Luányáng

Luanyang takes its name from the Luan River, whose mountain course passes through the country north of the Great Wall. A county of this name existed under the Jin and lay in the Luan valley; it continued into the Yuan before disappearing in the Ming. Hills and narrow valleys frame the river, which carried water from the northern uplands towards the eastern plain. Its name means the sunny, or northern, side of the Luan.