Heluo Culture
The Heluo region is the area where the Yellow River meets the Luoshui River, and the Heluo culture refers to the mainstream culture prevailing at this confluence that spanned a long period from time immemorial to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126).
The Heluo region is the cradle of a continuous stream of ancient cultures, from the Peiligang Culture in the early Neolithic Age (about 8,000 years ago) to the Yangshao Culture, the Longshan Culture, and the Xia Culture, with many capital cities built here. The rich and profound Heluo culture has a wealth of highlights, such as Hetu and Luoshu, the cultures of the Xia, the Shang, and the Zhou dynasties all the way to the Han, the Wei, the Tang, and the Song dynasties, the amazing city of Luoyang that served as the capital of multiple dynasties, and the Heluo migrants to Fujian Province and other places in southern China. They have enriched the Heluo culture in breadth and depth.
As the cradle of the Chinese civilization and the backbone of the traditional Chinese culture, the Heluo culture occupies a pivotal position in China's cultural history. It helps enhance the Chinese people's identification with their traditional culture and holds them together with a shared cultural root. In 2020, an experimental zone was set up for ecological protection of the Heluo culture as an intangible cultural heritage.
河洛文化
河洛地區是黃河與洛水相交匯的廣大區域。河洛文化即以河洛地區為中心、從上古時期至北宋時期的傳統文化。
在河洛大地上，從新石器時代早期的裴李崗文化（距今約8000年）開始，到仰韶文化、河南龍山文化，再到夏文化，連綿不絕，一脈相承。其國都文化連綿不斷，中國古代的許多重要都城均在河洛文化圈內。河洛文化博大精深，內涵豐富，以“河圖洛書”為標志，以夏商周文化為主干，以漢魏唐宋為內容，以古都洛陽所凝聚的文化精華為核心，以“河洛郎”為特征，文化傳承范圍廣泛，文化內涵不斷豐富延伸。
河洛文化是中華文明的搖籃文化，是數千年來中國傳統文化的主體，因而在中國古代文化史上舉足輕重。河洛文化強化了世界華夏兒女對中華傳統文化的認同感，是海內外華人的民族血脈和精神紐帶，具有顯著的源頭性、根脈性。2020年，中國設立了“河洛文化生態保護實驗區”，以保護非物質文化遺產為核心加強河洛文化生態保護。
