Henan is the main birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization.

Henan is located in the Yellow River basin where the man began to multiply in remote antiquity. As early as in the New Stone Age, the dawn of civilization began to appear in Henan. The elegant pottery of the Peiligang Culture and Yangshao Culture and the character symbols and musical instruments with a history of 8,000 years sufficiently surpass the ancients and amaze
the contemporaries.

Located in the central plain area, the hinterland of China, Henan remained the political, economic and cultural center of the whole country for a long time. There is an old saying that conqueror of the central plain area is the conqueror of the whole country. During the over 3,500 years from the Xia Dynasty, the 21st century B.C., to the Jin Dynasty, the 11th century, more than 20 dynasties with more than 200 emperors set up the capital city in Henan. Millions of pieces of historic relics left in the long process of history, including remains of the Xia Dynasty, bronze wares of the Warring States Period, stone carvings of the Han Dynasty, ancient battlefield of the Three Kingdoms Period, Buddhist temples of the Northern Wei Dynasty, grottoes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, old city of the Northern Song Dynasty, temples of the Ming Qing dynasties, represent cultural essence of various dynasties and make Henan, a vast land of 167,000 square kilometers, a huge natural historic museum.

Zhengzhou: Ancient and Rising Commercial City

Located at the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province. Beijing-Guangzhou and Lanzhou-Lianyungang railways hub here. it owns the biggest
railway marshalling yard in the Asia and the longest bulk cargo yard transfer station in China. The newly-built Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport has, opened flights to over 30 big and medium-sized cities in the country including Hong Kong, and tourist chartered airplane flights to Japan, Singapore. With 371 whole-sale markets including state grain wholesale market, Zhengzhou agricultural machinery exchange market, Zhengzhou is a famous commercial and trade city. The city of Zhengzhou came into shape more than 3,500 years ago. Its tourist attractions include the Songshan Shaolin Temple, Yellow River cultural group with Yellow River Scenic Spot, the Yellow River Grand View and Dahecun Village Remains as main, the root-seeking and respects-paying tour with Xuanyuan's Native Place, Yellow Emperor's Palace, Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan.

Kaifeng: the Ancient Capital City of Bianjing

Kaifeng was called Daliang, or Bianjing in ancient time.
Being made the capital city successively by 7 dynasties in history. Kaifeng is famed as the Capital City of Bianjing of 7 dynasties. In Kaifeng there are a large quantity of historic relics, among which the major ones are the Iron Pagoda (The iron Pagoda also called the Youguo Temple Pagoda, was first built in the first year of Huangyou under the reign of Emperor, the highest one among the extant glazed pagoda in China), the Dragon Pavilion, the Xiangguo Temple, the Memorial Temple of Lord Bao, the Pota Pagoda, the Shanxi-Shanxi Gansu
Guildhall, the Yanqing Temple, King Yu Terrace and the Pan-Yang Lake, the Lord Bao Lake. With the famous Fanlou Storied Building in the north end, two magnificent watchtowers in the
south end, imitation Song Dynasty style storied buildings and pavilions along it, the newly built Imperial Street of the Capital City of the Song Dynasty has started business. There are Bian Embroidery shops, calligraphy and painting shops, antique shops, and restaurant serving famous wines, smack bars overlooking the street.

Luoyang: Capital of 9 dynasties and peony city

The ancient capital city of Luoyang lies 120 kilometers west of Zhengzhou. It takes 1.5 hours from Zhengzhou to Luoyang by bus. Luoyang is one of the seven ancient capitals in China.
Beginning from 21st century B.C., 12 dynasties, namely Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Nortern Wei, Sui, Tang, Later Liang, Later Tang and Later Jin set up their capital here, lasting more than 1,200 years in total. Luoyang is the well-known city of peony and has the fame as Luoyang peony is the finest under heaven. Its main tourist attractions include Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple, Guan Forest, Ancient Tomb Museum and Monk Xuanzhuang Native Place.