Editing Luoyang (section)

===Northern Wei===
[[File:Longmen Grottoes 3.jpg|left|thumb|220x220px|[[Longmen Grottoes]]]]
{{Infobox Chinese
| pic = Luoyang_(Chinese_characters).svg
| piccap = "Luoyang" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
| picupright = 0.45
| s = 洛阳
| t = 洛陽
| l = "Northern Bank of the Luo [River]"
| p = Luòyáng
| w = Lo<sup>4</sup>-yang<sup>2</sup>
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|l|uo|4|.|yang|2}}
| j = Lok<sup>6</sup>-joeng<sup>4</sup>
| y = Lohk-yèuhng
| ci = {{IPAc-yue|l|ok|6|.|j|oeng|4}}
| tl = Lo̍k-iông
| order = st
}}In winter 416, during [[Emperor Wu of Song|Liu Yu's]] northern expedition against the Later Qin, Luoyang fell to the Jin general [[Tan Daoji]]. In 422, the city was captured by [[Xianbei]]-led [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei dynasty]]. The [[Liu Song|Liu Song dynasty]], which succeeded the Jin, briefly recovered the city in 430, but by the 460s, Luoyang was definitively under Wei control. In 493 AD, as part of his [[sinicization]] campaign, [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei]] moved the capital from [[Datong]] to Luoyang, moving over 150,000 people to the site by 495,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Graff |first=David A. |title=Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300 - 900 |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |pages=98}}</ref> and started the construction of the [[rock-cut architecture|rock-cut]] [[Longmen Grottoes]]. More than 30,000 [[Buddhist]] statues from the time of this dynasty have been found in the caves. Many of these sculptures were two-faced. At the same time, the [[Shaolin Temple]] was also built by the Emperor to accommodate an Indian monk on the [[Mount Song]] right next to Luoyang City. The [[Yongning Pagoda|Yongning Temple]] ({{lang|zh-hans|永宁寺}}), the tallest pagoda in China, was also built in Luoyang. The city reached a population of 600,000 at its height during the Northern Wei.<ref name=":2" /> The city was destroyed by the warlord [[Gao Huan]], who captured the city and forced its population to move to his capital at [[Ye (Hebei)|Ye]] in 534.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Graff |first=David A. |title=Medieval Chinese Warfare |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |pages=103}}</ref> The old city was the site of numerous battles between [[Western Wei]] (and its successor [[Northern Zhou]]) and [[Eastern Wei]] (and its successor [[Northern Qi]]) between 538 and 575.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}