Shanxi: Qikou


Qikou is a village on the border of Shanxi and Shaanxi province
It used to be an important interchange along the trade route
as the Yellow River becomes too narrow for sailing beyond Qikou
therefore goods had to be transferred from boat to cart.


Street along the Yellow River
A wedding is going on




Alley was used as outlet for flood from the hill the village leans on


Yellow River Hotel used to be an oil trade house


A morden tablet recording donations


Window to the past


Layers of time


A corner of my host