- Kaifeng city is in Henan province
- Bao Zheng was an honest and upright official in the Song Dynasty. His residence was in Kaifeng.
- 4100 year history
- “Song” culture
- Song Ci: poetry
- Famous poets in the Song Dynasty include Su Shi, Jiang Kui, Qin Guan, Li Yu, Liu Yong, Yan Shu, Xin Qiji, Li Qingzhao, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi
- Calligraphy is a big deal
- official flower is Chrysanthemums and they've been raising them for a long time
- Henan University is there
- During the Han Dynasty, Kaifeng became a center of music, art, a refuge for artists, and of splendid gardens despite the trivial political importance of the city at this period.
- technology: astronomical clock tower
- Kaefeng jews…
- also has a Muslim community
- Chrysanthemums
- Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival between 18 October and 18 November every year
"Topics"
- embracing diversity
- collaboration
- “tree sculptures”
- reading tree, giving tree