Kaifeng Overview

Kaifeng is located in the middle part of province of Henan and leant towards the east, the whole area is 6444 sq. km., the total population is 4,800,000, cultivated area is 362,000 hectares among them, the area of urban area is 359 sq. km., the population in the urban area is 770,000. Have urban area, Gulou district, Longting district, Shunhe district, Shuohe district, suburb, Qi county, Tongxu county, Weishi county, Kaifeng county, Lankao county. There are 94 villages and towns in all in the whole city. Kaifeng is located in east plain in Henan Province, the terrain is smooth. Belong to the continental monsoon type climate warmly, make a clear distinction between the four seasons, the rainfall is moderate, the illumination is sufficient, between 14.24-14.50 degrees of average temperature of the whole year, 213-215 days of frost-free period, annual rainfall is average 670 millimetres, afforestation coverage rate is higher than the average national level. Kaifeng lie on the east plain of Henan Province, there is no mountain but many water, there are LongTing lake, BaoGong lake, iron tower, sunshine lake,etc. in the city, there are lakes such as black pools, willow pool,etc. in the outskirts, is the famous " northern waterside town ". Kaifeng has another name called " the chrysanthemum city ", annual chrysanthemum show, has already revealed the beauty of Kaifeng, have shown the love chrysanthemum complex of the people of Kaifeng too. Kaifeng is one of the 24 historical cultural cities which the State Council announces in the first batch, is one of the seven ancient capitals of our country too, already had a history of more than 2700 years so far. Kaifeng build city history initially, start on spring and autumn, Mr Zheng build the " breaking seal " city in present Kaifeng city city the south Zheng bright red celestial town village of ancient city. When getting to the Warring States, The king of Hui of Wei state fit from Shanxi city move the capital to another place to Kaifeng city site for today, call Daliang, it was 364 B.C. at that time. It is from then on to A.D. 1233,the Warring States Wei state, The the Later Liang, later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han, later country, Northern Song Dynasty of five generation and Jin Dynasty, seven dynasties in all found a capital in Kaifeng, the title used has Liang, Bian, Bian liang, Dongjing,etc..
Do it as seven dynasty ancient capitals, retain the abundant historical relic and historical human cultural sight in Kaifeng, have city wall, iron tower, great numbers floor, Yanqing temple, Tokyo city site of Song dynasty, Shanxi, Shanxi, Gansu national-level to protect the historical relic sweet association, etc., rebuild and newly build it like BaoZheng shrine, royal street, big prime minister temple market, go to forest of Steles, day wave office Yang, summer beam door, new Lao Jing, garden of rosefinch and gold and bright square, etc. garden of river and garden of writing brush Pure Brightness Song.