Longfu Town () is an urban

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in Liuyang City,

Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...

, People's Republic of China. it had a population of 46,600 and an area of . It borders Shegang Town in the east and northeast, Shashi Town in the west and northwest, and Chunkou Town in the south.

History

Longfu is situated on the bank of

Laodao River The Laodao River (), also known as the Laotang River () or Liaoxu River (), is a right-bank tributary of the Xiang River, the 2nd largest tributary of Xiang River in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. The river has a length of with its drainage are ...

Liuyang Liuyang () is a county-level city, the most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the provincial capital. Located on the northeaste ...

city. Longfu has a long history and is rich in historic and cultural remains and heritage. A quite complete ancient village pattern has been well preserved. The Xinkai Village () has the largest number of ancient folk houses in

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

area. Many intangible cultural heritages like Weigu (), Yege () and Shujia () have distinctive local features. The Xinkai Village was rated as a "Historic and Cultural Village of Hunan" in 2005.

Administrative division

The town is divided into 10 villages and two communities, the following areas: Longfu Community, Banchun Community, Xinkai Village, Huangqiao Village, Dafeng Village, Jiaoqiao Village, Pingshang Village, Xiangshi Village, Zhezhuang Village, Shangbu Village, Shijiang Village, and Shizhufeng Village ().

Geography

The Shizhu Peak () is the highest mountain in the town, with a height of .

Education

* Longfu Meddle School

Transportation

* National Highway G106 * Liuli Expressway

Attractions

The existing folk houses left by the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

(1644–1912) and the Republican period (1912-1949) cover about , of which Shen's House () is a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. The Dajiang Dam (), which was the first dam of Laodao River, built throughout the Xianfeng (1851-1861), Tongzhi (1862-1874) and

Guangxu The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), personal name Zaitian, was the tenth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, wi ...

(1875-1908) periods of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), and the ancient ditches have also been well preserved. The Former Residence of

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, the Site of Peiwen Tower () and Shizhu Peak Scenic Spot () are famous sightseeing spots.

Celebrity

(1886-1911), revolutionary martyr. *

Zhou Qifeng Zhou Qifeng (; born October 1947) is a Chinese chemist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as President of Peking University from 2008 to 2013.

, former

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. * Shen Rengan, former deputy director of the

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. * Jiao Jiege, president of

Hainan Medical University Hainan Medical University (HMU) () is a public university in Haikou in the Chinese province of Hainan, that offers degrees in medicine. It was established in 1993 . History The current college was created in 1993 with the approval of the central ...

. * Dai Deqing, secretary general of Xiangtan Government.

References

External links

{{Hunan Liuyang divisions Divisions of Liuyang