One-Day Tour Guide to Chaoyi Town near Xi'an

【One-Day Tour Guide to Chaoyi Town】The "Time Amber" of the Guanzhong Plain✨An underrated millennial granary! "The world's greatest granary holds not only grain but also the ancient heartbeat before the Yellow River changed its course." 1.5 hours drive from Xi'an to this off-the-beaten-path secret spot with no commercialization, only an epic story basking in the sunlight📍Highlights of the itinerary: 7:00 Depart from Xi'an by car (Lianhuo Expressway → Jingkun Expressway) 9:00 Arrive at Chaoyi Town, head straight to 【Fengtu Yicang Granary】 9:30-12:00 Immersive exploration of the "Living Fossil of Qing Dynasty Granary" • Touch the breathing holes of 72 cave dwellings • Climb the city wall to see tens of thousands of acres of wetlands and distant mountains like ink paintings • Listen to the granary guardian’s stories from the Guangxu era at the Granary God Temple 12:00-13:30 Local lunch full of hometown flavors • Lao Wang’s Lamb Soup: served with locally pan-baked bread • Yellow River Catfish Soup: paired with freshly picked fennel • Cold Dressed Sha Yuanzi: a wild vegetable unique to sandy soil 14:00-16:00 【Three Temples and One Pagoda Time Travel Tour】 • Daici Cen Tower: the mortise and tenon miracle of a Tang Dynasty theater tower • Jinlong Temple Pagoda: wind chimes ringing for a thousand years at the top • Pick porcelain shards along the old city wall base (Ming Dynasty blue and white faintly visible) 16:30-18:00 【Yellow River Wetlands Sunset Chase】 • View the vast Yellow River at the ancient ferry site in Zhaodu Town • Watch flocks of egrets startled from the reeds • Wait for an orange sunset falling into the wheat waves 📸 Photography tips: 1️⃣ Yicang’s round arched doorway: perfect for framing shots 2️⃣ Cen Tower’s spiral staircase corner: light and shadow cutting through Ming Dynasty brick walls 3️⃣ Wetland boardwalk: wear a red dress among green reeds 4️⃣ Local’s doorstep: vibrant colors of corn and chili walls 🌾 Deep experiences: • Manually operate a century-old wind winnower (ancient grain cleaning method) • Learn to identify five grains: millet, broomcorn, wheat, beans, hemp • Listen to a 72-year-old intangible cultural heritage inheritor sing the "Chaoyi Yangge" folk song ⚠️ Notes: • Fengtu Yicang ticket: 30 RMB, other attractions free • Self-driving recommended! Town transportation is inconvenient • Bring mosquito repellent + sun hat (wetlands have many mosquitoes) • Vacuum-packed "Sha Yuanzi tea" available for purchase 🚗 Route tips: • Navigate to "Chaoyi Town, Dali County," free parking available • Return via "Yanhuang Highway" to watch the Yellow River sunset • Last stop recommended: add "Bayu Stone Tomb Cluster" (15 minutes from town) "The granary walls breathe the soil of the Yellow River and hold memories. Every grain of wheat here has heard the boatmen’s songs and the rise and fall of dynasties." for those who want to avoid crowds and touch the beating pulse of agricultural civilization in true historical folds