It is true that Kaifeng has not kept up in recent years, or has lagged behind economically developed areas. The tourism reception capacity is not very strong, so it causes huge traffic jams in Kaifeng during holidays every year.

Indeed, the old city of Kaifeng is a bit rundown. Therefore, only forty to fifty million people from all over the world come to Kaifeng every year to see these ancient buildings, traveling thousands of miles by car, train, plane, or car.

Also, Song culture is not that attractive. At the end of the Song Dynasty, three of the four great inventions were created. This was due to lack of ability. Since there were four inventions, why not collect them all?

Furthermore, there are only a few celebrities in history, such as Bao Zheng, Yang Jiajiang, Kou Zhun, Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, etc., etc., you have just seen the clouds. How can those current celebrities who take off their clothes in exchange for their wives be as valuable?

Also, when people in other places have natural or man-made disasters, they run away without even taking care of unpacking their bedding. It's not like you Kaifeng people, who have to build and destroy the buildings in one place, causing six cities to be buried under the ground. So much so that outsiders say that your city is unique in the world, and that you are constantly striving for self-improvement. But in the eyes of Kaifeng people, this is stubbornness.

What's more, if you say you are lagging behind, just be a little behind. Why are you chasing after it? We must create a Western District and merge with Xiangfu District. GDP has also increased a lot every year. Since someone wants to see your jokes, stop chasing them and live a leisurely life, right?

Finally, many people say that this or that is not good, but the number of people coming every year is still increasing, and Kaifeng residents have to make way for outsiders everywhere. During holidays, they voluntarily avoid going to tourist areas and consciously avoid using major traffic roads, which makes people in Kaifeng feel embarrassed to tell outsiders about this.

Alas, there is nothing we can do. Our hotels are too few, the roads are narrow, and there are many people. We unconsciously give way to strangers who have just arrived. Do we need strangers to make way for us?

Let me introduce Kaifeng and give some suggestions to friends who want to come to Kaifeng.

First, you can visit Longting, Qingming Shanghe Garden, Bao Gong Temple, Kaifeng Mansion, Iron Tower, Fan Pagoda, Han Garden Stele Forest, and Tianbo Yang Mansion. Some friends are right, these Many scenic spots were built later, but looking at the scenic spots and historic sites in our country, how many of them are original? The Song Dynasty a thousand years ago was the most prosperous and technologically advanced country in the world. Kaifeng was the largest city in the world. Just for this reason, isn’t it worth visiting? Recommended scenic spots are Longting, Qingming Riverside Garden, Bao Gong Temple, and Iron Tower. Among them, it is best to come to Qingming Riverside Garden on Saturday. Stay in Kaifeng for snacks in the evening, and then go to Qingming Riverside Garden on Sunday. Why go on Sunday? Because there are folk performances in Qingming Riverside Garden. , Sunday has the most comprehensive performances, not so many on weekdays. It runs from morning to afternoon, and in the evening there is a large-scale theatrical performance "Song Dynasty Tokyo Dream". If you go there at noon, you won't be able to see everything about the king's recruitment of relatives, the Liangshan hero's robbery, etc., but it is still very interesting. After seeing Riverside Garden during Qingming Festival, you don’t need to see Kaifeng Mansion. Kaifeng Mansion is also a folk show.

Dragon Pavilion. In fact, the original Longting was destroyed during the liberation of Kaifeng and was later repaired. It was renovated again in the 1980s.

The Dragon Pavilion faces south. There is Panjia Lake in the east and Yangjia Lake in the west. There is a bridge in the middle, and the lake water flows through each other. But the strange thing is that Panjia Lake is turbid and Yangjia Lake is clear. People say that Yangjia Lake is clear because the Yang family is full of loyal and loyal generals who have left their names in history. Pan Renmei was a traitor, so Panjia Lake was turbid.

