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Where is Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty?

Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, is today's Kaifeng, Henan.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were four capitals in the east, west, south and north, with Tokyo as the capital. This place was Bianzhou in the Tang Dynasty, the eastern capital in Hou Liang, Tokyo in the Jin Dynasty and the capital in the later Han and Zhou Dynasties. After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, it became the capital. On the basis of the old city, it has been rebuilt and rebuilt many times, and its scale far exceeds that of the previous generation.

The structure of Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty;

There are four wide and straight avenues in Tokyo, the capital, which cross each other. There are sidewalks, ditches and green spaces beside the four main roads, such as Nanxun, leading to the outer city. Seen from the avenue, there are several criss-crossing roads, most of which intersect at right angles. The urban area is divided into several squares called "squares". The commercial city is located in Xuandemen, the inner city to Tushizi, Panlou Street and Suoguo Temple to the east of Qiao Zhou.

Tokyo is divided into outer city, inner city and imperial city. The outer city wall is more than fifty miles long, with eleven gates, three in the south, two in the east and four in the north. Because there are four canals running through, there are nine sluices.

The above contents refer to:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tokyo in Northern Song Dynasty