(dramatic music) In 1127 the siege of Kaifeng began. It's one of the greatest, most poignant tragedies in Chinese history. Just imagine the scene: Thick snow swirling down from the sky. On the ...

For six months, the city had been withstanding a rebel siege. But when it became clear that the city could not hold out any longer, the governor of Kaifeng decided to take drastic action ...

ANCIENT CHINA's former capital of Kaifeng was destroyed by a horror Yellow River flood, which killed around 300,000 people - but new research has exposed the true extent of the devastation that ...

Kaifeng Torah during Father Ricci’s time dated to the year 1008 CE. On 18 th August 1723, Father Antoine Gaubil (1689–1759) wrote to Father Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (杜赫德, 1674–1743).