"Li Family Tree" contains: "Li Duan, the ancestor, moved from Shangxipo Village in Linxian County to Lijiashan Village in Zhaodu County during the Ming Chenghua period (1465- 1487)."
After several generations of reproduction, the Li family became a big family in the middle of Qing Dynasty. During the prosperity of Qikou, the Li family also set foot in business. According to (genealogy) and word-of-mouth information, there were two rich men in Lijiashan at that time, Li Dengxiang, the oriental rich man, who was called Xiang rich man and opened "Dehe Store" and "Wansheng Yong" in Qikou; Li Defeng, a rich man in the west, opened a "three and thick" at the bridge. These two families are rich and can compete with the Chen family in Xiwan Village, Qikou.
With money, we gradually began to work hard on civil engineering. They invited Mr. Feng Shui to watch and saw that there were two small ditches flowing south in Lijiashan Village, which merged in the south of the village and flowed into the Yellow River. The headland between the two ditches is shaped like a phoenix head, with the left and right mountains as wings. This terrain is surrounded by mountains, and Mr. Feng Shui has said many times, "This village is in the direction of Genlonggeng, and Dongshan is out of Zhongge Cave. He who does not hesitate is afraid of ugliness and yin, and he is rich and expensive. " (genealogy)
The east rich man's house is built on Feng, the west rich man's house is built on Feng's right wing, and Feng's left wing is still the old village. It seems that the rich people in the east and the west are fighting in the dark. On hundreds of 40-degree high slopes in Mi Yue, they are carefully designed and built, depending on the mountain situation, overlapping each other. From the ditch to the top, there are as many as nine floors with different shapes and styles.
The buildings in Lijiashan Village are all built with water mill bricks, and bricks, wood, stone carvings and exquisite plaques abound. Most of the buildings are brick arch (cave dwelling) quadrangles with open columns and eaves, and sit by the mountain. Most of the wing rooms and stables are hard-topped tile houses with two splashes. Streets are strewn at random, with stone-edged pavements. Waterway layout is reasonable, ditches are riddled with holes, and they are sent out of the village.
At present, there are more than 100 hospitals, more than 400 rooms, more than 220 families and more than 760 people in Lijiashan Village. In the Qing Dynasty, most buildings in the west were inhabited by Li. Although some buildings were dilapidated, they were basically well preserved. Feng's left ditch is still called an old village or a small village, where Chen and Cui live. They said that before Li moved here, it was called.
Compared with the big village, the architectural style of the small village is completely two worlds. Up to now, people still live in the "one-pillar incense" single-door and single-window earth cave in the small village. Some people say that they still live a primitive cave life, which is no exaggeration from the perspective of housing. In addition, earth kiln joints, stone arch caves and brick buildings are rarely found in the village.
There are more than eight kinds of houses in Lijiashan Village. These luxurious buildings and caves in the Qing Dynasty are all attached to the soul of the Chinese nation, and they truly belong to the nation. As experts say, the natural scenery and human landscape here complement each other, which contains loess customs and rich Yellow River culture.
Lijiashan Village in Qiaokou Town, Linxian County is a representative ancient village at Qiaokou.
Li Jiashan's original name was changed because the Li family moved in and gradually prospered. According to "Li Genealogy", "Li Duan, the ancestor, moved from Shangxipo Village in Linxian County to Lijiashan Village, the three major cities in Linxian County during the Ming Chenghua period." After several generations of reproduction, the Li family became a big family in the middle of Qing Dynasty. At that time, the business of Qiaokou was booming, and the Li family set foot in business and the business was booming.
At present, there are more than 100 hospitals, more than 400 rooms, more than 220 families and more than 760 people living in Lijiashan Village. Lijiashan Village faces south and is located on the hillside of Phoenix Mountain. The whole village is like a phoenix spreading its wings. Its topography is generally said to be "two ditches and four slopes". Two small gullies extend southward, merge into a vertical mountain stream, and then flow westward into the Yellow River. The cape sandwiched between the two ditches is a phoenix head, and the outside of the two ditches is a phoenix wing.
According to experts' research, there are no fewer than eight types of houses in Lijiashan, ranging from simple caves to luxurious buildings in the Qing Dynasty. Lijiashan has two rich people: the rich in the west and the rich in the east. Li Dengxiang, the richest man in the East, opened "Dehe Store" and "Wansheng Yong" in Qikou; Li Defeng, the rich man in the west, has created the "thickness of three rivers". The two rich families are thriving, fighting for money every day, and they are building in this loess mountain village. So the rich in the east built houses on the Phoenix, and the rich in the west built yards on the wings of the Phoenix. The two rich men competed with each other, standing on a slope of several hundred meters, overlapping up and down, and built nine layers of exquisite brick kilns and houses, which made this loess mountain village fascinated by people so far.
The most representative courtyards in Lijiashan are "East Finance Master Courtyard", "Houdi Courtyard", "New Kiln Courtyard" and "Guilanxuan". Dongfufu is a two-story kiln built by "Dongfu" Li Dengxiang. The main kiln on the first floor is a five-hole stone kiln with three shades. On the west side of the two-hole stone kiln in the south wing is the hard gable gate, which faces south, and the inscription on it reads "Building a Hall to Increase Glory". The couplet at the gate reads: Books are the cause of human heroes, and goodness is the root of human wealth. The brick carving "Kirin presents" on the front of the gate is exquisite and realistic. There are stone steps next to the three-hole stone kiln on the north side of the hospital, leading to the second floor wing. The main kiln on the second floor is a five-hole stone kiln with no root eaves, and a small door is set in the south of the front porch to lead directly to the outside of the courtyard. The whole courtyard design is exquisite. Houdiyuan, also called "Xiangting Building", was built by Li Defeng, a "rich man in the west". It is located on the hillside in the west, from west to east. Xiangting Building consists of a main courtyard and two small courtyards. The main courtyard has a seven-hole stone kiln on the first floor, a seven-hole brick kiln on the second floor, a three-hole stone kiln on the first floor of the north wing, and five brick houses and front porches on the second floor. The whole kiln is spacious and grand, which is really rare in Lijiashan Village, which shows that the Li family is rich in money.
The perfect combination of loess high slope and residential buildings, rich folk customs and Yellow River culture in Lijiashan Village have gradually attracted more and more people. Today's Lijiashan Village is winding and secluded, and there are painters and photographers everywhere.
There are scenic spots near Lijiashan Village, such as Qikou Scenic Area, Qikou Ancient Architecture Complex, the former site of Linxian Central Committee, Shanxi-Shaanxi Yellow River Grand Canyon, Linxian Black Dragon Temple, and other specialties, such as Linxian Kaiyang Jujube, Linxian Jujube, Scrap Cake, Linxian Tofu and Yellow River Catfish.