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Kaifeng (开封; Kāifēng) is a city in northern Henan province.

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The city was the capital of China during several dynasties, and was visited by Marco Polo.

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Kaifeng is about an hour by bus from Zhengzhou, and well worth the visit. Zhengzhou is a new town, this town is ancient, but totally restored with the ancient buildings. This is sort of like Beijing, but without everything that makes Beijing modern, and with the things that makes Beijing a great visit, like restored temples that are easy to access, clean, and well-maintained. The nearest airport, though, is in Zhengzhou an hour away and a ¥160 taxi ride, except if you happen to be in the PRC military, who apparently have one closer to town.

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One very good way to get around kaifeng and see the sites is to take a rickshaw. If you're there in the winter make sure you bundled up beforehand, and know that the ride will be a leisurely one.

One rickshaw driver in particular , Jason aka "Golden Phoenix", caters to foreigners and does an exceptional job as a guide. His English is remarkably good, although his pronunciation is not the best, and he's memorized the information provided at most of the scenic locations, as well as much of his own knowledge. So you don't spend any time reading signs but you also get a lot of extra information you almost assuredly would not get any other way (even by speaking perfect Mandarin), particularly at the Guild Hall.

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There is a great, disney land type Tang Dynasty garden theme park on one end of town. They charge about ¥60, but it is filled with ancient buildings and have non-stop shows running every 15 minutes or so. A huge site actually, and situated right next to one of the main lakes.

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speciality of Kaifeng are the so called "Bao Zi". The famous place to get them in best quality is the "Di Yi Lou" Restaurant in Kaifeng. These Bao Zi contains soup. Be carefull then eating them !

Due to an important presence of moslems in the town, you can also find a lot of islamic dishes (Halal).

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Taxi ride is about ¥5. Taxi to Zhenzhou by day about ¥150, by night about ¥200

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Small town with mainly Karaoke Bar and restaurant to hang out. You can get a taxi ride to the "Huang He" (Yellow River) which is quite near from Kaifeng.

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