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Kaifeng City Wall 开封城墙Kāifēng Chéngqiáng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Kaifeng, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kaifeng
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Kaifeng City Wall
Kaifeng's Qing-dynasty city wall, rebuilt in grey brick in 1842 after a Yellow River flood, still runs for 14.4 km around the old city and is among the longest surviving city walls in China. Its circuit goes back to the Tang city of Bianzhou, rebuilt in 781, and roughly matches the inner city of the Northern Song capital. Its gate towers are modern reconstructions, the best known being the Daliang Gate on the west side, rebuilt in 1998.
How to get to Kaifeng City Wall
The wall encircles Kaifeng's old city; the Daliang Gate on the west side, a short taxi ride from the centre, is the easiest place to see it.
Nearby
- Iron Pagoda 开封铁塔 under 10 km
A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes
Also within 20 km: Lord Bao Memorial Temple, Kaifeng 开封包公祠 (under 10 km), Qingming Shanghe Park 清明上河园 (under 10 km), China Hanyuan Stele Forest 中国翰园碑林 (under 10 km), Yanqing Temple (Jade Emperor Pavilion) 延庆观 (under 10 km), Tianbo Yang Mansion 天波杨府 (under 10 km), Kaifeng Prefecture Office (Kaifeng Fu) 开封府 (under 10 km).
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