Kaifeng

Kai·feng

geographical name \ˈkī-ˈfəŋ\

Definition of KAIFENG

city E cen China in NE Henan pop 318,000

Rhymes with KAIFENG

among, bee-stung, black lung, brown lung, far-flung, forked tongue, high-strung, iron lung, low-slung, unsung, with young

Kaifeng

geographical name    (Concise Encyclopedia)

City (pop., 2003 est.: 594,887), northern Henan province, China. In the 4th century BC it became the capital of the state of Wei, and the first of its canals was built. It was destroyed by the Qin dynasty in the late 3rd century BC, and until the 5th century AD it was only a market town. It became an important commercial centre in the 7th century, enriched by traffic along the Grand Canal, and it was the capital of the Five Dynasties and the Song dynasty. Kaifeng was the site of China's only well-documented Jewish community (12th–16th centuries).

Variants of KAIFENG

Kaifeng or K'ai-feng