As the county-level city of Lishui City, Longquan City, which is also known as "Sword and Ci Longquan", is located in the border between Zhejiang and Fujian and Jiangxi in the southwest of Zhejiang Province. It is adjacent to Wenzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone in the east and Wuyishan National Scenic Tourism Zone in the west. It is the main channel between Zhejiang and Jiangxi and Fujian. It is known as the "Breaking Road of Ouwu and Eight Fujian" and "Main Road of Yima, Business and Travel Throat". It has always been a major commercial and trade center in the adjacent areas of the three provinces. It borders Pucheng County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, and Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, Suichang County, , Songyang County, , , Yunhe County, , Jingning She Autonomous County, , and Qingyuan County, . It has an area of 3,059 square kilometers, ranking first in the administrative jurisdiction of Lishui City.
Due to the uplift of geological structure and new tectonic movement, Longquan City is one of the highest mountainous landform areas in Zhejiang Province. The mountains in the southeast and northwest extend. Longquan Creek runs through the central part from southwest to northeast. The mountains are symmetrically distributed parallel to the river valley. The northwest is the Xianxialing Mountains. Its main peak is Jiulong Mountain at the junction of Longquan City and Suichang County. Its altitude is 1,724 meters and the Donggong Mountains in the southeast. Its main peak is Fengyang Mountain Huangmaojian in Longquan, with an altitude of 1,929 meters, and is the first peak in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The central part is a small river valley basin of different sizes in Longquan River, such as Anren, Longyuan, Chatian, Xiaomei , Badu, etc. The largest Longyuan River Valley basin covers an area of about 14 square kilometers. In addition, there are still scattered gentle slopes in the mountains. Among the terrain in the territory, low Zhongshan accounts for 69.17% of the total area, hilly basins account for 27.92%, and river valley plains account for 2.91%, so there is a saying that "nine mountains, half water, half field is divided."
The rivers in Longquan City belong to the water system of Oujiang , Qiantang River , and Minjiang Sanjiang . The "Three Rivers Convergence" of Piyun Mountain in the northwest: the water on the north slope merges into the stream, which is the source of the Wuxi River tributary of Qiantang River; the water on the west slope merges into Baoxi, flows into Fujian Jianxi , which is one of the sources of the Minjiang River; the water on the south slope flows through Badu Stream and flows into Longquan Stream upstream of the Oujiang River. The Oujiang River originates from the northwest foot of Fengyang Mountain Guomaojian, with a length of 90 kilometers in length. The basin area of is 22,488 square kilometers, and is a mountain stream river. The Qiantang River originates from the northern slope of Piyun Mountain, flows into Suichang through Zhuxi, with a length of 58 kilometers in length and a basin area of 340.1 square kilometers; the Minjiang River originates from the western slope of Piyun Mountain, and flows into Jianxi in Fujian through Baoxi. It is 28 kilometers long and has an area of 98.1 square kilometers.
Longquan City belongs to the Central Subtropical Monsoon Climate Zone, which is warm and humid, has distinct seasons, abundant rainfall and a pleasant climate.
Longquan City is a key forest area in Zhejiang Province and is known as the " southern Zhejiang forest sea". Longquan is located in the humid area of the Central Subtropical region, and its plants belong to the East China flora system. The forest vegetation has the characteristics of a Central Subtropical and evergreen broad-leaved forest. The Central Subtropical region has the most components, followed by the South Subtropical region, and the tropical and temperate regions have a certain distribution.
Longquan City Honors
Since ancient times, it has been known as "The Good Longquan in the Ten Counties of Chuzhou".
In June 2017, Longquan City was named a national sanitary city. In July 2017, Longquan City was listed as a national historical and cultural city. In November 2018, it was selected into the top 100 comprehensive well-off index of China's county-level cities. In July 2020, the top 100 counties in the country with comprehensive tourism strength in county 2020 ranked 91st.
