汴京

Biànjīng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Bianjing, capital of the Northern Song, today's Kaifeng

Examples

HSK 7-9
Běisòng de dūchéng shì Biànjīng.
The capital of the Northern Song was Bianjing.
HSK 7-9
《 Qīngmíng shànghé tú 》 huà de shì Biànjīng de jiējǐng.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival shows street scenes of Bianjing.

Tips

history
Song writers also called the city 东京, the Eastern Capital, and 汴梁, after the Bian River that brought it grain from the south. Around 1100 it had about a million people, which may have made it the largest city in the world. Today it is 开封 in Henan.

Stroke Order

汴 biàn
京 jīng