Kaifeng, known as Bianzhou, Bianliang and Bianjing in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province, and one of the central cities and cultural tourism cities in the core area of China Central Plains urban agglomeration approved by the State Council. There are five districts and four counties in the city, with a total area of 6,266 square kilometers, and the built-up area is 1, 5 1 square kilometer.
Kaifeng is located in the middle of China, in the east of Henan, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the bank of the Yellow River and adjacent to Zhengzhou in the west. Kaifeng Bonded Zone is one of the three areas of China (Henan) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
It is one of the first national historical and cultural cities with a history of 465,438+000 years. Wei in the Xia and Warring States Dynasties, the capital of the Five Dynasties, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty were established here. It is known as the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties and gave birth to the far-reaching "Song Wenhua".
Kaifeng is the only capital in the world where the central axis of the city has never changed, and the ruins of Chengdui City are rare in the world archaeological history and capital history. The capital of song dynasty was the largest city in the world at that time, and it was the creative place of the riverside scene on Qingming Festival.
Terrain:
Kaifeng has a flat terrain, and the soil is mostly clay, loam and sandy soil, which is suitable for planting crops. It is an important agricultural planting area in Henan Province, mainly including food crops, cash crops, vegetables, melons and fruits, deciduous trees and so on. It is a famous production and export base of wheat, cotton, peanuts, garlic, watermelon and paulownia in China.
Underground in Kaifeng City, successive floods of the Yellow River caused several ancient city pools in Kaifeng to be deeply silted up and buried underground. On the ground, the riverbed is constantly rising due to the sediment deposition of the Yellow River, forming a "suspended river on the ground" where the river is higher than the city.
Kaifeng, the ancient capital, is 3 meters underground to 12 meters, and there are six cities stacked on top of each other, including three national capitals, two provincial capitals and 1 central plains town, which constitutes a unique landscape of "city-to-city".