Longquan () is a

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and former county under the administration of the

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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

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Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering

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province to the southwest. Called Longyuan () before the

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, Longquan adopted its current name because of the

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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

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and

Longquan celadon Longquan celadon (Chinese: 龙泉青瓷) 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 ...

ceramics, both of which are often regarded as historically the finest in China. Longquan celadon was one of China's finest ceramics from the

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until it fell out of fashion in the Imperial court during the

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. 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

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Administration

The city's executive, legislature and

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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

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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 (), Xiaomei (), Chatian (), Pingnan (),

Anren Anren County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southeast of the province, it is the northernmost county-level division of Chenzhou City. The county is borde ...

(), Jinxi (), Zhulong () Townships: * Lanju Township (), Dashi Township (), Baoxi Township (), Longnan Township (), Daotai Township (), Yanzhang Township (), Chengbei Township (), Zhuyang She Ethnic Township ()

Climate

Transportation

The city is served by a station on the Quzhou–Ningde railway 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 Longquan National Famous Historical and Cultural City