Xi'an trip

My hometown has direct trains to Xi'an and Taiyuan. These two provinces are also the center of the development of Chinese civilization, so I planned this trip. I can take my children and parents to visit slowly.

The early spring weather at the end of March and early April is a good time to visit, but the weather is not too stable.

Fly from Shenzhen to Xi’an, meet up with grandpa, grandma and grandpa. After check-in, go to the city wall of Xi’an not far from the hotel. Yongning gate, 60 tickets for adults is also quite expensive. The city wall is very big, but we can’t finish it. I remember that I couldn’t go up the city wall in 1997, and my memory is not deep enough. I brought my children here again 20 years later. There are quite a lot of tourists on the city wall. There are car rentals and lantern festivals. Going to the Forest of Steles Museum, it’s almost time to get off work. Grandpa and grandpa went in for a walk. There is an antique calligraphy and painting area nearby. Now Xi’an has developed a lot, and there are still many old buildings inside the city wall, so few locals live in the city wall. It is said that life is inconvenient, and it is full of tourist business.

It was my 40th birthday, and I wanted to eat authentic Shaanxi cuisine. It took more than an hour to queue up. We were so hungry that we went directly to Xibei, which didn’t have to wait in line. The family celebrated together.

The next day, I chartered a car and went directly to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses and Huaqing Pool. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are still good. Even when I grow up, I still feel that it is indeed a magnificent ancient project. far away.

Tickets for Huaqing Pool are very expensive, each pool has aged, and there is no soup gushing out from the ground. Imagine that the previous emperors enjoyed the same conditions, and the exquisite surroundings are not bad. Didn't watch the show, went directly back to the city to visit the Drum Tower and Huimin Street.

I ate dumplings at Defachang in Gulou. Of the ten fillings on the brand, 8 didn’t have any, so I could only taste it briefly. Time-honored brands cannot improve without change. Huimin Street is no longer the Huimin Street in my impression. Twenty years ago, Huimin Street was like a market with many stalls. Now it is a stereotyped pedestrian street with people shouting at the door. I bought red willow mutton skewers, which taste good. My sister and My younger brother loves to eat it. Lao Sun’s mutton soaked, about 30 a bowl, is also delicious, but the small bowl of their porridge costs 6 yuan, and I feel that 1 yuan is not worth it.

The next day, I went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Tang Furong Garden to watch the performances. I went to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda first. There was nothing nearby that sold breakfast. I bought it after a long walk. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the Xi’an Museum were together. I met Xibo, the model of Chang'an City thousands of years ago is good, and the Xiaoya Pagoda is relatively elegant, and I can't climb it. The vicinity of the Yanta District feels like it has a historical flavor. Take the bus from the Little Wild Goose Pagoda to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. A large tourist area has been developed nearby. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is actually not that big. Xuanzang started to learn Buddhist scriptures. Beibei climbed up the Big Wild Goose Pagoda with his father, grandfather,

The Datang Furong Garden is very large, and there is a big park inside. The weather is very hot, and the willow catkins are all over the ground. After the end, watch the performance of Dreaming Back to Tang Dynasty outside, about 1 hour, the performance is not bad, the child has a general understanding of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.


Day 3 Hukou Waterfall

Go to Xi'an High-speed Railway Station early in the morning, take the high-speed rail to Linfen, and then charter a car to Hukou Waterfall. The car journey takes about 2 hours. Driving all the way along the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi, there are impoverished counties and many closed mines. This is my first time in Shanxi. My previous impression of Shanxi was mediocre, just like a large coal-producing province in a documentary, but it was disgraced by coal. Even the air is not good, it feels gray, and there are many wooden buildings. There is also a classmate who used to come from Taiyuan here, and a friend who came from the countryside here. He said that eating noodles at home all day starts with flour.

This time I came to Shanxi and felt that the weather was pretty good, and the sky was blue, but the terrain determined that she couldn’t be as green as the Jiangnan Plain. There are many loess mountains, and it’s not easy to grow anything.

When the car drove to the Yellow River, the Yellow River carp we ate for lunch was actually just a green bastard bought in the market. It smelled like earth at 25 kg, and the craftsmanship of the shop was also appalling.

The water of the Yellow River is very narrow, about 10 meters wide from the shore. I am used to seeing the mighty Yangtze River in Nanjing, and then look at the Yellow River, which is as famous as it, is not at the same level. Although culturally speaking, the Yellow River has a long history , The Yellow River I saw in Lanzhou last time is also full of water. Why is it so weak when it reaches the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi?

The mountains on both sides are probably in the shape of steamed buns, 2 or 3 hundred meters high, and some saplings are sparsely planted. It seems that the green can't cover the loess. From buying tickets to entering, I went to Hukou Waterfall. .

The river beach is very open, and the noise of the waterfall and the rise of white mist can be heard from a distance. It is likely that water can cover this river beach during floods. There are also stones on the river beach, which are washed out of various grooves and arcs by the water. We Visiting here in Shanxi, you can't go directly to Shaanxi. Although there was a highway bridge to Shaanxi before, the scenery on both sides is not too different, so you don't have to pay the entrance fee there.

