The closest orphanage is located in kaifeng , a city about 25 miles from the county .
距离兰考县最近的孤儿院位于大约40公里开外的开封市。
Historians describe large urban centres , protected by high walls , as early as 3700 years ago . It is likely that the 12th-century song capital of kaifeng in northern china was then the world 's most populous city .
' In our family , we didn 't eat pork , ' says nina wang , a 24-year-old kaifeng native who now lives in israel and underwent orthodox jewish conversion .
24岁的ninawang是土生土长的开封人,现在住在以色列,已经完成了皈依犹太教的正统仪式。
So what can new york learn from a city like kaifeng ?
那么,从开封衰落的历史里,纽约能学到些什么呢?
Kaifeng 's stature attracted people from all over the world , including hundreds of jews .
开封的地位吸引了世界各地的人们,包括成百的犹太人。
Kaifeng , an ancient city along the mud-clogged yellow river , was by far the most important place in the world in 1000 .