Theme Travel For Ancient Town In Mountain City
"An old flagstone street" is the vivid portrayal of Ciqikou ancient town with time-honored history.
Ciqikou ancient town, formerly known as Longyin town, is nestled on the bank of Jialing River in Shaba District of Chongqing. It is 3 kilometers far from the downtown of Chongqing. Since Ming and Qing dynasties, Ciqikou ancient town has spread its reputation to public in Bashu (two ancient cities in Sichuan).
In the past, it plays a significant role in material distribution on lower reaches of Jialing River and becomes a boisterous ferry terminal. Ciqikou's fascination with ancient building styles makes it become the miniature and symbol of Jiangzhou Ancient Town of Chongqing city.
Ciqikou ancient town is noted for porcelain. In 1918, the local businessmen raised funds to set up a new factory to manufacture the porcelain with the new process. With its high quality and wide varieties, the porcelain gains a reputation inside and outside the city.
Little by little, the name of "Longyin town" is replaced by "Ciqikou". This ancient town houses 12 streets and kynghidongduong.vn lanes lined with buildings with Ming-Qing dynasty style. The blue-stone paved paths and quaint shops along street are well blended with each other. Windows of each house are decorated with window paper-cuts, exquisite in patterns and fine in Craftsmanship.
The elaborately carved beams and well-painted rafters add the more fun and ancient smell for this city. Currently, it retains the old buidings completely, meanwhile develops the traditional performances like candied sweets, pastries. A variety of teahousess and snack shops become the splendid landscape along your Chongqing travel.
Some of the tea houses have performances of traditional Chinese music and local opera.
For the past, this ancient town only owns two main streets, but nowadays they have been replaced by all sorts of shops. Inside teahouse, lots of locals and tourists gathered here for enjoyment to watch shows staged from time to time.
And there is a famous Sichuan show called "Face changing". During their performance, they changed their facial masks in a short time that no one notice that. The colorful facial masks and mysterious face-changing one after another give perfect presentation of both the shape and the spirit, and have lasting appeal.
What's more, how to change their facial masks is the biggest secret for audiences. This performance comes from a story. There is a hero called Baiyong who always helps the poor but don't want the people know it, so as he shows up, he changed his masks nine times.
Today, it becomes a skill of performance.
Having a taste of Chongqing snacks is a thing we can not miss when you enjoy Chongqing Attractions. There are candied sweets, pastries, the Zhangfei Beef Shop where the owner decorated with a strange style, a restaurant for Lạc Sơn Đại Phật Indian food, and different kinds of stir-fried dishes with lots of hot chili pepper.
Most of snacks share a similar taste with Sichuan food featuring hot and spicy flavor.
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