{"id":4741,"date":"2021-10-12T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2021-10-13T10:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T02:30:19","slug":"ciqikou-a-restored-old-town-in-chongqing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/chongqing-travel\/ciqikou-a-restored-old-town-in-chongqing","title":{"rendered":"Ciqikou Old Town in Chongqing (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Chongqing tou<\/a>r? Ciqikou is an ace in the hand of Chongqing Municipality that they could use to beat other cities in so called keeping the old structure and respecting the local culture. Chengdu has Kuan Zhai Xiang<\/a>, Hangzhou has Qinghefang<\/a>, Shanghai has Yuyuan Bazaar<\/a>, Tianjin has an ancient cultural street, Hohhot has Sais<\/a>h<\/a>anglaojie<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among many modern cities in China, there exists a similar tendency towards returning and idolizing the ancients by restoring the old towns or streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons behind the massive government behaviors are various. The seek for economic results are an important impetus in the move to the restoration and gentrification of the these old and less developed areas in modern cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, like it or not, your Chongqing tour<\/a><\/span><\/a> will definitely include a half day trip to Ciqikou old town, originally called Longyinzhen (dragon hidden town), approx. 12 northwest of Flying Tigers Museum ( aka Stilwell Museum), downtown Chongqong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ciqikou, 12km northwest of Stilwell Museum (aka Flying Tiger Museum) Google Map<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ciqikou literally means “Porcelain Port”.  The name of the town can be traced back to porcelain production during the Ming (1368\u20131644) and Qing Dynasties. Ciqikou is located on the west bank of the Jialing River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main street packed with visitors<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The main street packed with visitors<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Making mahua, a popular local fried sugar dough snack<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sells fried dough, Mahua<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Making Ciba, a kind of sticky rice cakes sprinkled with peanuts<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sell ciba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kid clothes store<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sugar-coated hawthorn, a local snack?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The main entrance to Ciqikou Old Town<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:\u00a0 Hassle-free Chongqing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,\u00a0 here are some options for Chongqing Guided Tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chongqing Tour<\/a>
Chongqing 3 Day Classic Tour<\/a>
Chongqing Car Rental<\/a>
Chongqing One Day Highlight Tour<\/a>
Chongqing Dazu Grottoes Day Tour<\/a>
Chongqing Yangtze River Yichang Classic 4 Day Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 Attractions in Chongqing<\/a>
Best Time to Visit Chongqing<\/a>
Ciqikou Old Town<\/a>
Flying Tigers Museum<\/a>
Yangtze River Cruise Daily Schedule \u2013 Victoria Cruises<\/a>
Zhazidong prison, the site of Zhazidong Prison<\/a>
Three Gorges Museum<\/a>
Chongqing People\u2019 Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Chongqing tour? Ciqikou is an ace in the hand of Chongqing Municipality that they could use to beat other cities in so called keeping the old structure and respecting the local culture. Chengdu has Kuan Zhai Xiang, Hangzhou has Qinghefang, Shanghai has Yuyuan Bazaar, Tianjin has an ancient cultural street, Hohhot has Saishanglaojie and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[1183,1182,2507],"class_list":["post-4741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chongqing-travel","tag-ci-qi-kou-old-town","tag-ciqikou-old-town","tag-how-to-visit-ciqikou-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4741"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28351,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741\/revisions\/28351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}