Qikou Town, Lin County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province

Qikou town

Qikou town is located at the West foot of Luliang, the Bank of the Yellow River and the south end of Linxian County. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, with the help of the Yellow River water transportation, it became an important business town in the north, enjoying the reputation of "the first town of the Yellow River in Jiuqu", and one of the birthplaces of Shanxi merchants. Qikou town is a town under the jurisdiction of Linxian County. It is 50km away from the south end of the county. It is adjacent to Luliang Mountain in the East and the Yellow River in the West. It faces Wubao County of Shaanxi Province across the river. The average altitude is 657m. It has mild microclimate, four distinct seasons, sufficient light, annual average temperature of 11.3 ℃, frost free period of 185 days, and good air quality. At present, there are 40 administrative villages and one neighborhood committee, with a total population of 28540 people. The cultivated land area is 66045 mu, and the vegetation coverage is mainly jujube. In September 1999, Qikou was announced as a scenic spot in Shanxi Province; in September 2001, Qikou was identified as a poverty alleviation pilot zone for tourism in Shanxi Province; in January 2003, Qikou was named as one of the first batch of "famous historical and cultural towns in Shanxi Province"; in May 2004, Xiwan village was announced as one of the first batch of "national famous historical and cultural villages"; in September 2004, Qikou was identified as "demonstration point of small town construction"; in September 2004, Qikou, China, was protected and developed The international symposium was held in Qikou.

Regional overview

Qikou town is a town under the jurisdiction of Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province. It is one of the top ten historical and cultural towns in Shanxi Province. It is listed as a scenic spot in Shanxi Province and a Geopark in Shanxi Province. Qikou town was selected as the second batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China in September 2005. Xiwan village in the town is one of the first batch of "national famous historical and cultural villages".

Main resources

The town is rich in coal resources. It has formed a big development pattern with tourism and coal resources development as the leading role.

The town is rich in resources, including the natural landscape dominated by the Yellow River and the cultural landscape dominated by the architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a famous historical and cultural town in China. Xiwan village in the town is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural villages in China. At the same time, it is also rich in underground resources, including coal resources dominated by No.4 high-quality coal and hydropower resources dominated by Yellow River.

Economic situation

Jujube and vegetables are mainly produced in the town, and off-season vegetables are sold to Lishi, Liulin and other places, which is a source of farmers' income.

The level of agricultural industrialization has been significantly improved by highlighting the local characteristic agriculture and vigorously adjusting the industrial structure. According to the rural work ideas of the county Party committee and the county government, combined with the actual situation of the town, we should continue to take vegetables and red dates as the focus of agricultural structure adjustment, take multiple measures to increase income, and vigorously promote agricultural industrialization.

Vegetable industry

The vegetable industry is growing rapidly. In view of the current situation that the vegetable industry has traditional advantages in this town, this paper makes an article on making it bigger and stronger. First, expand vegetable cultivation and improve vegetable quality. Through propaganda, science and technology support, actively guide farmers to improve vegetable varieties and expand vegetable planting area. In 2007, 22 scientific and technological personnel from the Provincial Association for science and technology and the county participated in 38 times of scientific and technological training in the town. The vegetable association also gave full play to its role in organizing 55 times of explanation of scientific and technological knowledge in 31 villages, with tens of thousands of trainees, effectively improving the scientific and technological quality of farmers. Second, promote greenhouse planting to increase comprehensive benefits. Through scientific and technological training, farmers are strongly encouraged to realize vegetable greenhouse planting. The vegetable greenhouse planting in the town has reached more than 800 mu, with an average benefit of more than 1200 yuan per mu.

Grain production

The grain direct subsidy policy has been effectively implemented. The town's grain direct subsidy work has been successfully completed, with more than 1.2 million yuan of grain direct subsidy funds, all in the form of "one card" and "one discount" issued to households by specialized personnel. In order to make farmers deeply understand the central documents and policies on grain direct subsidy work, we should do a good job of propaganda and mobilization in the whole town according to the requirements of the higher authorities. In order to prevent false reporting and concealment, all cadres of the town government went to the villages and implemented the village protection system. With the assistance of village cadres, we checked the land area door by door and plot by plot, registered them door by door, and then publicized them The publication and timely handling of problems found ensure fairness and authenticity. The further implementation of grain direct subsidy policy has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grain scientifically and ensured the steady development of grain production in the town.

The town continued to take "accelerating the pace of tourism development and protection" as the project of enriching the people, closely followed the idea of tourism development and protection of higher tourism management departments, and actively cooperated with the county Party committee and the county government to successfully hold the major activity of "red dates, 100 calligraphers into Qikou". A culvert of more than 80 meters was built in lianqikou square and tourism reception department. At the same time, environmental sanitation teams were set up in various scenic spots to deal with garbage in time every day, which greatly improved the tourism environment. Three training courses for 35 commentators and fans of tourist attractions were held, which greatly promoted the development of tourism.

Historical evolution

From Linxian, Lishi and Liulin, a large number of pottery pieces, stone knives, stone axes, pottery rings and other cultural relics have been unearthed. In the Neolithic period, human beings lived, lived and multiplied in Qikou.

