CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Zhengzhou it runs 317 km to Zhengzhou; allow about 4 h 17 of riding. On the way it passes Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen, Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han and back through Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Zhengzhou is a modern city of over four million people built on top of a very old one. Under the streets lie the walls of a Shang dynasty city some three and a half thousand years old, parts of which are still visible as long banks of rammed earth, and the Yellow River runs just north of town. The city is the capital of Henan, the province that some Chinese call the cradle of civilisation, and for much of history the plains around here were the political centre of the country.
Read the complete Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal write-up.
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Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal is where the day begins. Next is Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen.
The Dengfeng monuments are scattered along the southern foot of Mount Song, one of China's five sacred mountains, in the middle of Henan province. UNESCO grouped them together because they trace three thousand years of people treating one mountain as the centre of the world.
Read the complete Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen write-up.
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Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen comes up 82 km in. Next is Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han.
Luoyang, in Henan province, is one of the four great ancient capitals of China, a city that served as the seat of more than a dozen dynasties over a thousand years. East of the modern city, in the fields along the Luo river, lie the remains of the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, which ruled from Luoyang from the first to the early third century AD, and of the later Wei, Jin and Northern Wei capitals built on the same site. The site is part of the UNESCO-listed Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor, inscribed in 2014.
Read the complete Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han write-up.
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165 km in you reach Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han. Next is back through Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen, late in the day. Next is Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal. That is the ride.
Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal → Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen → Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han → back through Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Cen → Zhengzhou Section of Tongji Canal is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.