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Stir-Fried Starch Jelly
Night marketsStreet foodMust-try
¥8–15
Mung-bean jelly is cubed and griddled with bean paste until crisp outside and tender within—the queue magnet of Gulou Night Market.
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Splendor of the Eastern Capital
Song-capital gold
Soup dumplings, tongzi chicken and stir-fried starch jelly: a thousand years of everyday flavors in the eight-dynasty capital still rise with the steam of Gulou Night Market.
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Featured snacks
Central China
Region
Northern SongNight marketsSoup-filledAncient capital
Kaifeng events and travel information
Published event guides and travel information for Kaifeng.
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China Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Culture Festival
2026.10Henan
Travel information
Places and neighborhoods worth exploring in Kaifeng.
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Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden
Inspired by Zhang Zeduan’s Along the River During the Qingming Festival, the park recreates a day in the Northern Song capital.
5A scenic areaSong cultureShows
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Immersive history¥120/adult · ¥60/student
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Kaifeng Prefecture Office
Where Bao Zheng heard cases: the reconstructed Northern Song judicial headquarters hosts daily dramatized trials.
Judge BaoSong culturePerformances
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Historic landmarks¥80/adult · ¥40/student
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Gulou Night Market
A night-market tradition stretching back a thousand years, from Northern Song stalls staying open until the third watch to today’s steaming food streets.
Night marketsFree admissionEveryday local life
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Local cultureFree admission
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Daxiangguo Temple
The setting for Lu Zhishen uprooting a willow in Water Margin, this Northern Song imperial monastery remains an active place of worship.
BuddhismWater MarginFree admission
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Historic religious sites¥45/adult
Featured snacks
Kaifeng's signature street-food highlights.
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Peanut Cake
Food giftsTraditionalPastries
¥15–30/box
Roasted peanuts are crushed and pressed into crisp blocks that crumble into fragrant bites—Kaifeng’s best-selling food gift.
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Kaifeng Soup Dumplings
Must-tryIntangible cultural heritageNorthern Song
¥20–38/steamer
Open a small window, sip the soup, then eat the eighteen-pleat dumpling whole—a craft handed down for a thousand years from the Northern Song imperial capital.
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Tongzi Braised Chicken
Spiced braisesHistoric shopsWith drinks
¥48–68/chicken
A whole mature hen simmers in seasoned stock, producing crisp skin, firm meat and rich flavor—a taste passed down at Kaifeng’s Ma Yuxing for two hundred years.
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Apricot-Kernel Tea
DessertNight marketsWarming comfort
¥6–12
A thick apricot-kernel drink with osmanthus honey and eight preserved-fruit toppings—a warming Kaifeng dessert for winter nights.
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How to enjoy it
How to enjoy Kaifeng's street-food highlights.
🥟 Three Steps to Eating Soup Dumplings
- Open a window：Use chopsticks to make a small opening at the top, about the width of a drinking straw.
- Enjoy the soup：Blow gently through the opening to cool the broth, then sip slowly rather than gulping it.
- Eat the whole dumpling：Once the soup is gone, dip the dumpling in vinegar and eat it whole, enjoying wrapper, filling and sauce together.
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