What are the fun places in Kaifeng?

What fun places are there in Kaifeng? Here are the upright Bao Qingtian, the Tianbo Yang Mansion of the female generals of the Yang family, the famous Daxiangguo Temple, the Qingming Shanghe Garden of the Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan, or you can listen to Kaifeng opera, watch cockfights, and make woodblock prints... The editor will travel with you to the interesting places in Kaifeng.

What are the interesting places in Kaifeng?

1. Things you must do when going to Kaifeng

1. There is a Bao Qingtian in Kaifeng who defends loyalty and traitor without mercy

Kaifeng has the ancestral hall of Bao Zheng, the most beloved upright official in Chinese history. Bao Gong was an upright official, enforced the law like a mountain, was honest and dedicated to the public affairs, promoted advantages and eliminated disadvantages, and his merits have been praised by future generations for generations. Under the whirling mottled sycamore leaves, pilgrims from all over the world devoutly worship the unfading faith in their hearts. Bao Gong's facial makeup will always be engraved on the blue waves of Bao Gong Lake. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, the majesty remains the same, and clouds of pilgrims quietly pay their respects in front of Bao Gong Temple. Worship. The vast land, the vast changes in the warehouses, and the old Kaifeng Weicheng, Songcheng, and Mingcheng cities all settled under the new Kaifeng city. However, the people have never forgotten Bao Gong, and have not forgotten their pursuit of the selfless attitude of survival in their hearts, the upright and bright horizontal Standing quietly under the plaque, it seems that you can still see the majesty on Bao Zheng's face and the powerful "promotion" of Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty.

2. Kaifeng’s chrysanthemums are the best in the world. One season of flowers lasts for thousands of years

Chrysanthemums are gorgeous in color, come in many varieties, are elegant in posture, and can bloom proudly against the frost. They have always been praised by literati. The Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Fair was very popular as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, and the trend of raising chrysanthemums became even more popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a cultivation history of nearly a thousand years, with nearly a thousand varieties, and is known as the Chrysanthemum City. In late autumn, golden chrysanthemums bloom all over the city, attracting an endless stream of tourists, forming a traditional chrysanthemum festival. The overwhelming variety of flowers that come into view will surely make you forget to leave! If you don’t appreciate the chrysanthemums in Kaifeng, you would be missing out on the autumn beauty.

3. "Song Dynasty Tokyo Dream Record" reproduces the prosperity of Bianliang in the Song Dynasty

A large-scale water real-life performance carefully compiled by top domestic artists, with a large-scale Song Dynasty cultural theme every night The Qingming Riverside Festival is performed in the park. The luxurious scenes, classic Song lyrics, and high-tech stage design bring a strong audio-visual shock to people. The performance vividly and truly reproduces the prosperity of Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Stepping on the history of the seven dynasties of ancient capitals at the foot of Kaifeng City, a sense of weight arises spontaneously, and the wonderful feeling of historical reincarnation also arises spontaneously, as if witnessing the glory of the Song Dynasty. Envoys from various countries on pilgrimage, poets and calligraphers in the heyday of culture. The powerful performance lineup, majestic momentum, and beautiful Song lyrics will bring you into the dreamy artistic conception of the prosperous and prosperous times of thousands of years.

4. Listen to Kaifeng opera and feel the unique charm of Chinese art

There are many opera teahouses in Kaifeng, and these teahouses are real "opera teahouses". There is a teahouse - Red Lantern - at the intersection of Bookstore Street and Gulou Street. Some scenes of the movie "Restless Chickens and Dogs", which reflects the life of Kaifeng people, were shot here. The architectural and decorative styles of old Shanghai tell its romantic history. Sitting in a teahouse and listening to a play, paying 20 yuan for tea per person, facing a group of diners eating melon seeds and drinking large bowls of tea, and cheering loudly, it was like the Republic of China. Walking on the street, surrounded by crowds of people, and hearing the sound of opera coming from the opera teahouse, I felt very excited.

5. For Chinese cockfighting, look to Henan. For Henan cockfighting, look to Kaifeng.

There is a saying in the world’s cockfighting circles: “For world cockfighting, look to China, for Chinese cockfighting, look to Henan, and for Henan cockfighting, look to Kaifeng.” Cockfighting was a top folk event in Bianliang, Tokyo during the Song Dynasty. Nowadays, people may say that cockfighting is an unattractive activity, but the courage and spirit of cockfighting are commendable and even noble: fighting hard to win, rather than surrender. In the game of cockfighting, people can exercise their bodies and hone their will. Kaifeng people should also be able to arouse courage and noble temperament from cockfighting. Kaifeng's fighting cocks are of very pure blood. Go and see the fighting cocks or play with them yourself, then your trip to Kaifeng is worth it.

