Hekou Ancient Town

The ancient town of Hekou is located in Hekou Village, Hekou Town, Xigu District, Lanzhou. It covers an area not very large. It is presented as a long strip along the Yellow River. It feels good to see a lot of spending a small half day to play, but the traffic car from Lanzhou is not directly accessible.

No tickets are required. When traveling in Lanzhou, you can pack a day trip car to visit. The small town should be able to visit all of them in more than an hour. The amusement is not strong, and there are many snacks, mainly the feeling of the small village in the ancient town.

The estuary is located at the intersection of Zhuanglang River and the Yellow River. It is both a strategic and transportation hub. It is a transportation road from Lanzhou to Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places, and it is also a heavy town on the ancient Silk Road. In ancient times, the estuary was one of the four major ferry crossings of the Yellow River, forming dozens of ferry crossings of varying sizes. This section of the Yellow River upstream of the "golden waterway", water transport is busy. In the 1870s, Britain, Russia and other countries began to carry out economic activities in China. In February of Guangxu's seventh year (1881), the Qing government signed the Treaty of China-Russia Ili with Russia, and the Russian businessmen obtained trade privileges from Jiayuguan to the estuary area. Russian merchants transfer a large number of goods through the estuary to other regions for sale, and the estuary has become an important regional node in China-Russia trade activities. In Guangxu eight years (1882 AD), the Qing government set up a special inspection, inspection and customs clearance fee "hekou customs" at the estuary, which is the earliest inland "custom" in Lanzhou and even Gansu.

Too far, especially the traffic is inconvenient. I went on October 12th. The traffic to the ancient town of Hekou is either chartered or bus. From Lanzhou to the ancient town of Hekou, the bus only arrives at 201 and 801. These two buses are all passing through the ancient town of Hekou. The key is that there are too few shifts, it takes about an hour, and I take the 201 road. The car is too shabby. The most important thing to complain about is to find 201 and 801 stations. I went to Chen Guanying on Line 1, and then took k102 to the Western Market. According to the navigation, at the Western Market Station, turn 201 to the ancient town of Hekou. When I get off the bus (k102), a group of solicitors poured up. I asked if I went to the ancient town of Hekou. Of course, these people will not step on it, and say no directly, and then find the 201 road stop sign. The station did not find the 201 stop sign, went back 100 meters, found another station, did not find the 201 stop sign, saw a dilapidated bus parked on the roadside, it wrote to the Dachuan township government, immediately asked, is the 201 bus. The western market is the departure station of the 201 road and the terminal. So it is an ideal transportation plan to transfer to the western market. Another plan is to navigate to the new city and transfer, you can take the 201 and 801 cars.

在兰州的西固区，离兰州市区不远，京藏高速下来没有多远，不过要过黄河。导航不要导河口古镇西停车场，这个停车场维修中，直接导河口古镇就可以了，到了会看到有村民在马路上朝你挥手，示意你停车，就停在他们门口，收费10元，古镇东停车场在古镇东面，高架下面，不知道是否收费。古镇不大，不收门票，最多一个小时就逛完了，主要是古镇的几条街道，当地人卖些土特产，从西宁回兰州，或者从永登回兰州，路过可以来古镇随便逛一下，专门过来，就不建议了，主要是缺少历史文化底蕴。