In Kaifeng, the finest products from all over China could be purchased, including Jingdezhen porcelain and Hangzhou silk. The poet Zhou Bangyan marveled at the sharpness of knives from Taiyuan in Shanxi, which glinted like water, and at salt from Hangzhou which was as white as snow.
開封城內，來自各地專業生產的物品精緻異常，不論是江西景德鎮的瓷器，杭州的綢緞都行銷於全國，難怪詩人周邦彥要讚嘆山西太原的刀像水一般光亮鋒利，而蘇州的鹽巴則比雪還要白淨。