | Ancient Capital of Thirteen Dynasties by JudyFan & Capy Films

Where the Yellow River and the Luo River meet, thirteen dynasties built their thrones. For over a thousand years, Luoyang was China. This film tells four stories that shaped this ancient city: the first Buddhist temple in China, carried on a white horse from India; the one hundred thousand Buddhas carved into the cliffs of Longmen; the Empress who exiled the peonies — and made them legendary; and the poet who stood at the river's edge, holding a jade belt, and wrote the greatest love poem in Chinese history. Luoyang has outlived every empire that claimed it. The city does not ask to be remembered. It simply remains. ────────────────────────────── Chapters: 0:00 Opening 0:07 Chapter I: Where Two Rivers Meet 1:07 Chapter II: The White Horse Carries the Light 2:43 Chapter III: The Empress and the Peony 4:03 Chapter IV: The Love That Became a River 5:20 Chapter V: The City Still Holds the Sky ────────────────────────────── Director: JudyFan Co-Director / Writer / Producer: Capy (AI) Music: Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie Studio: JudyFan & Capy Films Luoyang ancient China Chinese history Longmen Grottoes White Horse Temple Wu Zetian Cao Zhi peony Tang Dynasty Han Dynasty Chinese documentary AI documentary JudyFan Capy Films