Historical history of Longquan City
In the Neolithic era, there were human activities on Longquan land; in the first year of Taining in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (323 AD), it belonged to Songyang County, Yongjia County, and Longyuan Township was established; in the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (620 AD), because of avoiding the taboo of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, Longyuan Township was changed to Longquan Township. In the second year of Qianyuan (759 AD), Longquan County was established and Longquan County was established. The county seat is Huanghe Town (now Longyuan Town); in the third year of Xuanhe in the Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1121), it was ordered that all those with the character "long" in the county and town in the world avoid it, so it was renamed Jianchuan County. Southern Song The first year of Shaoxing (1131), it was renamed Longquan County. In the third year of Qingyuan (1197), Songyuan Township and Yanqing Township in Longquan were established in part. In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1370), Qingyuan County was incorporated. Qingyuan County was re-established in November of the 13th year of Hongwu (1380); Longquan was liberated on May 13, 1949. In November 1958, Qingyuan County was reorganized. In July 1973, Qingyuan County was rebuilt, and until August 1975, Longquan and Qingyuan counties began to work in branch offices.On December 26, 1990, with the approval of the State Council, Longquan County was abolished and established Longquan City (county level) was still under the Lishui Regional Administrative Office. On July 19, 2000, the establishment of the Administrative Office was abolished and Lishui City was established. Longquan City was managed by Lishui City as the province.
Longquan City Scenic Spots
Piyun Celadon Cultural Park. Located in Shangya (sound Yang) Town, Longquan City. Founded in 2009, it is a home of climate and health care in China. The Cultural Park integrates the connotation of celadon culture into all aspects of tourism, leverages the advantages of celadon intangible cultural heritage resources, and launches cultural tourism with local characteristics. It is the only celadon cultural themed tourist attraction in the world. The main attractions include Celadon Tracing Theater, Celadon Experience Shop, Longyuan Ancient Site, and International Ceramic Village. Piyun Celadon Cultural Park is currently a national 4A-level tourist attraction, a classic tourist scenic spot in Zhejiang Province, the first batch of industrial tourism demonstration bases in Zhejiang Province, a cultural industry demonstration base in Zhejiang Province, and a key cultural enterprise in Zhejiang Province. It is a celadon intangible cultural heritage inheritance base built to protect the ecology and respect history.
Piyun Celadon Cultural Park
Anren Yonghe Bridge , also known as "Anren Covered Bridge". Originally known as "Yongning Bridge", it is located in Anren Town, Longquan City, 25 kilometers away from the city. It is the best and longest-preserved bridge in Zhejiang Province. The bridge is a wooden and stone-structured corridor bridge, 125.7 meters long, 7.5 meters wide and 13 meters high. There are 42 corridor houses. Five stone piers are built with stones below, and the maximum span between the bridge piers is 18 meters. There are water-dividing geese wings in the south, and the wooden beams on the pier are balanced in both directions, extending out layer by layer, and laying the bridge deck longitudinally. The bridge adopts a combination of cylinder support and cantilever construction methods, with carved beams and painted buildings on the bridge house, carved beams and painted buildings on the bridge, and stacked brackets and wooden benches are installed inside the bridge. It was built in the first year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1465) and was rebuilt and built many times due to floods and fires. In 1981, Yonghe Bridge was listed as a key cultural heritage protection unit in the county, as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in 1989, as a patriotic education base in Lishui City, and as a national cultural heritage protection unit in 2013.
Anren Bridge
Longquan Mountain. Located in Fengyang Mountain-Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, Longquan City, Zhejiang Province, the main peak is Huangmaojian. There are many natural wonders unique to the plateau, such as plateau lakes, alpine meadows, , clouds, fog pine, and other plateaus. At present, six major scenic spots including Longquan Grand Canyon, Wilderness Villa, Cliff Qisingtan, Seven Star Pond, Huangmaojian, and Oujiangyuan have been opened. It is currently a national 4A-level tourist attraction.
