Heilong Temple at Qikou
Perched on a clifftop of Wohu Hill since the Ming, Heilong Temple overlooks the Datong rapids of the Yellow River and its meeting with the Qiushui in Qikou.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Lin County
First Ancient Town of Nine-Bend Yellow River, Qikou preserves stone wharf shophouses in Linxian, facing terraced cave dwellings at Lijiashan.
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A place shaped through time
First Ancient Town of Nine-Bend Yellow River, Qikou preserves stone wharf shophouses in Linxian, facing terraced cave dwellings at Lijiashan.
Lin County
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Atlas Attractions
Qikou Ming-Qing Commercial Street
Shops crowd this river-and-land trading street, once a hub for moving hides, grain and oil across northwest China, where wealth gathered beside the dangerous rapids.
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Lijiashan Terraced Village in Qikou
Cave dwellings stack up the loess cliffs at Lijiashan, a village that amazed painter Wu Guanzhong, who likened it to mysterious tomb figurines unearthed from Han graves.
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Xiwan Folk Courtyard in Qikou
The merchant Chen family built more than thirty fortress-like cave courtyards against the hillside, linked by hidden passages and guarded by gates.
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