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Kaifeng，a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, located along the southern bank of the Yellow River ，is one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. During the Song Dynasty, it was called Dongjing or Bianjing ,then, Kaifeng was the capital of China ,with a population of over 400,000, living both inside and outside the city wall. Typhus was an acute problem of the city. And Kaifeng reached its peak of importance in the 11th century, when it was a commercial and industrial center at the intersection of four major canals. During this time, the city was surrounded by three rings of city walls and probably had a population of 600,000 to 700,000. It is believed that Kaifeng was the largest city in the world from 1013 to 1127.
As the capital cities of Kingdom Wei(Warring States Period),Liang, Jin, Han, Zhou(the five dynasties), Song dynasty and the end of Jin dynasty, Kaifeng was founded in 4500 years ago, named Qifeng in Xia dynasty. Therefore, there are a lot of places of historic interest, such as Longting, Tower Bo, the tower of Kaibao temple(Kaifeng iron tower), GreatXiangguo Temple and the place of interest around the lord bao lake. Kaifeng offers a wide range of food specialities such as steaming pie and Chinese dumpling. In the evening, Kaifengs streets turn into restaurants while hundreds open their stands and begin selling their food in the famous night market. Often people from the nearby Zhengzhou come to Kaifeng to spend an evening with their family as the atmosphere is very appealing. Less adventurous Western tourists may prefer to eat insidethe restaurants and just have their drinks outside because they might not want to try chicken feet, pork feet or bucks. Particularly famous is Kaifengs special bread (wйxiãngshãobing), which, like pita, can be opened and filled. The lively unusual snack night market is this old city one of allnight long big characteristics. It has many varieties, if completely eats, perhaps you could not be able to return to the hotel.