Before sailing to Hukou, the ship will stop at the ferry to unload the goods, sail on land, cross Hukou Waterfall, and then ship it to another ferry for water transportation.
Besides, there are frequent economic exchanges between Qin Jin and there are ice bridges in winter, so there are many ferries.
At that time, these ferries were water cargo distribution centers in the south, north, east and west of the middle reaches of the Yellow River.
The Yellow River water transport in Qinjinxia has played a positive role in the economic development of Inner Mongolia, Central Plains, Shaanxi and Shaanxi.
Yijindu, Fengjiazhai, Gezhen Beach and Chuanchao are all famous ferry ports and shipping terminals in history.
Villagers, troops and businessmen in the canyon often come and go from here.
The ancient ferry at Xiangge Town Beach still retains a relatively complete style of the ancient market town, and the caves of cable boats on the shore and the mountain roads dug by boatmen on the stone shore remain the same.
There are hundreds of caves in Ming Dynasty, complete quadrangles and ancient streets paved with stone slabs in Donglongwang Block and Gezhen Beach.
From Hukou to Longmen, the Yellow River Canyon is the natural barrier of Qin Jin, and cliffs stand on both sides, which is the natural barrier of the Yellow River, so it is also a battleground for military strategists in history.
In order to consolidate the frontier, successive dynasties set up military and political institutions along the line, such as the Governor's Office, the Assassination of Horses, the Waiting Department and the Inspection Department.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Great Wall was built on the east bank of the Yellow River to prevent Xi Nian Army from crossing the river.
In Hukou area, due to the particularity of geographical location and the importance of ancient economic and military activities, people carved many important activities on stones at that time. The main stone carving preserved is the inscription of the East Dragon King, with more than 10 pieces, including:
(1) Longwang Temple presented a theater monument and rebuilt the Lelou monument.
These two stone tablets were carved in Jiajing period and early Kangxi period respectively, and the inscriptions recorded the formation and economic activities of Longwangkuai market town.
(2) Niumawang Temple rebuilt Lelou and Shanmen Monument, which recorded the prosperous period of Donglong. It was a flood and drought wharf and an important market town.
(3) The restoration of the temple tablet burned during the army's eastward crossing in, was carved in the ninth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1870), reflecting the economic activities of the East Dragon King at that time.
(4) The memorial to the soldiers killed in the battle of crossing the river by the Qing army provides important clues for studying the military activities of Nian Army.
⑤ The official monument is embedded in the cliff on the bank of the ancient ferry in Gezhentan, which records the incident of the Yellow River drifting and grabbing wood, and the whole monument is well preserved.
⑥ Mengmen Stone Carvings.
In the Qing Dynasty, the four characters of "Lie Zhen Kuang Liu" inscribed by Xu Yiying were engraved on the Mengmen boulder, which vividly summarized the natural characteristics of Mengmen Mountain.
⑦ Stone carvings in the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19).
The regional scope and land management of Hukou Waterfall in Shaanxi are clearly defined, which is an important historical material for the construction of Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area (originally announced in cultural relics).