Night view of the Riverside Garden during the Qingming Festival

Folk performances at the Riverside Garden during the Qingming Festival, Liangshan heroes rob the execution ground, you will know who this guy is at a glance

Wu Dalang

Pan Jinlian is the boss's wife, but she is not a high-ranking official from Ximen

The king is looking for a bride, and the crowds of tourists are reaching out to pick up the embroidery balls, hoping to spend a good night with Wang Qianjin

Wang Qianjin is very beautiful

Tianbo Yang Mansion is the residence of the Yang family’s loyal family members who have been loyal for generations.

Second, eat at the night market. Kaifeng Night Market is famous for its delicious food and affordable prices, but this was in the past and now it is too expensive, even more expensive than in a hotel. But there are too many night markets in Kaifeng. Generally speaking, there will be night markets at any intersection, maybe dozens, maybe only a few. Just don’t go to the big night markets like Gulou Night Market. Large night markets have strict management, high management fees, and naturally the food is also expensive.

Let me tell you a place. Five hundred meters east of the Gulou Night Market is the Xueyuanmen Night Market. There are dozens of them. The level is much lower than the Gulou Night Market. We locals usually go here to eat. For those who drive, you can continue eastward from the Xueyuanmen Night Market. About two kilometers away is the Labor Road Night Market, which is not expensive. As for what some friends said, the night market rips off foreigners, this does not exist. He does not rip you off just because you are a foreigner with a foreign accent. It is the price. This is the reason why we locals do not go to the Gulou Night Market. For example, a mutton kang bun costs 10 yuan in Gulou. The price is the same for locals and foreigners. It is not the same price for locals and the same price for foreigners. The mutton steamed buns sold at the intersection of the Inner Ring Road to the east are six yuan each, which is the same price for locals and outsiders. Gulou Night Market has strict management and they don't dare to increase prices at will.

The Gulou Night Market is the largest night market in Kaifeng. It starts at 6 o'clock every night. There is no specific closing time, and the stalls are closed as soon as the tourists have dispersed. Now the factories are all closed, so they are basically gone by midnight. In the past, some stalls would operate until midnight, and some workers who worked the night shift in the factory would come here to eat at two or three o'clock in the night.

It doesn’t matter if you eat the others or not, you must try these.

When leaving Kaifeng, it is best to buy some Xingshengde peanuts to take back. Delicious and inexpensive. My friends in other places and even abroad often ask me to deliver mail to them.

When making stir-fried jelly, remember to ask the boss for a small portion. Otherwise, the boss will give you a big portion.

Mutton steamed buns

It looks like a lantern when you lift it up, and it looks like a chrysanthemum when you put it down. Xiao Long Baozi

Bucket chicken, Kaifeng specialty, goes with wine.

Pot stickers

A four-flavor stew, including beef breast, meatballs, gluten, crispy pork, and day lily. You can also order them individually. For example, if you only want gluten for meatballs but not beef breast or crispy meat, then the boss will give you a few more meatballs. The four-flavored stew in front of Todaiji Temple is the most delicious. This is my favorite. There's even soup and meat. You can often see people buying a bowl of stew and a small bottle of white wine worth two and a half, and eating and drinking slowly. After drinking the soup, you can refill it multiple times for free.

In addition, friends who drive must pay attention to the fact that the road in Gulou Square runs east-west and is a one-way street. Buses can go as they please, but other vehicles can only go from west to east! There is also Ziyou Road south of Gulou Square, which can only be accessed from east to west! Be sure not to make a mistake, otherwise it will affect your mood of visiting Kaifeng. Kaifeng people welcome everyone to visit, but while the traffic police welcome you, they still have to follow the traffic rules. In fact, if you drive, just park outside the Gulou Square. The Gulou Square is not big. It is only about 200 meters away from the surrounding intersections in the four directions of east, west, north and south. You can just park the car outside and walk into the Gulou Square. Moreover, it is near the Drum Tower. There aren't many places to park. That day, an out-of-town car wanted to turn around and head west at Gulou Square, but I stopped him and made him lose the 200 yuan he had given to the traffic police, haha.