The children and the river beach saw the uncle pulling the mule. Both the uncle and the mule were dressed in white coats and red flowers, which had a very northern Shaanxi flavor. The two children like to ride four-legged animals the most. They all laughed when they got up, and they were happy from the inside out. The photo was taken

They are all beautiful, the mule stopped when he reached the waterfall, and took some photos for the stop.


There is a lot of noise when going to the waterfall, and the natural scenery is refreshing. I am in a good mood. There is a breeze, there is natural power, the roaring water, and such a huge power is hidden in a narrow river, which makes people feel quite amazing. Yes, after the waterfall falls, the water is full of crushed foam, and a huge mist rises up, and you can also see a rainbow in the mist. When the water is farther away, the water calms down, and the Yellow River flows slowly again.

There is a dragon cave on the Yellow River in Shanxi, where you can go down to the next floor to see the Yellow River at a closer distance. You can go down the narrow stairs dripping with water. The splash of the waterfall on the next floor can directly wet the ground, so hurry up and take pictures leave.

I think Hukou Waterfall is still worth visiting. It is worthwhile for me to drive for a few more hours. I am naturally fond of natural scenery. Historical attractions are hard to impress me, just like in Xi’an, there is nothing exciting, but Hukou Waterfall Give me this feeling.

I hope that the two children can still remember this waterfall, the Yellow River where the wind is roaring and the horses are roaring. I hope this mother river that carries Chinese civilization will grow stronger and healthier!

The return journey is a train ride to Pingyao. This place is what my mother really wants to come. The focus of this trip is Pingyao and Hukou, which fulfills my mother's wish.



It was already past 7 o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Pingyao. The train station dragged the boxes all the way to the ancient city. The innkeeper found a battery car and waited for us at the gate of the west city. Pingyao is a relatively well-preserved ancient city in China. The city was built in BC, and the current city wall was built in the Ming Dynasty. The 700-year history is well preserved. So many ancient cities in China have disappeared in the ruins. When I saw Pingyao, I couldn’t help admiring the local people in Shanxi. Many old wooden buildings and statues in Shanxi have been preserved. made a huge contribution.


Before I came here, I borrowed the Chinese version of Lonely Planet and told my children about the ancient city of Pingyao. At that time, I really wanted to go there immediately and see it with my own eyes. The various city gates and the county government offices in the city are very worth visiting. A very complete county government office has everything from the tax office to the six departments, the lobby, the military warehouse, the granary, the county magistrate’s residence, the prison, and the judiciary. It is equivalent to the current government office building. It took about 2 or 3 hours after the visit, because it is really big! ! This is the first time I have seen such a large county government. The land is bigger than the imperial palace in a small country.


My favorite is the Guanfeng Building and Tingyu Building built by the county lord on the Yamen Street. It is a small floor, and you can go upstairs directly from the county government office. You can walk out of the house and see the bustling people on the street. Good place:)

The ancient city of Pingyao is not very big as a whole, but there are many wealthy households and banks. Shanxi merchants started from here and went to the whole country. It was probably based on this background that year when the flowers bloomed and the moon was full. I went in and took a look. In fact, the ticket number is not big, but I learned how the bank operated 100 years ago.

Probably Pingyao was the financial center city back then. There are also many families with great achievements, leaving behind many big houses, which are also built with antique flavors and pavilions. We live in the big house of the Cheng family, although in the end grandma said that I am still used to living in it Modern hotel.

There are a lot of noodle sellers on the street, but the noodle is not tasty after eating at many restaurants. It is the Shanxi pasta in Huakaiyuezhenyuan that made me greedy. It turned out to be a tourist area. The machine-made noodle, I turned around I have never eaten a delicious restaurant, and I also have a pursuit of food!

The ancient city wall of Pingyao is very good, the county government is very good, the ticket number security bureau is very good, and the rest is left.

The next day, the air temperature dropped a lot, from 35 degrees to today's 5 degrees. The children put on all the thick clothes they could wear. Besides the cold, there was also a biting wind. We chartered a car to take us to see the Qiao Family Courtyard, then Jinci Temple and then to Taiyuan.

It took me an hour to drive to the Qiao Family Courtyard. Coincidentally, due to the unstable weather during the Ching Ming Festival, the Qiao Family Courtyard has a total of six courtyards, three on the left and three on the left, and more than 300 houses. The surrounding area still feels desolate, full of construction equipment factories, messy, and catching up with the soot weather.

The old homeowner, Qiao Zhiyong, started his fortune from the silk tea ticket shop business, and later he may have also participated in mining smuggling with Mongolia, making his fortune a fortune. When Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward, she also used this as a residence.

The structures of the courtyards inside are not the same. When you get closer, there is a two-story main building at the end, which is the residence of various generations of homeowners and their children. Some of the houses inside seem to be restored later. Can't keep up with maintenance.

