Zhengzhou Attractions
As the capital of Henan province, Zhengzhou is bordered the Yellow River in the north and the Mt. Songshan in the west. It is the birthplace of Chinese culture and civilization, one of the eight ancient cities. In the history, Xia Dynaty, Shang Dynasty, Guan Kingdom, Zheng Kingdom and Han Kingdom once set up capital in this land. Numerous ruins made a particular describe about the city.
| » Zhengzhou Confucian Temple |
| Zhengzhou Confucian Temple (郑州孔庙) was initially built in Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the second Confucian temple to the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Shangdong province. Confucian temple is devoted to the memory of Confucius and the other sages and philosophers of Confucianism.
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| » Zhengzhou Yellow River Scenic Area |
| Yellow River Scenic Area (黄河浏览区) is about 30km from Zhengzhou Downtown, bordered Yellow River in the north and Mountain Dai and Mountain Guangwushan in the south. It is a national AAAA tourism zone, and a natural scenic zone, integrating sightseeing, leisure, holidays, popular science education, hike exploration, sacrificing the ancestors and carrying forward the Chinese civilization. |
| » Shang Dynasty Ruins in Zhengzhou |
| The Shang Dynasty Ruins is situated in the downtown and suburb of Zhengzhou, which feathers the Erligang Culture of the Shang Dynasty. It was discovered in 1950 and was listed as the National Cultural Heritage Conservation Board in 1961.
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| » Zhengzhou Relics of Dahe Primitive Village |
| The Relics of Dahe Primitive Village (大河村遗址), located at the place 12 km away from the north of Zhengzhou, covers an area of 300,000 square meters with the 3 different historical relics of the Yangshao Culture as well as Longshan Culture and the Shang Dynasty Culture. Its cultural strata reach 4-7meters in thickness.
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| » Mt.Songshan in Zhengzhou |
| Mt. Songshan, also called Zhong Yue, is well-known as one of the Five Great Mountains in China. Chinese three idea systems, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism meet here, so to some extent, it would be called the cultural or religious holy-land rather than a picturesque mountain.
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| » Henan Museum |
| The Henan Museum, as one of the four grand museums in China, is situated in Nongye Road, Zhengzhou. It was originally constructed in 1927 in Kaifeng and relocated to Zhengzhou in 1961. The present building was built up in 1991. Its appearance of hourglass seems to tell you what will deposit here after the time flies. |
