开封孕育于水体丰茂的豫东平原,初兴于鸿沟开通后的战国,沉寂于河流通塞无定的魏晋南北朝,再兴于通济渠疏浚后的隋唐,繁盛于四河通城的北宋,最终衰落于河流相继淤平或停航的元明清三朝.河流通塞成为开封城兴衰隆替的核心因素之一.
Kaifeng city is breeded in the rich water East Henan Plain, early rose in the period of War States when the Honggou was just opened ; was quiet in the period of Wei, Jin and South - north Dynasties when rivers flew or were plugged; again rose in the period of Sui and Tang dynasties after Tong -ji channels were dreged, at last declined after the rivers suecesivly silted fiat of grounded in the periods of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The fiver' s flow or plug was one of the core factoers for the rise or fall of Kaifeng city.