Ankokuji, located in the west of Lishi City, was founded in Zhenguan 1 1 year in Tang Dynasty. Baima Fairy Cave, located at the foot of Jiufeng Mountain, 25 kilometers southeast of the city, has rugged rocks, sharp stones like swords and square stones like beds. After entering the cave, the pillar hung down from the top of the cave, three feet from the ground, hitting the clang. There are also several pools in the cave with clear water depth. This cave is a rare large cave in Luliang Mountain. The mountain in the east, called Huangxiling in Beiqi, used to be the starting point of the Great Wall in Beiqi. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng fought with the Ming army here, and the Ming army was defeated. Huang Yiling has lush forests, broad vision, cool climate in summer, brilliant mountain flowers and spectacular mountains and rivers in autumn.
On the edge of the Yellow River in Luliang Mountain, Shanxi Province, there is an ancient town called Qikou.
The historical qikou, relying on the turbulent waves of the Yellow River, pushed its reputation downstream and swam in all directions. In the waves of the Yellow River, the name of the ancient ferry Qikou, located on the edge of Linxian County, Shanxi Province, has been drifting for a long time.
It is called the ancient ferry because it is as famous as the ancient town. Looking across the Yellow River at wubu county, Shaanxi, this ancient town has been together for thousands of years, becoming a pair of complementary partners, a pair of interdependent partners and two intimate friends. The waves of the Yellow River bind the two places together, and the bridge between the two places is the ferry. People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait travel by ferry. This ancient vehicle is now equipped with an engine. Therefore, when the ship sailed in the Yellow River, there was a magnificent and rhythmic motor sound. With the sound of motor coming from far and near, crowds of people will come from Shaanxi to catch the market at Qiaokou.
Moraine, in local terms, refers to a section of rapids shoal formed by the ups and downs of the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River splashed on this shoal, making a loud noise, stirring up snow-like spray and becoming a landscape. No wonder some local boys and old boatmen often wash moraines in teams with white towels on their heads. This is a feat in the local area, a sprint of adventure and a great challenge to exercise the will. ...
It's a little ancient. Ancient dwellings have become the first local landscape. The houses in the Ming and Qing dynasties here have all built streets and stood by the Yellow River. Dwellings are arranged in an inclined combination according to the terrain. On the street, the old cobblestones of the Yellow River paved the street. And those ancient bricks were built into houses, flowing with an ancient rhyme. The house has fallen into disrepair. Although it is not broken, it is extremely strong. Some of them used to be high-walled courtyards of shops, showing traces of commercial ports in this history. Strips of bluestones, rows of big urns, oil baskets and horse drinking troughs fully make people feel the glory of history and the rich commercial atmosphere here.
On the ancient streets, there are naturally extraordinary displays. The sesame cake shop exudes a thick cake fragrance. Now play, bake and sell, hot, delicious, really attractive. What is more attractive is the long strip on the street. These are just daily necessities, and it is difficult for city people to see them. And those bright bronzes, coupled with the charm of Huang Cancan, are even more dazzling. All kinds of copper products are perfectly integrated with the ancient rhyme of Qikou.
Wulong Temple is the main place for praying for rain in the ancient town. It stands on the height of the Yellow River with extraordinary momentum, overlooking the Yellow River, commanding and emitting a kind of majesty. Historically, local people prayed for rain here. It turns out that the Yellow River water still can't get rid of the drought, so Wulong Temple is often in a state of strong incense.
Go up the Qinshui River, less than two Li, and turn behind Qikou, which is a small village surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the river on one side. Because it is at the corner of Qinshui River, it is called Xiwan Village.
Xiwan is a village with a single surname, and everyone in the village is surnamed Chen. Judging from the layout of the village and the structure of the houses, the people in Xiwan Village are by no means ordinary people who make a living by farming. Its bearing, scale and prosperity are by no means ordinary small villages along the Yellow River.
Although the night is quiet, the lights are dim. The red light hanging on the street makes the night in the ancient town seem so quiet and peaceful, poetic and imaginative. On the day when the river lantern was put on, it was still a lamp. In the night flow of the Yellow River, thousands of lanterns lit by candles float on the water. The red light is put into the Yellow River from the side of the Yellow River above Qikou. These lights meander along the Yellow River. The river lantern in the night, with a soft and attractive red light, drifted downstream quietly in the dark night, adding poetry and ancient charm to the ancient town. ...
The streets and shops in Qikou Town are models of traditional buildings in mountainous areas in the Qing Dynasty. The street runs along the Crouching Tiger Mountain, starting from the east, walking along the west of Lishui, and then going north against the Yellow River. More interestingly, the back street of the ancient town is only more than 200 meters, but it has turned 18 turn. These buildings are built entirely according to the terrain, with streets paved with stones, shops with flat doors and high platforms in front. There are two streets and three streets in the south of the main street, one of which is shorter than the other, forming a ladder-like architectural pattern.
According to records, the large-scale construction of Qikou shops began in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Daoguang period, there were more than 60 shops in the town. By the fifth year of the Republic of China, there were many shops, with 204 shops opened by people in Baotou, Hequ, Suide, Fugu, Mengmen, Fenyang, Xiaoyi, Jiexiu and Pingyao. The old houses in Qiaokou tourist area include houses in Xiwan, Lijiashan and Zhaizishan.
Xiwan residential building is located in the north of Qikou Town 1 km, belonging to provincial cultural relics protection units and an ancient architectural complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Surrounded by mountains and waters, it covers an area of 250 meters long and 120 meters wide, with a total area of about 30000 square meters. The building complex is surrounded by a village wall (now incomplete) more than 2 meters high. There are two streets horizontally and five lanes vertically in the compound, which connects the whole hospital in an orderly way. There are small doors between the courtyards. As long as you enter a yard, you can walk around the village through the small door. It can be said that "the village is the courtyard and the courtyard is the mountain village". Xiwan residential building is a typical Lvliang quadrangle with strong historical and cultural flavor and strong loess cultural characteristics. There are 40 courtyards that are basically well preserved. The layout of the whole building complex is reasonable, and flood control and drainage are smooth. In particular, the wood carvings, brick carvings and stone carvings in the city gate, hanging flower gate, zhaobi and hall are unique, and the stone tablets along the streets and lanes have their own charm, which is an excellent material for studying the folk customs of the Yellow River basin and the architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties.