The most "sad" city in Henan, once the first capital of the Song Dynasty, has now become a fourth-tier town. Do you know where it is?

The Song Dynasty was divided into the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, with Lin 'an and Kaifeng as the capitals respectively. Kaifeng Prefecture is now Kaifeng City, Henan Province, and Lin 'an is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Kaifengfu, an ancient administrative division of China. In a narrow sense, Kaifengfu was the name of Kaifeng in Hou Liang, Houjin, Houhan, Houzhou, Song, Jin, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Lin 'an District is the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Located in Tianmu Mountain area in the northwest of Zhejiang Province, it is adjacent to Yuhang District in the east, Fuyang District, Tonglu County and Chun 'an County in the south, Shexian County in Anhui Province in the west, Anji County, Jixi County and Ningguo City in Anhui Province in the north. Lin 'an District is about100km wide from east to west and 50km long from north to south, with a total area of 3118.77km2.. It has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 13 townships and 298 administrative villages. ?

Kaifeng, known as Laoqiu, Bianzhou and Tokyo in ancient times, is called prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province for short. Located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the bank of the Yellow River, it is adjacent to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital in the west, Shangqiu in the east, Xuchang and Zhoukou in the south, and Xinxiang across the Yellow River in the north. Kaifeng is one of the five ancient capitals of China, a famous ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties. As of 20 17, Kaifeng has a total area of 6,266 square kilometers, governs 5 municipal districts and 4 counties, and has a permanent population of 4,549,300.

Expanded information on the historical evolution of Kaifeng city;

In 576, Emperor Jiande of the Northern Zhou Dynasty changed Liangzhou to Bianzhou, which was the beginning of Kaifeng's name "Bianzhou", and changed from county governance to state governance. Kaifeng, which has been lost for nearly a hundred years, has gradually recovered its vitality, and Kaifeng has become one of the eight important warehouses on the water transport line of the Northern Wei Dynasty against the Southern Dynasties.

In the 6th year (555) and 10 year (559) of natural forest protection in Wen Xuandi, Northern Qi Dynasty, the famous Jianguo Temple (Dasuoguo Temple) and Gu Temple (around Kaifeng Tower) were built respectively. The development of Buddhist culture laid an early foundation for the vigorous rise of Bianliang culture in Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty established Chenliu County in Junyi County (now Xiangfu District of Kaifeng City), and later changed Chenliu County to Bianzhou. The middle section of the Grand Canal with a total length of more than 2,000 kilometers is the Bianhe River connecting the Yellow River and Huaihe River and running through Bianzhou. The section from the Yellow River to the Huaihe River is also called Tongji Canal.

During the Five Dynasties, Hou Liang, Houjin, Houhan and Houzhou successively established their capitals in Kaifeng, which was called "East Capital" or "Tokyo". During this period, Kaifeng officially replaced Luoyang and became the national political, economic, cultural and transportation center. Hou Liang has been the capital of Kaifeng for seventeen years, although the time is short, but the state rent is light, and the people rest.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Kaifeng