In fact, Kaifeng is very suitable for living. There is no industry (all closed down, haha), the pace is slow, and the cost of living is low. There are so many delicious things to eat. The various snacks and restaurants near Guangdong Temple Gate are enough for you to eat for a while. I haven't had enough of mutton soup, tripe lung soup, sheep intestines, whole beef soup, four-flavor stew, braised fish, and steamed dumplings for thirty years. Just to eat in front of Todaiji Temple, I didn’t even buy a house in the West District. My family lives in a community 200 meters away from Todaiji Temple.

I am not talking about Kaifeng. I will tell you my personal experience. I arrived in Kaifeng in the afternoon the day before. I wanted to go to a famous night market to eat some snacks in the evening, but I ended up going there and was scammed. It was fake to call it a miserable oyster. There is no meat (it should be the news that the shell is the kind where the meat is frozen). The child insists on a drink and the fruit is not fresh and costs 20 for a cup (the night market should be in the Gulou Square area). Five people came out of the night market and spent money. I paid a little more than 300 and didn’t eat anything. I planned to go to Riverside Garden during Qingming Festival the next day, so I stayed at the nearby Seven Days Inn. I broke my head while taking a shower the next morning (the hotel didn’t provide a floor towel, but they provided a pair of slippers, which was just right for my wife. It can wear my 45-year-old foot) I spent more than 800 to go to the hospital by myself, but the hotel stayed with me for 500, and the room fee was waived. I can’t help but admit it because of this attitude. Who told us that we are not locals? Wait until we enter Qingming Festival It was past ten o'clock when I went to Heyuan. There was nothing on the program. I just watched a prison car hijacking. I didn't enjoy it. It was really not worth the ticket price. After I came back, I complained to the hotel and I haven't received a reply yet. I'm so disappointed. It’s still from this province, so I advise everyone not to go to Kaifeng and try not to cherish life and stay away from Kaifeng

I really want to go to Kaifeng. Because it is our ancient capital of China. There are pictures of Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival, Hanging Yellow River, Bao Qingtian, and other cultural relics.

China is an ancient country with a splendid civilization history of more than 5,000 years. Henan is the birthplace of the Chinese nation, and the Yellow River has nurtured the Chinese people. All Chinese people are proud of the development of Henan, the Yellow River and Kaifeng. Chinese people have feelings about their roots and are grateful to their roots. My first girlfriend was also from Henan. I tutored her to pass the college entrance examination and become a college student.

Henan is a natural treasure with beautiful scenery and rich cultural heritage. Travel to Kaifeng to better appreciate the civilization of the Song Dynasty, feel the culture of the prosperous and powerful Chinese capital, and appreciate the great achievements of Kaifeng people in economic and social construction today.

In today’s world, people must keep their motherland in mind and look at the world. We can no longer close ourselves off to the country. We must learn from the world's advanced culture and education, advanced manufacturing, and civilized governance, so that the Chinese nation can stand among the world's outstanding national cultures.

Not long ago, accompanied by friends, I visited some scenic spots in Kaifeng. In fact, there are still many scenic spots in Kaifeng worth seeing. Let me pull out the Kaifeng Mansion for everyone to see.

Kaifeng is Henan Province

Kaifeng has a history of more than 4,100 years of city and capital establishment, including the Xia Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty during the Warring States Period, the Later Liang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Later Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period. , Later Zhou Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty successively established their capital here

Kaifeng City, Tokyo, the capital of Northern Song Dynasty, was the largest city in the world at that time. Kaifeng has the reputation of "Qishu Mingxia and Five Phoenix Towers, Yimen has been an imperial state since ancient times" and "Bianjing is unparalleled in the world". Kaifeng is

Along the River During the Qingming Festival

The ancient names are: Laoqiu, Daliang, Chenliu, Tokyo, Bianjing, Bianliang, etc., abbreviated as: Bian. Attractions include: Qingming Riverside Garden, Dragon Pavilion, Iron Tower, Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Gong Temple, Chinese Han Garden, etc.

On holidays, Kaifeng tourism scenic spots are crowded with people! The old city is so clogged that it receives 50 million tourists every year! You said there are very few people going to Kaifeng. Are you comparing it to that city? The number of tourists received is at least among the top three in Henan!

