A brief introduction to the free attractions in Kaifeng in 2023 is as follows:
1. Bookstore Street
Bookstore Street is located in the bustling commercial district of Kaifeng city center, with a total length of 620 meters and a width of 620 meters. 19 meters, starting from Drum Tower Square in the south to Dongxi Street in the north, it is a typical street of the historical style of the ancient city of Kaifeng, and it is also the only historical street that has not undergone major demolition and construction.
Kaifeng Bookstore Street is the only street named after a "bookstore" in my country. It is more than a hundred years older than Kanda Book Street in Tokyo, Japan. The history of Bookstore Street can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty thousands of years ago, when it was called "Gaotou Street". According to "Tokyo Menghualu", the Gaotou Street area is the most prosperous market in Tokyo, with "majestic buildings, vast facades, and a formidable view."
The commodities traded mainly include books, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, clothing and traditional Chinese medicine. In the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed "Dadian Street" and was adjacent to the Drum Tower built in the twelfth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1379). The business categories were still mainly books, cultural crafts and the Four Treasures of the Study. The shops were gathered together and the cultural atmosphere was rich. It was The busiest commercial district in the city. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Dadian Street was officially renamed "Bookstore Street". It has been followed to this day and has a history of nearly 300 years.
2. 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. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo Imperial Street started from Xuande Gate of the Imperial Palace in the north, passed through Zhouqiao and Zhuque Gate, and went directly to Xunmen Gate in the south of the outer city. More than ten miles long and two hundred paces wide, it was the main street for the emperor to enter and exit, showing his dignity.
There is a group of particularly eye-catching courtyard-style pavilions at the northernmost end of Royal Street. This is the historically famous Fan Tower (also known as Fan Tower). According to legend, Fanlou was the first of the seventy-two restaurants in Tokyo during the Northern Song Dynasty. The romantic emperor Song Huizong and the famous Kyoto prostitute Li Shishi often met here. The novel "Water Margin" also has many descriptions of this building. Liu Zihui, a poet of the Song Dynasty, once left a praising poem: "The singing and dancing in Liangyuan are full of romance, the wine is like a knife to cut off the sorrow, I recall the many joys of youth, and the lights are on the alum tower late at night."
The Fan Building has a construction area of ??5,000 square meters. It is composed of five buildings in the east, west, south, north and middle. The three floors are high and the fifth floor faces each other. There are flying bridges and sills to communicate light and dark.
The overall building has undulating heights, staggered eaves and corners, and is magnificent. Now Fan Tower has been idle for many years, and relevant departments are recruiting investment.
3. Qishengjiao
Qishengjiao is located on the east side of Qingming Shanghe Garden and beside the beautiful Song Dynasty Yuhe River. It has a total construction area of ??20,000 square meters and a total street length of about 600 meters. It is a unique Song-style building, with Song culture as the theme, Central Plains folk customs and folk customs as the connotation, and a charming Central Plains cultural block integrating fashion shopping, specialty restaurants, B&Bs, entertainment and leisure, and cultural experiences.
Kaifeng has a saying of "seven corners, eight lanes and seventy-two alleys". This is Chengdu’s “Jinli”, a paradise for foodies: you can taste Henan, Shanxi and Hunan delicacies, experience the fusion of bars and teahouses, stay in ancient inns and hotels, watch the production of specialties on site, choose handmade items at will, and create your own creations Shoes, hats and clothes, and taste the famous Kaifeng snacks.
This is Lijiang’s “Sifang Street”, a holy land of slow life: winding courtyards, streets and alleys echoing the waterfront, lakes, lotus ponds, stone bridges, teahouses, theaters, bars, handicrafts Workshops, handicraft stalls, and gourmet shops are scattered all over the block. Inns, hotels, themed restaurants, fashion shops, and cultural and creative spaces are located among them. The water waves, lights, and shadows create a unique artistic conception.
Being there, you can put aside your complicated emotions, soothe your body and mind, be lazy and dazed, find the interest in life, and slow down yourself.
4. Zhuji Lane
Zhuji Lane is located on the north side of Bianjing Hotel at the intersection of Jiefang Avenue and Wenmiao Street. The project covers a total area of ??91 acres and has a total construction area of ??approximately 70,000 square meters.
At present, the first phase of the Hakka Culture Plaza, which covers an area of ??14 acres and has a total construction area of ??about 13,000 square meters, has been opened to welcome guests. In October 2014, the 27th World Hakka Culture Plaza in 2014 was held here. .
