The back street of Qikou Town is only more than 200 meters long, but it turns 18 turn. These buildings are built entirely according to the terrain. Streets are paved with stones, shops are flat doors, and there are high platforms in front. There are two streets and three streets in the south of the main street, one of which is shorter than the other, forming a ladder-like architectural pattern. According to records, the large-scale construction of Qikou shops began in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Daoguang period, there were more than 60 shops in the town. By the fifth year of the Republic of China, there were many shops, with 204 shops opened by people in Baotou, Hequ, Suide, Fugu, Mengmen, Fenyang, Xiaoyi, Jiexiu and Pingyao. Because the ancient town still maintains the primitive and simple lifestyle of residents, it is also called "living ancient town".

Qikou Town is a military center. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, it was transported by water from the Yellow River to Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia in the west and Taiyuan, Beijing and Tianjin in the east, making it a famous commercial center in northern China. It is the economic and cultural hub of the East and the West, and enjoys the reputation of "the first town of Jiuqu Yellow River". In its heyday, there were only 150 ships coming and going at Qikou Wharf every day, and there were more than 300 service shops. Day after day, Qikou spread all over the country with the reputation of "the capital of flood and drought terminals". There are a large number of well-preserved Ming and Qing buildings in the town, mainly including warehouses, banks, pawn shops and other commercial buildings, temples, houses and docks. , which includes almost all types of typical folk water transport commercial towns under feudal system.

During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Qikou was the main traffic port from North China to Yan 'an. At that time, there were military factories and military clothing factories in the town, which played an important role in prospering the border economy and solving the material supply of the Eighth Route Army and the People's Liberation Army. 1on March 23rd, 948, Mao Zedong and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation crossed the Yellow River and spent the night in Qikou, then transferred to Xibaipo to direct the national liberation war. Mao Zedong Du Dong Yellow River Monument and Road House are preserved in the town.

In your spare time, take a leisurely stroll on the ancient road and savor the charm of the ancient road, as if you were in the middle, naked boatmen pulling fibers, well-dressed shopkeepers talking about business, the artistic beauty of street performances and the applause that followed. The sound of camel bells in the street rang through my ears. ......

Touch the stone walls on both sides of the street and touch the traces of history. There are all kinds of shops around. There were bursts of conversation in restaurants along the road. Businessmen from afar unloaded their goods, carried their bags and grandly entered the inn. They ordered a plate of fried peanuts and a pot of local aged rice wine, and they are enjoying it very leisurely. The owner of the restaurant has a bright smile on his face. ......

Listening to the interesting leisure in the ancient town, listening to the stories belonging to that era, is the voice of the ancient town government's trial, the passionate story of Mr. Storyteller, the happy voice of Kojiro at the door, and the excitement of the wanderer returning. ......

At dusk, the setting sun dyed the Yellow River red, sitting on a wooden chair, drinking tea and listening to the waves of the Yellow River. Stay in the Centennial Inn, climb high and look far, miss the past, I miss heaven and earth, boundless, boundless, lonely and tearful.