Kaifeng lies at the plain area of the east Henan Province, and on the southern bank of the Yellow River. It borders Zhengzhou to the west, Xinxiang to the northwest, Shangqiu to the east, Zhoukou to the southeast, Xuchang to the southwest, and Shandong to the northeast.
As the ancient capital of the eight dynasties including the Xia Dynasty, Kingdom of Wei, Hou Liang, Hou Jin, Hou Han, Hou Zhou, Song Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty, Kaifeng has a history of more than 4,100 years. In the Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127), Kaifeng even was the world's first metropolis. In particular, Kaifeng was the only ancient capital in China whose central axis of the city never changed. To this day, visitors can still see the well-preserved Kaifeng City Wall with a circumference of 14.4 km (8.7mi).
Kaifeng also has a history of more than 1,600 years of chrysanthemum planting and appreciation. To appreciate beautiful chrysanthemum, Kaifeng holds Tomb Sweeping Culture Festival in April and the Chrysanthemum Culture Festival in October, which are two grandest events in Kaifeng every year.
You can appreciate a great many time-honored historical and cultural landscapes there, among which the most famous ones are Iron Pagoda, Dragon Pavilion, Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden, Imperial Street of Song Dynasty, Memorial Temple of Lord Bao, Kaifeng Yamun, Xiangguo Temple, Local Museum as well as Millennium City Park.
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