Which city in China is ancient Tokyo now?

The ancient Tokyo is now Kaifeng, China.

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.

Kaifeng, the capital of Hou Liang, has been opened for seventeen years. Although the time is short, the state rent is very light and the people have a rest. At the same time, the capital of Hou Liang is Kaifeng, which makes the political, economic, cultural and military center of China transfer from Luoyang in Heluo area to Kaifeng area in eastern Henan plain, which is of epoch-making significance to the transfer of the ancient capital and political center of China.

In 960, Zhao Kuangyin, who was in charge of the inspection in front of the temple in the later Zhou Dynasty, returned Songzhou (now Suiyang District, Shangqiu) to the German army, launched the "Chen Qiao mutiny" in Chen Qiaoyi (now fengqiu county, Xinxiang City), 40 miles north of Kaifeng, established the Song Dynasty with "Song" as its title, and set up Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. It took nine emperors, 168.

Dasong Dynasty is the most glorious era in Kaifeng history and China feudal history, with developed economy and culture and prosperous social life. The population of Kaifeng City has reached1500,000. (According to Geography of Song History, during the Chongning period, there were 26117 households with 442,940 people in Kaifeng. ) The city is beautiful and magnificent. It was not only the political, economic and cultural center of the country, but also the most prosperous metropolis in the world at that time.

In the second year of Jingkang (1 127), after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo was changed to "Bianjing".

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Kaifeng has four characteristics: rich cultural relics, long urban pattern, rich ancient city style and unique northern water city. ?

Kaifeng is located in the east of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River plain, in the middle and east of Henan Province, 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. ?

The activities of Kaifeng ancestors can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. In the Xia Dynasty, Kaifeng, its capital, was built in 2 17 years. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Iraq, it was called Laoqiu in history. This is the first time that Kaifeng has a clear historical record. The Shang Dynasty established its capital in Kaifeng for 27 years, which was called "Xiao" in history. In the 8th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Zhuanggong built a granary city near Zhuxian Town in the south of Kaifeng, which means "expanding territory", hence the name Kaifeng.

In the early Han Dynasty, it was renamed "Kaifeng" to avoid Liu Qi, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. This is the origin of "Kaifeng". After Kaifeng, the Xia Dynasty, Wei during the Warring States Period, Jin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty also established their capitals in Kaifeng, so Kaifeng is known as the "ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties". ?

Kaifeng is a city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and on the bank of the Yellow River. It is a famous ancient capital of China in the Eight Dynasties, one of the eight ancient capitals of China, a famous historical and cultural city in China, an excellent tourist city in China, a famous chrysanthemum city in China, a famous calligraphy city in China, a famous Chinese cultural city, a famous idiom and allusion city in China, an emerging sub-center city in Henan Province, a city in the core area of Central Plains Economic Zone, one of the main cities in Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone, and an important wing of Zhengzhou's integrated development.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Kaifeng (prefecture-level city in Henan Province)

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