1-Day Side Trip to Kaifeng

- Zhengzhou - Kaifeng Tour

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Millennium City Park, Memorial Temple of Lord Bao, Iron Pagoda. Situated on the southern bank of the Yellow River, Kaifeng is an important city in Henan Province. With a recorded history close to 3,000 years, Kaifeng is known as one of the six major centers of ancient Chinese civilization. Many of its historical relics were destroyed. Among those that have survived are the "Iron" Pagoda, Pota Pagoda, Dragon Pavilion, Xiangguo Monastery, King Yu's Terrace and Yanqing Taoist Temple. These are all fine works of architecture. Their majestic beauty bears testimony to the wisdom and the cultural and artistic standards their creators attained. If you're intrested in taking a one day side trip to Kaifeng from Zhengzhou, as an expert in organizing Henan tour, we'll offer you the best services and reasonable quotation.
Availability: All year round.    Daily Pick-up Point & Time: Hotel, 8:30am.  Daily Finishing Point & Time: Hotel, 5:00pm.  Duration: 10 Hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
This morning you will be picked up at your hotel and driven to Kaifeng, which is one of the seven ancient capitals in China. There you will first visit Millennium City Park (Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden), which reflects an eternal theme of harmony between human and nature and brings people back to the time of the Northern Song Dynasty. Then, you will visit the Memorial Temple of Lord Bao and the Iron Pagoda. Afterwards, you will be driven back to Zhengzhou for your next destination.
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Attraction Description:
Millennium City Park located on the west bank of Dragon Pavilion Lake is a grand cultural garden.The built area consists of several architectural complexes which are re-creations based on the famous twelfth century painting by Zhang Zeduan of 'The Qingming Festival by the Riverside'. The scenes in this painting are highly detailed and the spectacle is magnificent. The picture is like a live symphony of life during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Memorial Temple of Lord Bao The current Memorial Temple of Lord Bao is situated on the west bank of a beautiful lake named Lord Bao Lake. Reconstructed on its original site, it is designed in the architectural style and colored patterns of the Northern Song Dynasty. Dadian Palace contains a sitting figure of Lord Bao in the center. This figure, over three meters (approximately 10 feet) tall, wears official robes and solemnly sits up straight in his chair. On the figure's two sides some calixes, bowls, wooden buckets, an ink slab, and some other artifacts are displayed, which were unearthed from Lord Bao's tomb.
Iron Pagoda Located in the Iron Pagoda Park, northeast corner of Kaifeng City, the Kaifeng Iron Pagoda was built in the first year during the reign of Huangyou (1049A.D.) in the Northern Song Dynasty with nearly a thousand years' history from now. It is also called Kaibao Temple Pagoda due to its location. With the brown glazed tiles adopted all over the building resembling the appearance of iron pillars, the folks have called it "iron pagoda" ever since the Yuan Dynasty. It is elaborately designed in traditional Chinese wooden structure. The tiles are skillfully arranged and tightly built.