6. Make woodblock prints with your own hands and carve your long-cherished wishes into the painting board

Zhuxian Town, located in a corner of Kaifeng, is one of the four major New Year picture producing areas in China, among which woodblock New Year pictures have the longest history. It has a long history and can be called the originator and birthplace of Chinese woodblock New Year paintings. There are many types of woodblock New Year pictures in Zhuxian Town. Every year at the end of the year, people buy some woodblock New Year pictures and paste them on doors, kitchens, vehicles, cattle pens, and granaries to create a peaceful and happy New Year atmosphere and express the people's desire to live and work in peace and contentment, and to maintain wealth and peace. Simple wishes. Being able to make woodblock prints with folk artists is the most fascinating classic feature of Zhuxian Town Woodblock Painting Village. In this quaint village, tourists from afar made a wooden New Year picture with their own hands, and their beautiful visions were forever carved into the picture.

2. Fun places in Kaifeng

Kaifeng Mansion

"Kaifeng Mansion" was the capital of the country during the Northern Song Dynasty. His uprightness and good reputation have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Located on the north bank of the East Lake of Bao Gong Lake in Kaifeng, it is majestic and majestic. It echoes the Bao Gong Temple in Bao Gong West Lake and sets off against the rippling blue waters of the three lakes, forming a magnificent landscape of "East Temple and West Temple" with pavilions and clear water. In Kaifeng Mansion, in addition to seeing a large number of precious historical materials, anecdotes and exhibitions, you can also see a variety of performances such as the "Official Opening Ceremony", "Bao Gong Judging Cases", "Welcome Performance at the Martial Arts Arena", etc., which are truly You can fully understand that "when you visit Kaifeng Mansion, you can taste the culture of the Song Dynasty; when you worship Baolong Tu, you can appreciate the righteousness of the world."

If you want to experience the government culture, see the majesty of Bao Gong, and learn about the anecdotes and legends of the Song Dynasty, please visit Kaifeng Mansion.

Along the River During Qingming Festival

Along the River During Qingming Festival is a 1:1 restoration of "Along the River During Qingming Festival", a masterpiece by the famous Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan, which is a treasure of Chinese national art. A large-scale historical and cultural theme park that recreates the Song Dynasty. The main buildings include the city gate tower, Hongqiao Bridge, Bianhe River, food streets, restaurants, tea shops, pawn shops, etc. It focuses on Kyoto customs such as folk entertainment, juggling, drumming, and cockfighting. The entire scenic area is full of green grass, lingering ancient sounds, and bursts of bells and drums, forming a vivid ancient charm with "silks and willows blowing on the face, scales reflecting silver sails, wine flags spreading in the wind, and cars and sedans stretching like chains." As a theme cultural park integrating historical and cultural tourism, folk customs tourism, leisure vacation tourism, fun entertainment tourism and ecological environment tourism, Qingming Riverside Park highlights the characteristics of ornamental, informative, entertaining, participatory and interesting features. .

Tianbo Yang Mansion

It is located on the north bank of Yangjia Lake in the northwest of Kaifeng City, covering an area of ??2.6 hectares. The Yang family was a loyal man who once fought against Jinshatan and fought hard to protect the country of the Song Dynasty. He was the pillar minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was eventually killed by a traitor. Popular folk stories such as "Silang Visits His Mother" and "Twelve Widows Conquering the West" are all related to the generals of the Yang family.

The buildings of Tianbo Yang Mansion are well organized and composed of three courtyards: east, west and middle. The middle courtyard is the official residence of the Yang family, with a gate, a screen wall, a bell tower, a hall, a Tianbo tower, a side hall, and an apse. In the hall, there are large group sculptures praising the Yang family's loyal service to the country and the Xiaoyan Temple to worship the Yang family's generals; the west courtyard is The Yang Family Garden contains pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors, landscapes, and curved bridges, giving it a Jiangnan garden scenery; the east courtyard is the school grounds, a place for horseback riding and archery, and for school soldiers to practice martial arts.

Songdu Imperial Street

Songdu Imperial Street is located in the northern section of Zhongshan Road, Kaifeng City. It is a commercial street imitating the Song Dynasty built in 1988 to reproduce the style of the imperial street in the Song Dynasty. It starts from Xinjiekou in the south and ends at Wuchaomen in the north, with a total length of more than 400 meters. The turrets on both sides stand symmetrically, and the pavilions and pavilions are lined up in rows. The plaques, couplets, banners, and font names are all taken from the historical records of the Song Dynasty, and they are antique. More than 50 shops have their own characteristics, selling Kaifeng specialties, traditional goods, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The salespersons were dressed in imitation Song Dynasty ancient costumes and enthusiastically entertained visitors from all over the world. Strolling along Imperial Street is like stepping across thousands of years of history, and is full of endless reverie about the prosperous scene of the Song Dynasty in the past.

