Ciqikou Ancient Town

Ciqikou Ancient Town is located in the center of Chongqing, is a well-preserved ancient town, famous for its unique architectural style, long history and rich cultural connotation. The architectural style of Ciqikou Ancient Town has Bayan characteristics, mainly Ming and Qing buildings, mostly two or three floors of small buildings, using wooden or brick structure, blue tile roof, stone road, simple and elegant. The architectural style of the ancient town is in stark contrast to the modern buildings in downtown Chongqing, making it seem to have traveled to ancient times. Ciqikou Ancient Town has a long history, dating back to the Song Dynasty. According to the history books, Ciqikou in the Ming Dynasty has become a bustling commercial terminal, business travel is gathered, convenient transportation. In the Qing Dynasty, Ciqikou has become a commercial town in the East Sichuan area, and it has a history of hundreds of years. The cultural connotation of Ciqikou Ancient Town is also very rich, with a deep Bayan culture heritage. In the ancient town, you can enjoy traditional Bayan dance, Sichuan drama, book review and other folk art performances, and you can also taste a variety of authentic Chongqing cuisine. In addition, Ciqikou Ancient Town also has a unique folk culture, such as marriage, funeral and other ceremonies have their own unique traditional customs.

40 minutes by boat, the scenery on both sides is good, that is, the two stations are notified to get on the bus, and the one is told. The pick-up bus has also passed. The arrangement is not right and not detailed. The bear children are too many now, unruly, noisy and running around, wearing shoes and kicking people, can't say, parents are protecting and waiting for social discipline.

it’s beautiful. I’ll definitely give another visit to this place. Tips:Better walk from Nanshan Tree Viewing point to Hongdao street

A lot of people are crowded, things inside are expensive but worth seeing

A stone road, the millennium Ciqikou, is the epitome and symbol of the ancient city of Chongqing, is praised as "Little Chongqing", Ciqikou Ancient Town has developed traditional performance projects such as oil press, silk extraction, sugar making, noodles people, Sichuan opera and various traditional snacks, teahouses, etc. The Ciqikou Temple Fair held every Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional event, attracting tens of thousands of citizens to participate. Every time you come to Ciqikou, you have to walk through the Huangqiping archway, follow the store-lined Ciqikou Main Street, pass through the bustling crowd, walk along the Jialing River, and see the calm river. Standing at the ancient ferry port and looking back at the Ciqikou, the archway in the east of Ziqi to bring vitality to the ancient town of Ciqikou, is the ancient ferry port to promote the prosperity of Ciqikou. Ciqikou Ancient Ferry, located on the Jialing River, is a witness to the history of Ciqikou for thousands of years. It was formed between the Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Republic of China reached its great prosperity. In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), the National Government specially set up a hoarding ship and opened the route from Ciqikou to Guihuayuan. According to the records of the Republic of China "Baxian Zhi", "Longyin Town Water Road Interchange, extremely convenient boat, for the west of Chongqing" here as an important land and water pier on the Jialing River, the river is open, the water is stable, the ship is very convenient to dock, since ancient times is a natural port. The folk circulation of Ciqikou "thousand people in the daytime, thousands of bright lights after night". At that time, Ciqikou Pier, business travel, thousands of sails transit, number undulating, fishermen lights, ships shuttle, Shengqiang.

The ancient town of the mountain city is different. Although there are many people, the scenery on the mountain is really beautiful. The ancient town without a small bridge and flowing water is still beautiful.

There is a unique landform of "one river, two streams, three mountains and four streets", forming a natural good port, is an important land and water pier on the Jialing River. Once "thousands of people arched in the daytime, thousands of bright lights after nightfall", prosperous. Bayan culture, religious culture, sand magnet culture, red rock culture and folk culture, each leading the style. A stone road, the millennium magnet mouth, is the epitome and symbol of the ancient city of Chongqing, praised as "Little Chongqing".