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Dragon Pavilion
As one of the seven great ancient capital cities in China, the city of Kaifeng has much to offer in terms of ancient buildings and historical relics. Dragon Pavilion Park ( Long Ting Park ) is a big draw when visiting Kaifeng on your Henan tour. 
Dragon Pavilion is the main structure in the park for the same name sake with an area of 83.13 acres half covered by two lakes – East Dad Lake (Pan Family Lake) ans West Good Lake (Yang Family Lake). Dragon Pavilion is actually not a pavilion, but a palace built on the 13m-high blue brick terrace. A flight of 72-steps leads up to the platform of the terrace with stone balusters on both sides. In the middle of the flight of steps are cloud-dragons. The Palace Hall atop the terrace is a wooden structure with double-gable roofs. The terrace is fenced with stone balusters. Pleople have a good view of the surrounding scenery – the downtown, Qing-Ming Street and the two lakes. The terrace is aperfect place to view the sunset with beautiful glows.
The building of the Dragon Pavilion dates back to to 1692, the 31th year during the reign of Kangxi Emperior in Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1911). Originally known as Wanshou Pavilion, it was built on the coal hill of the former palace buildings of King Zhou in Ming Dynasty (1638-1644). It housed the emperor tablets for the local officials to pray. Later the Coal Hill wad renamed Dragon Pavilion Hill, hence the nane for Dragon Pavilion.
Kaifeng is the ancient capital city for 8 dynasties with their palaces successively built on the location of the present Dragon Pavilion and the two lakes. The first man who chose this place with fengshui that prospered for 0ver next 1200 years was Li Mian, the local governer in Tang Dynasty who had moved his office building from Shanqiu to the present Kaifeng in the year of 781 , thus starting the axis of the ancient Kaifeng for over 1200 years.
Dragon Pavilion Park is on the northen tip of the axis ( Zhongshan Road) easily accessed by the public buses (Bus 1 and Bus 20) and taxis. To its south is the 400m-long Ming Qing Street, a replica of the streets in Ming and Qing Dyansty. The best time to visit Dragon Pavilion is during the chrysanthemum festival from Mid-October to Mid-November, a lot of colors and styles really open your eyes and the most spectacular flower show in the world.
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