7 Days in Kaifeng

The Pan and Yang lakes over the buried 960-1127 palace, then the 1998 park where Zhang Zeduan's 5.28-metre scroll runs as street theatre and a lake show.

1. kaifeng longting park
2. kaifeng millennium city park

The 555-founded temple with its 7-metre wooden Guanyin, case re-enactments at Bao Zheng's (999-1062) rebuilt court, then soup dumplings under the tower lights.

1. kaifeng daxiangguo temple
2. kaifeng fu
3. kaifeng drum tower night market

The 2022-excavated bridge site with its about 30-metre, 3.3-metre carved stone walls, a walkable stretch of the 14.4-km Qing wall, and the merchants' guild hall of the 1770s with its brick-and-wood carving trio.

1. kaifeng zhouqiao site
2. Kaifeng City Wall
3. kaifeng shanshangan guild hall

The 55.88-metre glazed tower of 1049, the 974 Po Pagoda that is the city's oldest building, and the Yuan-era Jade Emperor Pavilion.

1. kaifeng iron pagoda
2. kaifeng po pagoda
3. kaifeng yanqing temple

All-day martial-arts performances at Wansui Mountain, then the stele garden started in 1985 next door; both an easy pair on one ticket line.

1. kaifeng wansui mountain
2. kaifeng hanyuan garden

South inside the prefecture: Song-style New Year prints pulled in working workshops, the 1140 Yue Fei story at its temple, and riverside lanes of the old canal town.

1. kaifeng zhuxian town
2. kaifeng yuefei temple

The museum lays out the six cities stacked 3 to 12 metres underground; the lane tied to the founding-emperors' legend and the old book street close the week before the HSR.

1. kaifeng museum
2. kaifeng shuanglong lane
3. kaifeng shudian street