I like to go to Kaifeng. Kaifeng has Panyang Lake, Dragon Pavilion, Bao Gong Temple, and Daxiang Temple. The Song Dynasty street and the iron tower are very interesting. I love going to Kaifeng.

As a Henanese, why do you rarely travel to Kaifeng? To be honest, Kaifeng is just a legend. It is positioned as a tourist city. The phenomenon of soliciting and robbing customers in scenic spots is serious. Look at the food prices and signboards of which buildings. Half of it has been smashed. In addition, the overall service level, service awareness, and reception capacity are no better than those in a small county.

Do you know what is at the foot of the Imperial City? The people at the foot of the Imperial City are very domineering. When I was in college, I went to Kaifeng to eat steamed buns. I ordered steamed buns, baked carp noodles, and soup alone.

Then the waiter felt that my order was too little. I thought the portion was small, so I ordered steamed buns again. The waiter said it was too little and asked me to order more. How much can I eat by myself? No, the waiter was not happy, so we started to argue. Finally, I said let’s make a bet. You come and eat the food I ordered. If you finish the meal, I will pay five times the price of the dish. If you don’t finish it, you pay me five times the price of the dish. In the end, the manager couldn't say anything anymore, and I didn't eat anymore. I was too angry. Anyway, I have a bad impression of Kaifeng.

I went to Kaifeng once in the summer of 2016. As a Henanese (in fact, outsiders generally don’t say I am a Henanese), not because of anything else but because my hometown is Lingbao City, the westernmost part of Henan. It is located at the junction of Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces, close to Tongguan County in Shaanxi and Yuncheng in Shanxi. The language, food, and living habits are almost the same as those in Guanzhong, Shaanxi and Jinnan, Shanxi). I digressed, let’s get back to the topic. Kaifeng is a tourist city. There is no doubt about its glorious and rich history. Because you can only stay here for about three days and cannot stay for a long time. Naturally, you cannot have a deep understanding of this city. You can only have a superficial understanding of it. Let me talk about my feelings: from the high-speed rail station to the hotel we stayed in (an international chain hotel near Qingming Shanghe Garden), there were prosperity and ruin along the way. The overall feeling was that the city was not well planned, there was no order, and it was quite chaotic. Let’s focus on tourism, because I am engaged in the tourism industry. Kaifeng is a city with good tourism resources and its tourism industry is relatively mature. After a few days, what impressed me most was the Song Dynasty Tokyo Dream in the Qingming Riverside Garden. Hua’s real-life performance, this one is really shocking. The only flaw is that after the performance, a special actor who is said to be playing a certain former leader appeared and started selling calligraphy and paintings. I don’t know what the hell it is. Daxiangguo Temple is the place where Lu Zhishen uprooted weeping willow trees in legend. There are monks inside who will trick you into paying to burn incense (I won’t go into details on how to trick you, it’s a Chinese characteristic, many temples are like this); Kaifeng Mansion, the entrance fee seems to be 60 yuan , the only feeling is that it is not worth it, they are all buildings built later, and I can’t recall anything about them now; Iron Tower Park, the iron tower is well preserved, but unfortunately there are too few supporting facilities to visit, and the tickets are very expensive; Henan University, You can go and visit this old university with a long history. There are many old buildings in the school, as well as beautiful and bright flowers. If you meet people who come here to take wedding photos, let’s talk about food. Kaifeng soup dumplings, I didn’t eat them twice. The first time I went to an authentic place was a large one near the night market pedestrian street (there were performances in the evening, and then they sold calligraphy and paintings). The second time I went far away from the scenic spot and went to one with a better reputation on Dianping.com, but I was still disappointed (also Maybe I'm picky). It is commendable that the night view of Kaifeng is quite good. Near Qingming Shanghe Garden, after nightfall, there is no such strong commercial atmosphere as during the day. Many citizens stroll or exercise along the lake, and are active in the square. Generally speaking, the lack of attractive attractions, strong commercial atmosphere, and slightly chaotic city have reduced the influence of this city, which is far different from Xi'an, which is also an ancient city! This is a city that you will want to visit if you don’t go there, and you will regret going there after you go there!