When talking about Kaifeng, the first name that always comes to my mind is Justice Bao, or Bao Zheng, the legendary Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) magistrate of the city. One of the most popular ...

In the Henan Province of China, you'll find the city of Kaifeng. What was once the capital city of China's historic Song Dynasty and the one-time capital of the entire province, Kaifeng was once ...

A performance is staged to reproduce the prosperity of capital Kaifeng (historically known as Daliang, Bianliang, Bianjing, Dongjing) of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), in Kaifeng ...

During the Song Dynasty, called Dongjing or Bianjing then, Kaifeng was the capital with a population of over 400,000, living both inside and outside the city wall. Typhus was an acute problem of ...

The grandeur and prosperity of Kaifeng is vividly presented in a classical painting, “River Scene at Qingming Festival,” by the well-known artist Zhang Zeduan of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty founded its capital at Kaifeng but had its mausoleum area built in Gongxian County, 130 kilometers away. The location had beautiful scenery, excellent soil texture ...

Kaifeng was the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty and perhaps the most cosmopolitan city in the world. Its status as the capital of the Middle Kingdom and proximity to trade routes meant ...

This is Kaifeng City, Henan Province. In A.D. 960, Zhao Kuangyin established the Song (宋) Dynasty and made this place the national capital. In the ensuing 160 years and more, Kaifeng remained the ...

From the 10th to the 12th century, Kaifeng was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty and a cosmopolitan center on a branch of the Silk Road, attracting Chinese imperial suitors and Persian ...

Yue and the four other women traveling with her are among some 1,000 traceable descendants of the Jewish community in Kaifeng, once the imperial capital of the Chinese Song dynasty. The Kaifeng's ...