When it comes to Zhuji Alley, people will naturally think of the famous Zhuji Alley in Nanxiong, Guangdong. In fact, the real Zhuji Alley is in Kaifeng. During the war years of the Song Dynasty, a large number of Central Plains people migrated south to avoid the war. Some of the refugees who escaped from Tokyo City crossed Nanling and arrived at Shashui Village in Nanxiong Prefecture, where they stayed or lived, and then continued to move south. In order to commemorate Zhuji Lane in Tokyo City, they took a street in Shashui Village as the starting point for moving south again and called it Zhuji Lane. Currently, the second phase of the Zhuji Lane construction project is under intense construction.
5. Yuhe River in the Song Dynasty
The lanterns reflect the water, and the painted boat ripples. In the sound of oars and the shadow of lights, people are swimming in the painting. In order to protect the style of the ancient city and highlight the characteristics of the northern water city, Kaifeng City implemented the "Six Rivers Connecting Five Lakes" Songdu Water System Project Plan. It is planned to use six rivers to connect five major lakes to form a continuous and complete urban water system with a total planned length of 8,400 meters.
The total investment of the Song Dynasty Yuhe Scenic Area is nearly 600 million yuan. The Yuhe River is 2,000 meters long and runs through the two main scenic spots of Longting Lake and Baogong Lake. The surrounding scenery is beautiful and the cultural heritage is profound. It is in the Song Dynasty water system. Status is important.
Surrounding Longting Lake are the 5A Scenic Area Qingming Shanghe Garden, the 4A Scenic Area Longting and Hanyuan Stele Forest, the 3A Scenic Area Tianbo Yang Mansion, and the ruins of the Six Dynasties Palace, a national treasure that has been sleeping for thousands of years at the bottom of the lake.
Next to Bao Gong Lake are the 4A scenic spots Bao Gong Temple and Kaifeng Mansion, the national security unit Yanqing Temple, and the Bao Gong Temple Water System Pier is close to the Xisi Night Market. The Yuhe River serves as a link, organically linking almost all tourist attractions in Kaifeng City.
The Yuhe Scenic Area of ??the Song Dynasty has five landscape parks with different scenery from north to south, namely Jijin Garden (guild hall cultural area), Spring Garden (restaurant), Xia Yin Garden (opera) Building), Qiuyun Garden (tea house), Dongning Garden (boat). Among them, the four gardens of spring, summer, autumn and winter are the folk culture areas of the Northern Song Dynasty. The five major garden landscapes are all built according to the Song Dynasty architectural style and are unique Northern Song Dynasty garden landscapes in the country.
According to the policy of "appreciating Song style and Song rhyme, elegance and vulgarity", Yuhe Scenic Area of ??the Song Dynasty has created five cultural performances with different styles. Among them, "Song Ci Music and Dance" restores the art of Song Ci thousands of years ago. , using ancient musical instruments and ancient music scores to perform Song lyrics, which is unique in the country.
6. Kaifeng West Lake
If you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, light makeup and heavy makeup are always suitable. Hangzhou has West Lake, Yangzhou has Slender West Lake, and Kaifeng also has Kaifeng West Lake with unique charm of Song poetry.
Kaifeng West Lake is located in the Kaifeng New District of the planned Zhengbian New District. It is a lake-forest ecological landscape belt connecting the old and new Bianjing (Tokyo, Daliang, Bianliang, and Xiangfu) urban areas. The water area of ??West Lake reaches 6,000 acres, which is equivalent to two-thirds of the West Lake in Hangzhou. From north to south, West Lake is divided into six major functional areas, namely the ecological wetland experience area (pregnant water), the waterfront leisure and commercial area (lucky water), the cultural and art exhibition area (water appreciation), and the historical and cultural interpretation area (playing in the water). ), humanistic theme experience area (Love Water), and ecological countryside experience area (Open Water).
At present, the biggest highlight of West Lake is the silver beach on the west bank and the water system performance of the combined fan curtain fountain. Whether it's day or night, it's always very popular. In the future, West Lake will comprehensively develop a catering and cultural area, a beach sunbathing area, a sports area on the lake, and a leisure resort area. With the West Lake and the beach as the background, it will provide tourists with beach bathing, shallow water swimming, beach volleyball and other recreational projects.