Longquan

Dragon spring

Longquan is a county-level city situated in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, administered by the prefecture-level city of Lishui. Located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the southwest, the territory encompasses a population of around 270,000 residents, alongside a distinct She-nation minority ethnic township set aside at Zhuyang.

Before the Tang dynasty, the area was called Longyuan, but it subsequently adopted its current name due to the naming taboo of Emperor Gaozu, the founder of Tang, whose personal name was Li Yuan. Daily movement across the region connects various administrative divisions, including multiple subdistricts, towns, and townships. The executive, legislature, judiciary, CPC, and PSB branches are all stationed within Longyuan Subdistrict.

Daily transit and infrastructure utilize the Quzhou–Ningde railway, which officially opened on 27 September 2020. Industrial presence in the area includes a static inverter plant for HVDC Three Gorges-Changzhou. The locality remains renowned for historic crafts, specifically Longquan celadon ceramics and traditionally forged Longquanjian swords used by martial artists. Modern sword production is anchored by workshops such as Shenguanglong, tracing its lineage back to the twentieth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, alongside several other private and state-owned manufacturing facilities.

For further geographic distribution data and municipal records, consult the GeoNames record for Longquan and Longquan.