Shanxi: the first town Qikou town in the Yellow River

Go to theShanxiPingyao to see the culture of Shanxi merchants, Shanxi Hukou the Yellow River spectacle has become public consensus, and is located in Shanxi Lvliang mountain edge of the the Yellow River, a "nine of the Yellow River first town" title of the Qikou, but ended up low-key inconspicuous.

Moraine, refers to a section of rapids shoal of the Yellow River due to topography and formation. Hundreds of years ago, I was in the Yellow River city on Wan Li, as everyone knows the gold dock, peak, water boat shuttle, shore merchants clouds; now I, no longer in former days brilliant, perhaps, because of slow, only gained a carefree and content. Live in the cave, listening to the Yellow River, find sites, riding a donkey, visitors can slow the taste of ancient civilization.

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I swim, two days one night trip will be able to see see.

Come hereTravelingMost people who live in the hometown, but also to the local search now, it is difficult to book in advance. In the bus, there will be driving a small van local visitors to the West Village, Li Shan's two most famous attractions or some hotel.

Li Shan is located in the Qikou town 3 kilometers, hidden in the deep mountains, ethereal and elegant, but the road is narrow, the generalTravelingThe bus can not enter the society. On the road, the driver pass card "Zhang Erxiao of Shanxi", "potato faction" local flavor blow against our faces.

An old man sat on the edge of the cave site.

Zhang Er's novels, age two season here the biggest harvest. With beautiful rape flowers in spring, many photography enthusiasts, backpackers, painter, painting take pictures here. And now is the wild jujube mature season, "you can have delicious food!" Indeed, halfway up the mountain from the start, on both sides of the mountain have been to the mountains, wild jujube trees all over the mountains and plains. Zhang Erxiao's car atPanshanThe road turn left turn right, finally took us to a courtyard, then, I know, this house has 300 years of history, is the most ancient courtyard Li Shan preserved intact. At that time, it is this courtyard accepted the painter Wu Guanzhong, now the yard also retain Wu Guanzhong lived in the cave.

Wu Guanzhong in 1989 October to Li Shan folk songs exclaimed, Li Shan look like a lonely tomb from the outside, it is about the ancient ancient cave, relatively closed.

Perhaps is the painter Wu Guanzhong's blessing, the compound of the Li Yinlan family since then have everfount love to paint one to live. Li Yinlan is married to the compound's daughter-in-law, she said, grandpa grandma and Wu Guanzhong live in a cave, sleep in a bed, at that time, his family is not the hotel, until the recent 10 years, was officially changed to the hotel, and the most frequented her is like painting people. According to Li Yinlan, Li Shan has three hotels, respectively is "Li Yinlan", "Li Jianxin" and "the Yellow River people", sometimes art student to too much, the three hotel arrangements do not come, let students live to the other fellow.

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Tourists often together "Ceng guide". This guide is the big girl, the daughter-in-law Lijiashan village, spent thirty yuan will be able to go to. The most love is about building Lijiashan village history, Lee man story. Qikou Shang Fu boom, Li also participate in the business. With money, they gradually began to move civil. They invited Mr. Feng Shui to watch, see Li Jia Shan Cun, two south of the minor groove, in the village of South confluence, into the Yellow River, two furrow between the hill, likePhoenixFirst, about two mountain is the wings of the wind, then chose this place. The village construction in water rubbed brickwork masonry, brick, wood, stone carving and exquisite board meet the eye everywhere.

The local people to sell handicrafts to tourists.

The architectural form with brick vault (cave) Ming-chu, Xiamen eave the main courtyard, mountain building. And with street, stone ridge, block stone pavement. Now Li Jia Shan Cun, greatly small have a hundred yuan, more than 400 houses, many young people moved to the village under the mountain residential, the remaining ancient villages in mountain people are very interesting. Chat with a few still on the mountain residential elderly, eating here the earth pot fry the "Da Guocai", think this is the area where "potato faction". There is a 70 years old man named Li, the most like Shanxi to sing folk songs in her two floor gallery, he has become a scenery of Li Shan Tourism, tour guide will take visitors to his home to hear him sing a song, and his nephew was sitting on the side of firewood, firewood sound like be in for him. The old man sang "cannon" sing "go west", until his cry. The tour guide said, the old man's wife in second years of marriage they became ill, elderly people to take care of her for a lifetime, until the last wife died.

Eating dinner at the Li Yinlan's farm house, toward the the Yellow River place to go, all the way down to eat jujube, jujube sweet, soft waxy look particularly cooked, but not cooked jujube is crisp and refreshing.

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