"The First Peak of Jiangsu and Zhejiang" Huangmaojian
Xiazhangcun . It is known in history as "Yunwu Ancient Village" and is affiliated to Xijie Street, Longquan City and has a history of thousands of years. The ecological environment is excellent, the natural attractions are continuous, the beautiful waters are strange rocks and rocks, and the white clouds are lush forests and bamboos are like a fairyland on earth and just like a paradise, including the white clouds and waterfalls, the seven-star pond, the ancient camphor tree, and the ancient houses. The village has many historical celebrities, rich cultural heritage, and simple folk customs. Guan Shifu, a famous scholar who lived here in seclusion in the Song Dynasty, once described to Emperor Renzong at that time: "The white clouds in the dock cannot be plowed, and the bright moon in a pool of bright moon fishing without traces", which outlined the infinite pastoral artistic conception of the village. Mr. Mo Yan (real name Guan Moye), the winner of the Chinese Nobel Prize in Literature, is the 36th generation grandson of the "Longquan Guan Family". He visited in 2010 to find his ancestors.
Xiazhang Village
as beautiful as "Xiazhang Village". There are many landscapes such as ( Baoxi Township ) Xitou Village, (Xiaoyang Town) Jin Village, and ( Pingnan Town ) Chepankeng Village.
Nanping Town Chepankeng Village
In addition, Longquan City Scenic Area also has Fengyang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Longquan City Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, Longquan Kiln Site, Dolomite Scenic Spot (3A Level), etc.
Fengyang Mountain National Nature Reserve
Longquan City Famous Figure (I)
Ye Shaoweng , a famous poet of the Jianghu School of the Southern Song Dynasty. Ye is suitable for protégé. The ancestral home is Jianyang (now Jianou, Nanping City, Fujian Province). His original surname is Li, and his descendants were from the Ye family in Longquan. His grandfather Li Yingshi passed the Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1115). He served as the Chief of the Seizure of Chuzhou and later was the governor of Yuyao. In the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1129), because of his contribution to the anti-Jin Jin, he was promoted to the Chief of the Dali Temple and the Doctor of the Ministry of Justice. He was later demoted for his affairs.Ye Shaoweng was implicated in his grandfather's relationship and his family business declined. He adopted the surname Ye of Longquan as his son when he was young. He once worked as a small official in the court and was very close to Zhen Dexiu (a native of Pucheng, Nanping City, Fujian Province). He lived in seclusion on the bank of Qiantang West Lake for a long time, and sang with Ge Tianmin (Shaoxing). He wrote "Records of the Four Dynasties" and made up for the shortcomings of the official history and was included in the "Siku Quanshu". The poetry collections "Jing Yi's Little Draft" and "Jing Yi's Little Draft Supplementary" have fresh language and lofty artistic conception, and belong to the style of the Jianghu Poetry School. The best poem is a seven-character quatrain, such as "The Garden Is Not Worthy" : "We should pity the clogs (sound accumulation) teeth and moss, and the small buckles will not open for a long time. The spring scenery in the garden cannot be closed, and a red apricot tree comes out of the wall." It has been recited by people throughout the ages.
Ye Shaoweng's image
Shi Chongyue, whose secular surname is Wu, was a famous monk in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was given the precept at Daming Temple at the age of 23. Later, he was saved at the White Lotus Temple in West Lake, Lin'an, and then he traveled through the gates of the old auspicious places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Later, he went to Fujian to meet Zen Master Yong of Qianyuan. After more than a year, he saw Mian on the west mountain of Qu and moved Jiangshan, Huazang and Jingshan. The Mian moved to Lingyin and was appointed as the leader. He was born soon in Yangshan, Pingjiang Prefecture, Chengzhao Temple . Later, he moved to the Jiangyin Junshan Jun and returned the favor of Guangxiao Temple, Wuwei Jun Yefu Mountain Jing Temple, Raozhou Jianfu Temple, Mingzhou Xiangshan Zhidu Temple, and Pingjiang Prefecture Huqiu Mountain Yunyan Temple. In the third year of Qingyuan (1197), the emperor ordered to live in Lingyin Temple in Lin'an Prefecture. After six years of residence, the Tao was prevalent and many people obtained the Dharma.
