Notable People
- Bai Juyi (772 – 846), Tang Dynasty poet.
- Deng Yaping (1973 – ), a four-time table tennis Olympic champion.
- Du Fu (712—770), Tang Dynasty poet, born in Gongyi (now in Zhengzhou).
- Wei Wei (1920—2008), a modern era writer.
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