Top 10 tourist attractions in Longchuan County, Guangdong
The top ten tourist attractions in Longchuan County, Guangdong include Tuocheng, Huoshan Scenic Area, Longchuan Examination Shed, Longchuan Academy, Xiao Yin’s Former Residence, Yanxian Rock, Xiata, Lu Lake, Jiulong Bay, Longtan Temple.
1. Tuocheng
It is Longchuan County, the earliest ancient county established in Lingnan. It is also one of the first eleven historical and cultural cities announced in Guangdong Province. It was originally called Longchuan. The city was later called Xunzhou City.
2. Huoshan Scenic Area
Located in the central part of Longchuan County, it is one of the seven famous mountains in Guangdong. It is a provincial forest park and a national 3A tourist area. It has long been famous for its red cliffs and strange rocks and beautiful rocks.
3. Longchuan Examination Shed
The Longchuan Examination Shed, located at the west gate of Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County, was built in the second year of Guangxu (1876) of the Qing Dynasty and has been in use for 134 years. history. Among the 204 academic palaces and 14 examination sheds available nationwide, currently only Dingzhou in Hebei, Longchuan in Guangdong, Jianshui in Yunnan, Jixi in Anhui, and Taipei in Taiwan still have academic palaces and examination sheds coexisting.
4. Longchuan Academy
It is located in Tuocheng Town Preschool, Longchuan County. It was first built in the seventh year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1668). It consists of screen walls, long corridors, Lingxing Gate, Panchi, arch bridges, east-west verandahs, Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, etc.
Due to disrepair, parts were destroyed. There are existing Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, etc. Dacheng Hall faces south. It is 26.56 meters wide in five rooms, 24.40 meters deep in four rooms, and 18 meters high. The area is 440 square meters.
5. Xiao Yin’s former residence
It is located in Zhuyuan, Xindu Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Built in the Qing Dynasty, the original building has been renovated, and now only the corner building (3 floors) behind the right horizontal house remains.
It is 5.5 meters wide and 5.5 meters deep, covering an area of 25 square meters. The walls are made of rammed gray sand, the top of the mountain is hard, the roof is gray tiles, and the ground is blue bricks.
6. Yanxian Rock
Yanxian Rock, also known as Yanzi Rock, is located on a large rock mountain in the urban development management area of Beiling Town, Longchuan County. The solitary peak of the stone mountain hangs in the middle, the stone stairs reach into the clouds, and there are strange flowers and animals, and the scenery is quiet and beautiful. The caves are natural, spring water drips from the cracks in the stone walls, and the rocks form wells. The water in the wells is clear and sweet.
There is a stone bed on the left side of the cave near the stone wall, named "Immortal Bed". According to the investigation and analysis of archaeologists, it is most likely a place where ancient humans lived in caves.
7. Xiata
Xiata is located in Tafeng Village, Tianxin Town. It was built in the Song Dynasty and is a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. It is also known as the "Fairy Pagoda". It was founded in the second year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1120) and rebuilt in the Yiji year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1605).
It has a history of 885 years. The inscription bricks on the tower body have the words "Gengzi in the second year of Xuanhe". The lower tower is a seven-story pavilion-style brick tower with four corners. 25 meters high.
8. Luhu Lake
Luhu Ecological Tourism Zone is located in Xinchuan Village, Sidu Town, Longchuan County, Guangdong Province, a thousand-year-old county, only 22 kilometers away from the county seat.
Luhu Ecological Tourism Area is an ecological tourist area integrating sightseeing and entertainment, horseback riding competitions, recuperation and summer vacation, leisure vacations, temple pilgrimages, historical relics, conference receptions, biological inspections, etc. Qiannian Pagoda Luhu Zen Temple is located in the scenic spot.
9. Jiulong Bay
Longchuan Jiulong Bay is like spring all year round, with an average temperature of about 20°C, forming the rare spectacle of "warm water in the winter and steaming river fog".
According to legend, more than 2,200 years ago, General Zhao Tuo of the Qin Dynasty led an army of 300,000 to conquer Guangdong. The Jade Emperor in the sky sent nine divine dragons to protect Zhao Tuo’s army in the southern expedition. After Zhao Tuo pacified Baiyue, the God of Kowloon was attached to the beautiful scenery here and asked the Jade Emperor to settle here, hence the name Kowloon Bay.
10. Longtan Temple
Longtan Temple is located in Longtan, a geomantic treasure land in Yidu Town, Longchuan County, Guangdong Province. The scenery here is picturesque, occupying two of the eight scenic spots in Longchuan, and is known as "Longtan Waterfall" and "Snow Ji Peak".
Longchuan County
Longchuan County has a long history, with human activities as early as the Neolithic Age. Since the Ming Dynasty, Longchuan has changed from a prefecture to a county and has lost its highlight moment in history. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Longchuan County moved from Tuocheng to Laolong Town, and the ancient Longchuan County changed from a county to a town. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Longchuan is the most lonely ancient city in Guangdong.