Dongjing

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Dongjing is the historical name for Kaifeng when it served as the capital of the Northern Song dynasty in China.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dongjing canonical 4
Bianjing 1
Dongjing (Liao Eastern Capital) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city
historical city name
associatedWithDynasty Northern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
capitalOf Northern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
capturedBy Jin dynasty
ChineseName 东京
linked to: Tokyo
coordinateWith Bianjing
linked to: Kaifeng
country China
culturalFunction center of arts and entertainment
describedByAuthor Meng Yuanlao
describedInWork Dongjing Meng Hua Lu
economicFunction manufacturing center
trade hub
flourishedInCentury 11th century
12th century
hasCityLayoutFeature canals and waterways
imperial palace complex
market districts
residential wards
hasCityLayoutType walled city
historicalEra Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Song dynasty
historicalNameOf Kaifeng
knownFor canal transport network
commercial prosperity
cosmopolitan culture
craft industries
dense urban population
developed market economy
languageOfName Chinese
literalMeaning Eastern Capital
locatedIn Kaifeng
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Henan
linked to: Henan Province
locatedInTimePeriod Northern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
locatedOnRiver Yellow River
modernSuccessorCity Kaifeng
partOfHistoricalRegion Central Plains
politicalFunction administrative center
imperial capital
predecessorCapitalOfSong Bianzhou
regionType urban center
relatedWork Qingming Shanghe Tu
religiousFunction center of Buddhist activity
center of Daoist activity
successorCapitalOfSong Lin'an
sufferedEvent Jurchen invasion
usedAsCapitalBy Song dynasty

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaifeng historicalName Bianjing
linked to: Dongjing
Kaifeng historicalName Dongjing
Xijing contrastedWith Dongjing
Bianliang alsoKnownAs Dongjing
Shangjing coordinateWith Dongjing (Liao Eastern Capital)
linked to: Dongjing
Bohai capital Dongjing