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Prefecture-level city in Henan, People's Republic of China
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Shangqiu (商丘; shāngqiū) is a city in eastern Henan province, China. Shangqiu has a history of over 4,000 years. It was the first capital of the Shang Dynasty, and later served as the capital of some states including Song in the Zhou Dynasty and Liang in the Han Dynasty.
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日月湖
Sun Moon Lake is located between the east and Xicheng districts of Yongcheng City, Henan Province, China. It consists of two lakes, one round like the sun and the other slightly longer like the moon. It is named Sun Moon Lake.
商丘古城
The origin of Shangqiu and has a history of over 4,000 years. The present buildings on the ground were mainly built in Ming Dynasty, and most of the buildings before Ming Dynasty are buried because of flooding of the Yellow River. It is surrounded by moat called Southern Lake (南湖). The main attractions include City Wall (城墙), Gongyang Gate (拱阳门), Gongchen Gate (拱辰门), Zhangxun Temple (张巡祠), Yingtian Academy (应天书院), Zhanghui Hall (壮悔堂) and Mu's Siheyuan (穆氏四合院).
火神台
The temple that sacrifices the god of fire, who is also the ancestry of Shang's people. The name of "Shangqiu" origins from here (Shang = Shang's people; Qiu = small hill, where this temple is built).
商丘博物馆
The main museum of Shangqiu. Introduce the history of Shangqiu.
张巡祠
Located at the south gate of the ancient city of Shangqiu, it was built in memory of Zhang Xun, the hero who was martyred to defend Suiyang in the "An Shi Rebellion". The hall was built in 1990, covering an area of 40,700 square meters, 370 meters long from north to south, 100 meters wide from east to west, from south to north for the square area, building area and cemetery garden area three parts, the whole building is magnificent, majestic, is the central Plains area of the largest imitation Tang architecture.
黄河故道国家森林公园
The Yellow River flew through here before 1855. Now it is a popular recreation area for all Shangqiu citizens.
好人主题公园
Shangqiu Good People Theme Park was established in November 2017. According to the context of Shangqiu good people's cultural development and inheritance, it is divided into three regions: image display area, cultural development area and historical inheritance area.
宋城公园
Songcheng Park covers an area of 6.4 hectares, is a good place for citizens to relax.The recommended length is about 2-3 hours.
芒砀山
The only natural hills in Shangqiu, with the highest altitude of 156.8 meters. Clustered tombs of the kings of State of Liang in Han Dynasty. Many delicacy cultural relics were excavated and reserved in the museum nearby and Henan Museum in Zhengzhou.
木兰故里
The homeland of Hua Mulan (花木兰).
庄子故里
The homeland of Zhuangzi (庄子).
凤城湖
The county seat of Sui County before Qing Dynasty, flooded by the Yellow River and became a lake. Good resort place for citizens in Sui County. The tomb of Duke Xiang of Song (宋襄公) is on the island of the lake.
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方中山胡辣汤
西街口马家包子店
云鼎岳火锅
Special hotpot restaurant with a variety of fresh ingredients.
海底捞
It is a large-scale cross-province direct catering brand hot pot restaurant that mainly manages Sichuan flavor hot pot and integrates the characteristics of hot pot around the country.
古茗
The store has a variety of milk tea.
商丘信华建国酒店
It opened in 2018. The hotel is shaped like a bird. The hotel has 332 rooms of various types, 5 Chinese and Western restaurants and banquet halls of different styles, as well as a fully functional recreation center. There are laundry service, swimming pool, gym, cafe as well as free parking and wifi.
瑞华维景国际大酒店
Guests praised the hospitality and professional service of the staff. Guests spoke highly of the front desk staff.
维也纳酒店
凯里亚德酒店
The hotel has 137 rooms. Hotel facilities, catering, self-service washing machine, conference room and so on, has 3 conference room space can accommodate 20-200 people.Free parking and wifi available.
国展绿地铂派酒店
The hotel has 210 rooms. Rooms range in size from 27-81 square meters, with all-day restaurant, lobby, gym, self-laundry, self-supermarket and other supporting facilities. Free parking and wifi are available.
白玉兰酒店
The hotel has 117 rooms. The hotel offers shuttle service, free parking, a meeting room and 24-hour room service.
金士顿国际假日酒店
The hotel has 136 rooms.The hotel offers ground floor, underground parking, oversized bathtub, free WiFi. The buffet restaurant provides specialty food of Shangqiu, the hotel also provides reservation service, luggage storage service.
桔子酒店
The hotel offers free toiletries, free parking, free gym and laundry service.
汉庭酒店
The hotel offers free toiletries, free parking, free gym and laundry service.
By bus
Long-distance buses arrive Shangqiu frequently from nearby major cities such as Zhengzhou and Xuzhou and smaller cities such as Zhoukou, Bozhou, Heze and Kaifeng.
By taxi
Shangqiu City taxi starts at 5 yuan, including 2 kilometers. More than 2 kilometers, 1 yuan per kilometer, more than 10 kilometers, 1.5 yuan per kilometer.
By bicycle
Shared bicycles are available across downtown and major towns in counties.
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