[2025 Lin County Attraction] Travel Guide for Qikou Scenic Attraction (Updated Mar)

🌅Qikou Treasure Inn, Absolutely Amazing👏 Hey friends👫, do you know Qikou? It's the "First Town on the Nine-Bend Yellow River"! It boasts the super stunning Xifeng Ancient Ferry, breathtaking Yellow River sunsets🌇, and a perfect blend of northern Shaanxi and western Shanxi vibes🤏. Our Qikou Inn, formerly a courtyard house from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, is over two hundred years old, a true veteran "internet famous" spot✨. With its courtyard and cave dwelling design, backed by Wohu Mountain🐯 and facing the Yellow River, taking photos📷 here guarantees amazing shots. The Tingtao Pavilion is a must-see, with a platform on the second floor directly facing the Yellow River. Dining and enjoying the scenery there is pure bliss~ 💖What to do here: 👉Three tourist routes: Red Tourism, Shanxi Merchant Culture, and the Yellow River, offering non-stop fun. 👉Enjoy farmhouse meals, stay in unique cave dwellings, fall asleep💤 to the sound of the Yellow River, and immerse yourself in Shanxi merchant culture. 👉If you're lucky enough to catch a local festival, you can join in the Yangge dance, watch the large-scale live performance "Dreamlike Qikou," and experience the excitement🥳 Seriously, with so much fun to be had, how can you resist💓? Come and check it out!

✨"Qikou Ancient Town - A Time Capsule on the Banks of the Yellow River" ▫️Recommended Activities: - Stroll along the bluestone paths of the Ming and Qing dynasty streets and touch the historical marks left by camel caravans. - Savor a bowl of authentic saozi wantuo (steamed buckwheat noodles with meat sauce), paired with Yellow River carp, while listening to the shopkeeper recount stories of Shanxi merchants. 📸Photo Spots: The remaining iron chains at the old town wharf, and the cascading cave dwellings in Xiwan Village. 🌾"Lijia Mountain Village - A Castle in the Air Painted into Dreams by Wu Guanzhong" ▫️Amazing Experiences: - Ascend the winding Z-shaped mountain road and witness the sudden emergence of a three-dimensional ancient village from the Loess Plateau. - Explore the maze-like stone-built cave dwellings and encounter centuries-old courtyards adorned with strings of chili peppers. - Sit on a heated kang bed in a farmhouse, sip red date tea, and learn from a grandmother how to weave grasshopper cages from sorghum stalks.

This is the first stop of our ancient visit to Shanxi during last year's National Day—Qikou Ancient Town in Shanxi. After seeing the flamboyant ancient towns with vermilion colors in the south, we wanted to come to the north to see the ancient villages with blue bricks and yellow earth. In addition to the ancient town itself, the nearby Lijiashan Village is the place we most wanted to visit this time. The famous painter Wu Guanzhong visited Lijiashan Village twice in the last century to sketch and paint. It is said that he made sketches here, one of which sold for 27 million yuan. As soon as you enter the village, a row of cave-style buildings comes into view. On a high mountain slope of about 40 degrees and several hundred meters, as many as nine layers of 98 courtyards were built, layer upon layer, following the mountain's contour. Seeing such architectural style for the first time was very impressive. There are still villagers living here today. We went early in the morning and even encountered locals having breakfast at home. The history of Lijiashan Village can be traced back to the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty and gradually prospered until the mid-Qing Dynasty. Later, due to the continuous construction and competition between two wealthy families, Lijiashan Village became a dazzling place on the yellow earth. Qikou Ancient Town is known as the 'First Town of the Nine Bends of the Yellow River.' Across the Yellow River is Shaanxi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, the Yellow River water transport here became a famous commercial town in northern China. Currently, the ancient town still retains many buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. You can go to the highest point, Heilong Temple, to overlook the ancient town. ✈️Travel Guide: ❶ Other cities → Lvliang: Qikou Ancient Town is in Lvliang, Shanxi. Lvliang has an airport, and there are direct flights from Chengdu, which are not expensive, generally around 500 yuan. Last year's National Day only cost 450 yuan, with one flight per day by Sichuan Airlines. Lvliang also has a high-speed rail station. ❷ Lvliang → Qikou: 1. If you take the train, get off at the train station and take bus 110 to the 'Jinianpai' stop. After getting off, walk to 'Hengdele Weimin Supermarket,' where there are red minibuses to Qikou, 15 yuan per person (leaves when full). If in a hurry, you can share a ride (about 20 yuan) or charter a car for about 200 yuan; 2. If you take a plane, there is a free airport bus to the city. Get off at 'Dawanyuan' (tell the driver in advance), then take a taxi to 'Hengdele Weimin Supermarket' (follow the same steps as the train arrival guide). ❸ Qikou → Lijiashan Village: Take a taxi or charter a car, 50 yuan round trip (near Qilin Bridge). Driving takes about 10 minutes. If you want to walk slowly, it takes about an hour to walk from the ancient town to Lijiashan Village. 🎫Ticket Information: There are no entrance fees for Qikou and Lijiashan Village. Some residences may charge a sanitation fee of about 2 yuan to enter. Most roads in the village are stone-paved and sloped, so it's best to wear non-slip shoes. If you want a guide, official guides in Qikou and Lijiashan Village charge 50 yuan, and local villagers charge about 30 yuan (negotiable).

By the Yellow River, in the ancient town, in the village, on the stone-paved road, with earthen stone walls, in the farmhouse courtyard... On a certain spring or autumn morning, escape the city, stroll in the countryside town, and step into slow time! Walking on the stone-paved road of the ancient town, every step feels like a dialogue with time. The patterns on the stone slabs are the strokes of time, writing about the past's prosperity and vicissitudes 😃. Sunlight filters through the gaps in the eaves, casting patches of light and shadow on the stone slabs, forming a mosaic. As the breeze blows, it seems as if you can hear the stone slabs whispering, telling those untold stories ✨.