Museums
Video 1:20Henan Museum
河南博物院One building that explains the whole province
4.83 h|Free
Suggested stay
2 days
Editorial guides
2
Arrive at
Zhengzhou East railway · Xinzheng airport
Best season
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
Three reasons to get off the train
- 01
Museums
Provincial collections with English labels
- 02
Live shows
Walk-through theatre and night projection
- 03
Food streets
Night markets and breakfast streets
- 04
Bring these together
Henan Museum · Only Henan Theatre City
What to see in Zhengzhou
2 editorial guidesWhat happened here
c. 7000 BCESitesPrehistoric
Peiligang: the first farming villages
Millet farmers, stone sickles and the earliest pottery found in the region, dug out of a village site east of today's Xinzheng.
c. 1600 BCESitesXia & Shang
The Shang walled city under Zhengzhou
A rammed-earth wall seven kilometres around, with bronze foundries inside, sits under the modern city centre.
1906Modern
The railway makes Zhengzhou
A junction of two trunk lines turned a county town into the province's transport capital within a generation.
What to eat in Zhengzhou
Braised Noodles
烩面Wide hand-pulled noodles in a lamb broth, served in a bowl the size of your head.
Neighbourhood shops citywide
“Free, quiet, and the best two hours you can spend before deciding where to go next.”
Henan Museum
“No Mandarin needed for most of it. You just walk through rooms and let the staging happen around you.”
Only Henan Theatre City
Arrive, then move slowly
- Gateway
- Zhengzhou East railway · Xinzheng airport
- Rail access
- Direct high-speed rail
- Time needed
- 2 days · 11 h of site time
Rail times below are planning estimates, not timetable data. Confirm departures before booking.
Nearby by rail
| City | Distance | Est. rail |
|---|---|---|
| Xingyang 荥阳 | 23 km | 0h 39m |
| Zhongmu 中牟 | 32 km | 0h 42m |
| Xinzheng 新郑 | 40 km | 0h 45m |
| Wen County 温县 | 54 km | 0h 49m |