14 Days in Luohe

Settle in, then the park honoring the Han scholar who wrote China's first dictionary, and an evening walk along the Sha-Li riverside.

1. luohe xushen culture park
2. luohe shali riverfront

A day out in Linying County for the well-known collective village and the Song-era stone bridge with its general's tomb nearby.

1. luohe nanjiecun
2. luohe xiaoshang bridge

The old-street district at an easy pace, with the bird park next door and a riverside dinner to finish.

1. luohe heshangjie old street

A slow day — riverside park loops, tea houses, and an early night before the run of excursion days.

1. luohe shali riverfront

HSR north to the Northern Song capital for its imperial-park sights and night market, back to Luohe by evening.

1. kaifeng

The provincial museum's bronzes and jades in Zhengzhou, plus a walk of the old railway quarter before returning.

1. zhengzhou

Markets, a long lunch and a nap — the second excursion block starts tomorrow.

1. luohe city markets

Rail west to Luoyang and out to the river-cliff grottoes for the late-afternoon light; overnight in the old town.

1. luoyang

The old-city gates, markets and the city museum in the morning, then the train back to Luohe.

1. luoyang

West to the Songshan foothills for the famous Chan monastery and its pagoda forest — start early, the day is long.

1. shaolin temple

Back into the Songshan area for the quieter sides — the slow ridgewalks and the old academy town streets.

1. dengfeng

South by rail to Xinyang for the hillside villas and pine walks of its famous summer-resort mountain.

1. xinyang

A final easy loop of the riverside parks and the old street — snacks for the train, an early night.

1. luohe shali riverfront
2. luohe heshangjie old street

A market breakfast and a last riverside walk, then the HSR from Luohe West for departure.

1. luohe city markets