In the annals of Yongning state in the seventh year of Daoguang, it is recorded that there are ancient city ruins between Linxian and Zhouzhou. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, it was recorded in linxianzhi: "in the fourth year of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, it is recorded in Dongzhai village of Qiushui River in Qikou."

During the northern and Southern Dynasties, Dinghu county and Dinghu county were set up in Linnan, so it was ruled in mengmen Town, Liulin County. The name of Qikou was first seen in the book of Sui Dynasty, which was the defense fortress of Shanxi facing Xiongnu. According to Yongning annals in the seventh year of Daoguang, the west part of the state is less than 120 Li. It is called mengmen town. In the first year of Xiangxiang in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, He county was set up in the second year. In the Sui Dynasty, mengmen pass was set up. Its terrain is obviously solid. Qikou is only 13 km away from mengmen, and it is also on the Bank of the Yellow River.

Qikou is located in the delta of the Yellow River and the Luoshui river. Only in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters occurred in Linxian County, with a population of less than 20000, but Qikou was very depressed. At that time, Houtai town was 2 kilometers away from the market town. It is said that "first there was Houtai Town, then there was Qikou town.". In Qing Dynasty, Houtai town was destroyed by Qiushui River of Qianlong, and Qikou town began to flourish.

During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Qikou benefited from the dangerous pass of Datong and the brilliance of Shanxi merchants, and became "the west gate of Shanxi merchants and the Yellow River Wharf". In other words, half of Qikou belongs to Yongning Prefecture and half to Linxian County. In the early years of the Republic of China, Linxian county was divided into five districts and 36 towns. Qikou area was under the jurisdiction of Xianglu station, with 112 villages, including some towns in Liulin today.

In the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, Linxian county was divided into four districts, three of which were Qikou: Lishi county was divided into five districts, four of which were Qikou, all of which lived in the Black Dragon Temple in Qikou.

In the 35th year of the Republic of China, Linxian and Linnan were merged into Linxian; Lishi and Lidong were merged into Lishi. Qikou was assigned to Linxian county and became Qikou town until now.

Tourism landscape

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, Qu Zhi counted his footprints -- the big Kang sleeping in ancient temples, Tibetan houses and quadrangles, the magical submarine and the Arabian "flying carpet" beside the pyramids. However, it was the first time to live in a cave like Qikou town in Shanxi Province.

Looking for historic sites

Qikou town and Hukou are located on the edge of the Yellow River, but Qikou town is on the edge of the Yellow River in Luliang area, more than 220 kilometers north of hukou. There are some origins for the formation of the ancient town, one is the geographical environment, the other is the Shanxi merchants who created the commercial and financial miracle as its development background, which made the town develop to more than 3000 shops at its most prosperous time.

To the north of zhenkou, the Yellow River channel is four or five hundred meters wide. To the south of zhenkou, the channel shrinks rapidly to less than 100 meters, and the river flows into an S-shape. The rest of the river has become a rocky beach, with a drop of more than 10 meters between the north and the south. In ancient times, ships came here, and in order not to take the dangerous beach, they went ashore one after another and took the dry road. As a result, the grain, oil, fur, and medicinal materials from the northwest came ashore, and were transported by mules, horses, and camels to developed commercial areas such as Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Beijing, and Tianjin. On the return journey, they carried back daily necessities such as cotton, silk, tea, and matches, and then transported to the northwest by water. The prosperity of Qikou town is the result of Jin Merchants' economic radiation.

Living in caves

The idea of living in a cave was finally realized. Listen to the sound of the water, along the ancient road of the Yellow River into the town, Qikou Hotel impressively in the eyes. The hotel is built close to the mountain. In front of the hotel is a courtyard, and in the back there are more than 20 caves on the second floor. The dining is in the courtyard. The whole building is a comprehensive version of courtyard and cave. The most interesting thing is that you can go up to the platform on the top of the courtyard, buy a big watermelon with sand pulp from a stall beside the Yellow River, cut it up and put it on the wall like a booty. Then you can watch the big wooden boat ferry from the Yellow River to the two banks of Shanxi and Shaanxi. While eating the watermelon, you can listen to the sound of the mountain wind blowing through the leaves in the jujube forest. In this ancient mountain town, the highest temperature in midsummer is only 26 ℃ This kind of "performance art" must be regarded as weird and romantic.

Listen to the Yellow River

Most of the buildings in the ancient town are difficult to see the prosperity of that year, so we can only imagine by the introduction on the wall and the present situation. The people of the ancient town are simple and hospitable, but they are not conservative. If they are on a market day, the town is even more lively: local products and imported products, jeans and white sheep's belly headband, motorcycles on the other side of the Yellow River from a big wooden boat That kind of feeling is sprite and old mature vinegar, the feeling is unspeakable, but it makes you remember deeply.

The ancient town is quiet at night. Many people here have two meals, one at 8 and 9 in the morning and one at 3 and 4 in the afternoon. There are no movie theaters, no Internet cafes, no dance halls, and the wooden window frames of ancient town people show a little bit of light yellow. It seems that the pace of history can only be felt at night, because the Yellow River symphony, which has not changed for thousands of years, is still playing here.

Qikou collection

Heilong Temple

Heilong temple, founded in Ming Dynasty, is located in Wohu mountain, Qikou Town, Qiushui River, south of Linxian County

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