What kind of tourist area is Longyou, Quzhou, Zhejiang?

The new walls, the transparent space, and not too many passengers coming in and out make the station appear very large and spacious. The huge advertisement on the wall was very attractive and full of color, fragrance and taste. I stopped in front of it for a long time.

This is Quzhou, Zhejiang. My destination this time is Longyou, a county under Quzhou.

Have you heard of Longyou? I've never heard of it before.

About Longyou

A month ago, I met a friend from Quzhou while traveling. That afternoon, in the small space of the train sleeper, he sat across from me and enjoyed it. He talked about his hometown Longyou. Bamboo rafts, grottoes, green mountains and green waters, thousand-year-old mysteries, and all kinds of tempting delicacies?

It was evening, and the setting sun shone through the window of the green leather train on the simple small table. , like a layer of bright tablecloth. It seemed as if a 100-meter long corridor stretched out in front of me, with a dazzling array of shops and fragrant snacks lined up on both sides. There was a sea of ??people, and the scene was the most beautiful encounter.

Longyou is located in the Jinqu Basin and belongs to Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The entire county is low in the middle and high on all sides. Qujiang River and Lingshan River pass through the city. Looking around from the county seat, there are mountains all around. Longyou is one of the earliest 13 counties in the history of Zhejiang Province. It connects Jiangxi, Anhui and Fujian provinces. It has a mild climate and green surroundings.

A month later, I took the high-speed train to Quzhou, which is the Quzhou High-speed Railway Station mentioned at the beginning.

When I came out of the station, I saw a clean and tidy new city with a mountain on its back. I asked passers-by what the name of the mountain in the distance was? I shook my head: Old man, I am over 50 years old. I don’t know what kind of mountain it is? Yes, as long as it feels right. What is the name? How important is it?

Actually, there is a high-speed rail station in Longyou, but I happened to meet a friend in Quzhou who I hadn’t seen for a long time. We made an appointment to have lunch together at Wanda Plaza opposite the station, and then continued our journey. A friend told me that there is an intercity bus from Quzhou to Longyou, the journey takes 40 minutes, and the ticket price when booking online is 14 yuan. I followed this route and soon arrived at Longyou County. After arriving at Longyou, we met up with our friends and there were quite a lot of people, so we rented a car. The average cost per person per day was less than 100 yuan, which was quite cost-effective.

Longyou Residential Garden

Longyou was the old capital of Gumi in the Spring and Autumn Period, so this county with a history of thousands of years has many stories circulating and a rich history. Relics, the most famous of which are traditional dwellings handed down from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

These houses belonged to the wealthy families at that time. In today’s terms, they were called “rich families”. In the old days, these rich people were scattered in the old streets and alleys of the city, with deep courtyards. In the eyes of ordinary people, they were quite mysterious. These exquisite ancient arts occupy an important position in the traditional architecture of Jiangnan.

Since the 1980s, the Longyou government has successively dismantled and relocated some ancient houses with mortise and tenon structures that are highly ornamental and historically referenced, and reinstalled them according to proportions. The location of Jiming Mountain, a geomantic treasure land, was intensively protected and the Longyou Jiming Mountain Residential Garden was built.

Special cultural relic 1 of Longyou Residential Garden: Zhuangyuan Archway.

This archway was erected for a man named Liu Wenru from Longyou, who was the number one scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty. At first, he was secretary Lang, equivalent to the current department-level cadre. Later, he had conflicts with Qin Hui's party and was transferred to Gao'an County, Jiangxi. Later, Qin Hui died and Song Xiaozong Zhao Jin ascended the throne. The number one scholar was appointed as the Minister of Rites, which is equivalent to the current Deputy Secretary-General of the Academy of Sciences. After his death, he was awarded Doctor Guanglu, a first-class title among civil servants. A life full of ups and downs, and a long life. This Zhuangyuan Archway is located at the entrance of the residential garden.

Special cultural relic 2 of Longyou Residential Garden: Phoenix dancing for nine days.

This is a yew tree root. The locals call it "wood boulder". One day in the 1970s, a township in Longyou cut down a very thick tree in order to build an auditorium. As a result, the roots of the tree have not rotted for more than 30 years. Later, the cultural relics department of Longyou removed it. It was preserved and placed in Longyou Residential Garden. Because it was shaped like a phoenix, it was named "Fengwu Jiutian".

The third characteristic cultural relic of Longyou Residential Garden: The Phoenix rising from Gaogang.

The original address of this building is Gaoshanshan Village, Hengshan Town, Longyou County. It is a house standing on a high hill. Behind the house is Fenghuang Mountain, hence the name. Gaogangqi was built in the late Fengyuan and early Yuan Dynasties, and was overhauled once in the Qing Dynasty. It is the Zhang family ancestral hall. The Zhang family has always been harmonious and is an enviable big family. There has been no separation of families for nine generations. It is a "Dunmutang". Standing in front of the Zhang family, the first thing I see is that this family has a high threshold. The whole building is carved with dragons and phoenixes, making it majestic. The design of the beams is its essence, in Longyou

The fourth characteristic cultural relic of Longyou Residential Garden: petrified wood.

Southern pine petrified wood is 135-205 million years old. The cause is roughly as follows: the tree was buried into the ground at the moment of the volcanic eruption, and the chemicals around the trunk invaded the tree and turned into silica fossils, which not only retained the characteristics of the tree, but also became an ancient plant specimen with research value.

The fifth characteristic cultural relic of Longyou Residential Garden: Zishu Hall.

Zhang Shitang, the 18th generation grandson of the Zhang family, spent three years building it in the late Qing Dynasty. There are brick carvings inside the building, which are made to imitate wood. The brick carving skills are superb and the content is rich and colorful.

The building also has a unique design: there are two small patios at the junction of the two courtyards, surrounded by stone railings, and the design is unique. ?The architectural wood carving art is all of the finest corbels, one meter high, which is the largest corbel found in the county so far?? It can be said to be a classic house for the wealthy businessmen in Longyou.

Longyou Residential Garden was built in 1912. It is a century-old building. The highlight of this house is its wood carvings. These carved patterns of opera characters are exquisite in craftsmanship, vivid in shape and lifelike. Worth studying. It is a classic building of high-level sculpture art in Longyou County in the early Republic of China.