Sunrise and Sunset for Qikou

Contact your hotel manager for hiring a local van ( approx.RMB 60) to send you to the top of Lijiashan Hill, south of Qikou Town. On Lijiashan Hill, you will have a perfect spot to view the rising sun if you are lucky enough to have a sunny day. Standing on a moud on the hill, in a distance, on your left side (west) is the Yellow River; before you is the ancient port town - Qikou Town; on your right side in a distance are the undulating hills waiting for the coming of the rising sun.

Mr. Chen, my driver drives skifully along the narrow mountain road and soon I find I'm standing on a mound by the mountain road, waiting for the rising sun from the east.

On the west and in front of me in a distance is the Yellow River and Qikou Town. Between Lijiashan Hill where I'm standing and Qikou Town is the Qiushui River.

The east is getting reddish

The sunglow of the rising sun is elegantly reflected on the clouds.

The sun is appearing from behind the dark mountains in a distance.

Half the rising sun is in.

The total sun is over the mountains

Basically there are two places to see the sunset for Qikou Town- One is on the Black Dragon Temple and the other is the moutain road high above and behind Qikou Town. I personally prefer the mountain road behind the town. The setting sun glow is reflected on the Yellow River, accompanied by the cooking smoke coming from the houses in the town, a peaceful and happy place rarely seen in big cities.

The sun is setting over the undulating mountain and the narrow riverbed of the Yellow River

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