Daxiangguo Temple

Daxiangguo Temple is a famous Buddhist temple in China and a national AAAA tourist attraction. It was built in the sixth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty. The temple has a long history and is one of the ten famous temples of Han Buddhism in my country. It has an important position and wide influence in the history of Chinese Buddhism. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiangguo Temple was highly respected by the royal family and expanded many times. It became the largest temple in the capital and the national Buddhist activity center. The story of Lu Zhishen uprooting a weeping willow tree described in "Water Margin" happened in the area under his jurisdiction. The current layout was rebuilt in the 10th year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1671). At present, there are palaces and monuments such as the Tianwang Hall, the Mahavira Hall, the Octagonal Glaze Hall, the Sutra Library, and the Thousand-Hands and Thousand-Eyes Buddha. The entire temple has a rigorous layout and is majestic and amazing.

Longting Park

Longting, a national AAAA tourist scenic spot, is located at the northern end of Zhongshan Road, the north-south transportation hub trunk line in Kaifeng City. Longting is the largest scenic spot in Kaifeng, with more than half of it on the water. The Longting area was the seat of the Tang Dynasty's Xuanwu Army's Jiedu Envoy Office more than a thousand years ago. In the Later Liang Dynasty, it was converted into an imperial palace, named Jianchang Palace. When Kaifeng was established as the capital in the Later Jin, Later Han, and later Zhou dynasties, this place was still used as a palace and was renamed Daning Palace. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Imperial Palace was built here, bringing it into its historical heyday. Later, due to the flooding of yellow water, a "Longevity Palace" was built on the Meishan Mountain that gradually became ruins. It contained the emperor's tablet. Civil and military officials came here regularly to pay homage and pay homage. It was later renamed "Dragon Pavilion". The park is surrounded by water on three sides and has beautiful scenery. It has the grandeur of northern palaces and the beauty of southern gardens. Its rich human resources and natural resources make Longting famous far and wide.

Iron Tower Park

The Kaifeng Iron Tower is a dazzling pearl in the culture of the Central Plains. It stands like a jade pillar in the northeast corner of Kaifeng City. It is known for its exquisite architectural art and grandeur. Famous at home and abroad for her beautiful figure. The Iron Tower, also known as the "Kaibao Temple Tower", is located in Kaifeng Iron Tower Park. Because the tower is entirely inlaid with brown glazed tiles, it looks like iron from a distance, so it is called the "Iron Tower". The body of the tower is covered with patterned bricks, with more than 50 kinds of patterns including flying apsaras, unicorns, Bodhisattvas, musicians, lions, etc. It is beautiful in shape and vivid in expression, and can be called a masterpiece of brick carving art in the Song Dynasty. The Iron Tower is famous both at home and abroad for its outstanding architectural art. Its design is exquisite and its structure is solid. It still stands tall despite earthquakes, river floods, violent storms and man-made damage. Iron Tower Park is a park named after the Iron Tower. It is quiet and elegant with lush trees and grass. The north side of the park echoes the Kaifeng Ancient City Wall, a national key cultural relic and is one of the 100 famous gardens in China.

Yuwangtai Park

Yuwangtai was originally called Chuitai. According to legend, Shi Kuang, a famous blind musician from the Jin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period, played music here and got its name. The main attractions in Yuwangtai Park today include: the ancient blowing platform to commemorate Shi Kuang; the Imperial Library and the Qianlong Imperial Stele Pavilion where Kangxi personally wrote the plaque "Gongsunheluo"; The "Three Sages Temple" was built where poets went to the blowing platform to recite poems and paint; the King Yu Hall was built to commemorate Dayu's flood control, etc. In addition to cultural relics and historic sites, the park also has tourist attractions such as the Xinhai Revolution Martyrs Memorial Garden, Peony Garden, Sino-Japanese Friendship Cherry Garden, and Fangchun Garden.

In the garden, there are green pines and green cypresses, towering old trees, rare trees and beautiful flowers, clusters of flowers, pavilions and pavilions. The scenery is beautiful, the birds are chirping, and the scenery is pleasant. Climbing there will make your eyes wander and your heart will feel relaxed and happy. It is truly a famous garden through the ages.