Ye Shi , a famous thinker, writer, and political commentator in the Southern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home is Longquan, and he is a prominent family named "Longquan Ye family". Born in Ruian, Wenzhou, and later lived in Shuixin Village, Yongjia, and was known as Mr. Shuixin in the world. In the fifth year of Chunxi (1178), he was the second best. He served in the three dynasties of Xiaozong, Guangzong and Ningzong. He served in the position of Pingjiang Prefecture Observation Office, PhD in the Imperial Academy, Zuoxuanlang, Imperial Ziye, Quanzhou, and the Minister of War. He participated in the planning of "Shaoxi Nei Zen". He advocated resistance to the Jin Dynasty and opposed peace talks. However, when the Quan Xiang Han Tuozhou (pronounced Tuoju) proposed an objection, he was renamed the Minister of Personnel and was also the direct academician of the Bachelor's College. He refused to draft an edict for the Northern Expedition, and later suggested to defend the river, but Han Tuozhou still refused to adopt it. After the failure of Kaixi's Northern Expedition, Ye Shi served as the commander of the Yangtze River and controlled the prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River. Due to the proper military and political measures, the enemy's fierce attacks have repeatedly defeated them. He was moved to the Jianghuai Army and was promoted to the fortress and the implementation of military farming was conducive to consolidating border defense. After Han Tuozhou was executed, Ye Shi was impeached for "attachment to Han Tuozhou to use troops." Ye Shi advocated utilitarianism, opposed empty talk about life, criticized the theory of Zhu Xi and , and was the master of the Yongjia School. The "Yongjia School of Merit" he represented was ranked as the "Three Schools of Southern Song Dynasty" along with Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism and Lu Jiuyuan's Mind Studies at that time. It had a profound impact on later generations and was the origin of Wenzhou's entrepreneurial spirit. After his death, he was awarded the title of Guanglu Dafu and was given the posthumous title of "Wending" (also written as Zhongding), so he was also known as "Ye Wending" and "Ye Zhongding".
Guo Ji (1911-1990) graduated from the Department of Society of Taiwan Central University in his early years with a bachelor's degree. He first served as the secretary of Chen Cheng, and later went abroad to study. He graduated from the University of London and Kyung Hee University in North Korea, and obtained a master's and doctoral degree. After returning to China in 1939, he served as director of the Personnel Office of the Ministry of Social Affairs, consultant of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and secretary of the Central Training Corps Education Committee. After going to Taiwan, he served as director of the Office of the Taiwan Security Command, director of the Office of the "Southeast Military and Political Office", and counselor of the "Executive Yuan".
Chen Cun , an important official in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Chunyou (1247) of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty. He served as Minister of War, Grand Secretary of Duanming Palace, Prefect of Qingyuan, and Coastal Commander. All articles and political affairs have reputations.
quatrain Baka (1906-1928) is one of the revolutionary martyrs of Honghuagang, Guangzhou. In the summer of 1922, he entered Shanghai Southeast Higher Normal College, and then studied at Shanghai University . In June 1925, he was admitted to the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. In September of the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China during his study period. In the spring of 1926, he was sent by the Party organization to the workers' picket team of the Provincial Port Strike Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and served as deputy director and head of the training department. He has served as a member of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee, alternate member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Military Commission. He was executed in Honghuagang, Guangzhou in August 1928, and was only twenty-two years old when he died.
Ji Buck Martyr
Guan Shiren , a politician of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was the second-rank deputy prime minister. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Xining (1073). He served as a professor in Cangzhou, a judge of Lizhou, a minister of the Ministry of Works, a minister of the Ministry of Justice, a minister of the Dingzhou pacification envoy, a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, a minister of the Privy Council, a bachelor of the Secretariat Hall, and a missionary of the Gods. "The Record of Famous Sages in Liangzhe" praised him as a "famous official". My brother is in charge of the teacher.
Guan Shifu , a famous hermit in the Northern Song Dynasty. Brother Guan Shiren. He is upright, does things with pleasure, and is indifferent to fame and fortune. The "Baiyun Ancient Temple" where Mr. Guan once lived, and the temple faces east. For thousands of years, the temples and ancient sites have been well preserved, and the incense has continued from ancient times to the present, with pilgrims and tourists. "After entering the temple, the new hall is even more in line with the white clouds. The blue sky is close to the blue sky, and the world is low in the world." This hermit living deep in the white clouds left behind the future generations a poem that has been sung for the eternal masterpieces, and his attitude towards all things in the world.
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