Longquan () is a
county-level city and former county under the administration of the
prefecture-level city of
Lishui
Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...
in southwestern
Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the
Ou River and bordering
Fujian province to the southwest.
Called Longyuan () before the
Tang dynasty, Longquan adopted its current name because of the
naming taboo of
Emperor Gaozu, the founder of Tang whose personal name was Li Yuan ().
Demographics
Longquan has a population of around 270,000.
There is an ''Ethnic Township'' set aside for the
She-nation minority at Zhuyang ().
Celadons and swords
Longquan is famous locally for its
swords
A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon.
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and
Longquan celadon
Longquan celadon (龍泉青瓷) is a type of green-glazed Chinese ceramic, known in the West as celadon or greenware, produced from about 950 to 1550. The kilns were mostly in Lishui prefecture in southwestern Zhejiang Province in the south of ...
ceramics, both of which are often regarded as historically the finest in China. Longquan celadon was one of China's finest ceramics from the
Song dynasty until it fell out of fashion in the Imperial court during the
Ming dynasty. Production continued but at lower quality. The swords made in Longquan (Longquanjian) are famous among martial artists in China. Modern sword production is now led by a workshop named "Shenguanglong" whose sword-making history can be traced back to the twentieth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. There are several private and state-owned swords-making factories in Longquan.
Industry
The city has a static inverter plant of
HVDC Three Gorges-Changzhou
A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system (also called a power superhighway or an electrical superhighway) uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating curren ...
.
Administration
The city's executive, legislature and
judiciary are at
Longyuan Subdistrict Longyuan may refer to:
* Longquan
Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bo ...
(), together with the
CPC and
PSB branches. The other divisions, numbering two subdistricts, eight towns, seven townships and one ethnic township, are as follows:
Subdistricts:
*
Xijie Subdistrict (),
Jianchi Subdistrict ()
Towns:
*
Badu (),
Shangyang
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After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty in 1046 BCE, his u ...
(),
Xiaomei (),
Chatian (),
Pingnan (),
Anren (),
Jinxi (),
Zhulong ()
Townships:
*
Lanju Township (),
Dashi Township (),
Baoxi Township (),
Longnan Township (),
Daotai Township
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(),
Yanzhang Township (),
Chengbei Township (),
Zhuyang She Ethnic Township ()
Climate
Transportation
The city is served by a station on the
Quzhou–Ningde railway
The Quzhou–Ningde railway is a single-track electrified railway in China. The combined passenger and freight line is long and has a design speed of . The journey time is 5 hours and 27 minutes.
History
Initially, the railway was expected to beg ...
which opened on 27 September 2020.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20190704170412/http://www.longquan.gov.cn/
{{County-level divisions of Zhejiang
County-level cities in Zhejiang
National Forest Cities in China
Lishui