Chongqing Ciqikou Ancient Town Walking Tour | Back To The Old Time Of Chongqing | 4K HDR | 重庆磁器口

Ciqikou is an ancient town in the Shapingba District of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. It was originally called Longyinzhen and was also known as Little Chongqing. According to an old Chinese proverb: "One flagstone road, and one thousand years' Ciqikou".

People always say: “If you weren’t on Ciqikou, you weren’t in Chongqing”. Ciqikou Ancient Town, or called Ciqikou Old Town, is a great place to stimulate the tastebuds and find unique souvenirs (wooden knickknacks, porcelain, clothes, foods to bring home, etc.). The area is also very suitable for picture taking and enjoying traditional architecture and street performers.

Located 14km west of Chongqing Chaotianmen Peir, Ciqikou Ancient Town is reputed as “Little Chongqing” among tourists. Surrounded by three mountains and ran through by one river and two streams, Ciqikou has the great location to be a transport hub. In fact, it was a famous business port in the ancient time. At present, it’s a great place to relax for the locals.

With a long history, Ciqikou Ancient Town was first built from 998 to 1003 and it was firstly called as Baiyachang. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty (1636 ~ 1912), Baiyachang was famous for producing and selling porcelain (there are over 70 porcelain stores at the peak time and most merchants from other places were coming for the porcelains here), and porcelain is pronounced as “ciqi” in Chinese, so Baiyachang was called as Ciqikou since then.

Ciqikou Ancient Town has 12 streets in total, and most of the architectures on the streets were built in Ming or Qing architectural style, and the roads on the streets are all paved with stone plates. Delicate specialty stores, featured snack stores and old style teahouses can be seen all over the town. Take your time to taste the local flavors, or just order a cup of tea and at the same time, watch the folk performances, like Sichuan Opera or Sichuan Qingyin, let Ciqikou take you back to the old time of Chongqing.

Tourists can taste many delicious local foods at Ciqikou Ancient Town.

The most well-known foods are the “Three Treasures in Ciqikou”. They are Eel with Duck Blood Curd, Qianzhangpi (fried sliced bean curd), and Salt Peanuts.

Besides the three treasures, there are also other delicious featured local foods. Chen Fried Dough Twist is popular for its crispy flavor; glutinous rice cake is favored by children and seniors for its sweet and soft flavor.

Tourists can also taste Chongqing cuisine in Ciqikou. Chongqing cuisine is reputed by its pungent and spicy flavor. Chongqing hot pot, poached fish in chili oil, barbecued fish and steamed chicken with chili sauce are all popular dishes.

Ciqikou Ancient Town is suitable to be visited all year around, except for some noon hours of “hot summer”. Ciqikou Ancient Town is featured in subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 18℃. January is the coldest time and July to August is the hottest time, while the highest temperature can reach to 43.8℃.

The most comfortable seasons are spring and autumn, and the most beautiful time in a day is morning and dusk. Chongqing is also called as “stove” for its summer is very hot, and the outdoor temperature in summer can higher than 40℃. While the winter, there is always heavy fog, and it’s not a good time to travel.

Notice: if possible, please visit it in weekdays, for in the weekends, it’s really crowded and you can’t enjoy yourself from such noisy environment. If you only have weekends to use, then arrive at the town before 10:00 am, and tourists at this time are less than other time.

Usually, tourists visit Ciqikou Ancient Town tour in the morning of their One-day Chongqing City Tour to avoid the crowds there. And during the rest morning, they will go to Three Gorges Museum to explore the history and culture of Chongqing and Three Gorges of Yangtze River.

After the lunch, it’s their time to marvel at amazing house-crossing metro trains at Liziba Station on Line 2. Before the night falls on that day, they will travel up to E‘ling Park to have a panorama view of Chongqing city.

And the rest hours of the day are for them to discover the splendid Chongqing Night View at Hongya Cave and have authentic hot pot meals there.

0:00 Intro
0:58 Underground Mall
6:20 Around the entrance
10:00 Walking in Ciqikou backstreet
20:47 Walking in the old town
1:02:30 The Singer of old town

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