Henan Ancient Capital Tour, Kaifeng 2 Days 1 Night Itinerary Recommended

🎈Kaifeng is a famous ancient capital in Chinese history, known as the "Eight Dynasties Ancient Capital". During the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang, as the capital, was once one of the most prosperous cities in the world. Its population reached 1.2-1.5 million during its heyday. On the first day, we ate Kaifeng soup dumplings! This restaurant is on the must-eat list. They only sell soup dumplings once a day, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and they are closed in the evening. We arrived at two o'clock and almost didn't get to eat. There were only buns and soup left because the chef had gone off work. Traditional soup dumplings are 18💰 a basket, seaweed and egg soup is 12💰, and almond tea is 10💰. Four people can eat a full meal for 100 yuan. The owner of Yan's Soup Dumplings was originally the chef of the First Floor West Lake Store. The baked noodles with big Yellow River carp cost 88 yuan. The fish is really big, and tastes sweet and sour. There is a distinct fishy smell at the first bite. I stopped noticing it as I ate. Bianjing Bucket Chicken is 48 yuan, salty and fresh, with fragrant chicken and chewy and smooth skin. Traditional soup dumplings are 25 yuan per basket, which is a bit more expensive than Yan’s. [Huangji Spicy Soup at Morning Market] A bowl of beef spicy soup is 6 yuan, and a bowl of vegetarian spicy soup is 4 yuan. You must buy the one with meat broth, it tastes right, the vegetarian one is really not tasty. Huang Ji Hu La Tang also has something similar, called an egg bag, which is smaller and costs only 3.5 yuan each. The small glutinous rice dough sticks look like large glutinous rice sticks, and I saw many locals ordering them. The eight-treasure porridge, which costs 3 yuan a bowl, is very large in quantity and thick. For thirty or forty yuan, four people had a very satisfying meal. 【Fang Mei Zhai time-honored dim sum】 Encounter by chance. It is a time-honored brand in Kaifeng that is an intangible cultural heritage. The things are quite cheap. I bought a bag of mulberry and hawthorn strips for 15 yuan per pound. Peanut cake is a specialty, very fragrant and delicious Kaifeng is a great scenic spot for family fun. Tickets for adults are 80 yuan, and for children they are 40 yuan, so you can have fun there for as little as 400 yuan. There are hundreds of performances every day from 9:00 to 22:00. 📍Don't expect to see a lot of performances, it's too big! It's tiring to run around to catch up with all the performances. It's better to just go with the flow and find a few key must-see performances. Watch whatever else you see and relax. Chengzhai Battlefield is a large performance venue. "The Three Strikes on Zhujiazhuang" at 17:00 and "The Iron Flower" at 20:30 are recommended must-sees. Especially the iron flower crafting, which is an intangible cultural heritage. The hot molten iron is struck out in the air, forming a splashing rain of gorgeous sparks. It's so diverse here, with a 2-hour large-scale song and dance show and a boxing match across the stage. You must go to [Daxiangguo Temple]. The Thousand-armed Guanyin in Daxiangguo Temple is carved from a whole ginkgo tree trunk. It took a craftsman 58 years to carve it. 📍Look at the wooden hollow on the brim of the hat. It took 8 years to carve. 🙏The Buddha Maitreya, the master of Guanyin Bodhisattva, is held up on it. This is a four-faced Buddha. 1048 hands, 1000 represents a thousand hands, and 48 represents all directions. There is an eye in each palm, the real Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Guanyin The museum looks very impressive, with regular exhibitions on the second floor and special exhibitions on the first floor. First visit the second floor, from Hall 1 to Hall 6 according to the timeline. On the second floor, focus on Halls 2 and 4: Dongjing Menghua Song and Jin Dynasty Exhibition. Hall 3: "Qingming Riverside Garden" Special Exhibition