In fact, it’s about the same if you look at it. The cold weather can’t keep up with it. Take a look. It happens that there is a shop in the last garden that sells pear tea. It costs 20 yuan a cup. Although it is expensive, it is also warm to drink in cold weather.

Get on the bus and continue driving for about an hour to arrive at Jinci Temple. This is where I have been longing for a long time. I remember a text in my childhood about Jinci Temple. The surroundings of Jinci Temple are in a mess. The government wants to develop the surrounding area, but the flow of tourists cannot keep up. On the contrary, many restaurants make the environment very bad.

But when you enter the gate of Jinci Temple, it is completely different. It is quiet and simple. Every house and every tree is written on the surface. The history of Jinci Temple is about 1500 years. Dao: "Jishan is surrounded by water, there is Tang Shuyu Temple, there is a cool hall beside the water, and a flying beam is built on the water. This is the fish marsh flying beam of Jinci Temple. It is said to be the first overpass bridge in China.

The Notre Dame Hall is very large, the color of the cornices of the pillars has peeled off, the wood grain is exposed, and it is no longer beautiful, but this is history, the history that we can feel, just like the reclining Buddha Temple in Zhangye for the first time, it is also Thousands of years of history, all the prosperity has been exhausted, and the lead is washed away, so that it is now simple and majestic, and the years are strong. There is a feeling of being touched in my heart, and I feel that I have met it in the long river of history, and I cherish it very much!

And those temples with strong incense, magnificent, carved beams and painted buildings, do not have the feeling of awe, especially the recent destructive restoration of the Anyue Grottoes in Sichuan, the stone statues have lost the sense of cheap temple fairs from the simple artistic sense, I really feel In addition to maintaining it so that it does not break, people should stop doing superfluous things now. We are not as good at making historical sites as the ancients.

There are quite a lot of houses in Jinci, and the Nanlaoquan is still bubbling with clear springs. In Shanxi, where there is little rain and water in the impression, there is such a clear spring, and the spring is still there after a thousand years. It is really rare! No wonder this is Jinci Temple. Zhou Bai and Sui Huai on both sides of the millennium are also old branches, standing upright with the vastness of time.

After visiting Jinci Temple, I feel very good about Jinci Temple. Shanxi people protect it very well. Among so many ancient temples in the country, Jinci Temple definitely has outstanding temperament, majestic and simple, which cannot be experienced in other places, and it is very worth visiting.

The driver took us directly to the Bingzhou Hotel in Taiyuan. The hotel is very good. It is just opposite Wuyi Square. It is a government agency hospitality hotel. The service staff are not only beautiful and handsome, but also provide excellent service. The restaurant on the first floor that comes with the hotel, Shanxi cuisine is very sophisticated. I was late here and the best knife-sliced ​​noodles of this trip can be regarded as justifying the name of Shanxi pasta! Completely handmade, the noodles are really delicious.

On April 4th, I was just about to go out with my husband in the evening, and there was already a lot of snow outside. I haven’t seen snow in a few years (except when I went to the Northeast). The children and I were very excited, of course we shouldn’t be happy With the snow in April, thinking about the crops and plants also makes it difficult for farmers.

On the morning of the 5th, there was still half a day left in Taiyuan, and we were about to take the train back. First, we went to Wuyi Square to take pictures of the snow scene, and then we had a bowl of Xiangyang mutton soup for breakfast. It was so delicious and rare for us. People who drink mutton soup are much more delicious than the mutton soaked in Xi'an, and even children are used to this taste.

Then take the time to go to Liuxiang. I don’t know if it’s the wrong way. I didn’t see any ancient buildings. It’s just such a commercial street, or is it also known as Huajie Liuxiang? Change places without wasting time, and take a taxi to Shanxi Museum in a hurry. You can go shopping in about 3 hours. You don’t need to buy tickets at the door, and there is a long queue just to exchange tickets with your ID.

There are many things to visit in Shanbo. From the perspective of bronzes, it mainly depends on the hegemony of the Jin Dynasty, the Jin merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the civil works. The impression of Shanxi is Jin in history. Then there is Jinshang Bank, which is featured in many TV dramas, and then there is Shanxi's civil architecture, which is indeed a treasure house of Chinese wooden architecture. Although I don't study architecture, I am yearning for the wooden models of various palace towers!

I got on the train in the afternoon. The snow that fell yesterday has gradually melted. After leaving Taiyuan and going to Shouguang area, they all look like the Loess Plateau, with ravines and ravines, little green, or sparse crops planted on narrow flat land. No wonder the snow is so It melts easily.

I think of a friend who was born here who said that when he was a child, the conditions in his family were average, and he always ate noodles. I hope that the land in Shanshan will become more and more prosperous in the future!

Except for the fact that I have been to Xi'an before this trip, there are only three places that I feel are good, Hukou Waterfall, Pingyao City Wall and County Government, and Jinci Temple!