Qindu Town, a famous town in Guanzhong

"The Guokui noodles of Qian County are as good as Qishan, and the rice noodles of Qin Town are as good as Chang'an." It was probably 2015, CCTV's "Far Home" 》The column team came to Qin Town, and a bowl of Mengji Guangshengtang rice noodle, one of the century-old restaurants, instantly became popular on the Internet. When many people talk about Qindu Town in Xi'an Yi District, the first thing they think of is this bowl of rice noodles.

In fact, Mengji is not the only time-honored rice cake shop in the old streets of Qin Town. The Xue family and Lu family are also known as century-old stores, and the rice cakes of each store are indistinguishable. The difference lies in that. The dish is served with spicy red oil and a pinch of syrup as the finishing touch. Now Qinzhen rice noodle has become one of the first batch of famous Shaanxi snacks to be selected into the Shaanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage List. You can’t go to Qinzhen without eating a bowl of rice noodle. It means you have never been to Qin Town

Mipi is the business card and main industry of Qin Town, but Qin Town is not just as simple as Mipi. Walk about two or three kilometers from Qinzhen Old Street to North Street. Ping Ping Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty on the site of the "Lingtai of King Wen of Zhou". The Lingtai Lingmarsh ruins prove that this place was once the Fengjing place in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Nowadays, people on the bank of Fenghe River copy the prototype of Lingmarsh in the tourist attraction "Book of Songs". Qin Town was originally called Qindu. Before 1620, in the third year of the Hongshi period of the Later Qin Dynasty (AD 401), Emperor Yao Xing of the Later Qin Dynasty came from the western regions to welcome Kumarajiva, an eminent monk from India, to Caotang Temple in Chang'an to translate scriptures. He often brought hundreds of civil and military officials to Caotang Temple to listen to the master's lectures. For this reason, a ferry was set up on the Fenghe River, and Qindu got its name from this.

Since the Later Qin Dynasty set up a ferry here, this place has become an important town for merchants for thousands of years. Especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the prosperity here once exceeded that of Huxian County. Nowadays, the south gate of Qin Town Old Street is still relatively intact, and this part of the rammed earth city wall still remains outside the city gate. These remaining buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties bear witness to the prosperity of Qin Gudu Town in the past.

Since the late 1990s, Qindu Town has experienced a wave of commercial renaissance. For a time, large-scale construction projects were carried out without foresight, leaving many regrets.

Nowadays, except for some time-honored brands in the old street, some shops built in the later period have become depleted and unsustainable, and people are also looking for new development options

I heard that it is now included in the It is a high-tech zone, so the future of development here is still bright. People here are all looking forward to it, hoping that Qindu Town will have a better tomorrow. I wish you all the best and hope that the lives of the people here will get better and better.

2021.7.15 Dongzi recorded in Xi'an

Tourist attractions around Hu County

There is an eight-jeweled jade pagoda called Kumarajiva Pagoda in Caotang Temple. The stele of Buddhist teachings written by Zen Master Baohui written by calligrapher Liu Gongquan, and the smoke well that is sometimes filled with mist. In terms of translation method, Kumarajiva changed the literal translation to free translation to make the Buddhist scriptures clear and easy to understand and spread. "Treatise on Buddhism" and other classics, vigorously promote the Three Treatises and Chengshi sects, so Caotang Temple is regarded as the ancestral home of the Three Treatises and Chengshi sect of Chinese Buddhism. You can get there by taking the tourist bus bound for Caotang Temple at Xi'an Bus Station. Caotangying Village, Qin Town, Huxian County, about 30 kilometers southwest of Xi'an, was founded in the third year of Hongshi's reign in the Later Qin Dynasty (AD 401). It was the place where the eminent monk Kumarajiva (one of the four great translators of Chinese Buddhism) translated Buddhist scriptures. The place is simple and simple, so it is named Caotang Temple. Off-season (December 1 to the end of February) 15 yuan; peak season (March 1 to the end of November) 25 yuan.

Comprehensive list of tourist attractions around Xi'an, one-day self-driving tour

Comprehensive list of tourist attractions around Xi'an, Lishan Mountain, Ziwu Valley, Epang Palace, Xi'an Qinling Wildlife Park, etc.

Lishan is a very famous tourist attraction. The best time to travel is the summer. It does not take much time to travel there by car from Xi'an. The highest altitude here is more than 1,200 meters. Climbing to the highest point, the view is amazing and the scenery is infinitely beautiful. Ziwu Valley is also a good tourist attraction for self-driving tours around Xi'an. It doesn't take long to drive and you can see many beautiful scenery here.

Afang Palace was established a long time ago. It is a palace belonging to the Qin Dynasty and is currently a very important cultural relic protection unit in the country. The best time to travel here is spring and autumn. You can stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, forget all the stress and troubles, and enjoy a wonderful vacation.

Xi'an's food

Beef and mutton steamed buns, cured meat buns, Qinzhen rice noodles, Biangbiang noodles, spicy meatball soup, sauerkraut noodles, night market barbecue, gourd heads Steamed buns, stir-fried steamed buns, Jia Yongxin persimmon cakes. Roujiamo was selected into the fifth batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Shaanxi Province in January 2016.

The bacon-wrapped pork buns are made from semi-baked bagels or Laotongguan shortbread, which is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The characteristic is that hot steamed buns are sandwiched with meat that is bright and rosy in color, soft and mellow, fat but not greasy, lean but not woody, and melts in the mouth. When eaten together, the meat is fragrant and the steamed buns are crispy, which is really an aftertaste.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Xi’an