Where is the Longtan in Jimei, Xiamen, a fun place by the Longtan?

There is such a place in Jimei, Xiamen, which is the place where people gather the most every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also a good place where many people like to take a walk after summer evening. This is the most desirable leisure place for people. That's Jimei Dragon Boat Pool. So where is it, and what else is interesting near Longzhouchi? Let's take a look at Jimei culture!

Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader and educator, founded Jimei Learning Village and actively advocated water sports. From 1953 to 1955, he personally supervised the construction of ten dragon boats and built Jimei Dragon Boat Pool. 1950, he built a dike on the beach and reclaimed the outer pool, middle pool and inner pool. The outer pool is commonly known as "Dragon Boat Pool". Longzhouchi is 300 meters wide and 800 meters long, with a total area of 240,000 square meters. There are seven pavilions with different styles in Chi Pan, namely, Nanhui, Chang Gung, Zuo, You, Feng and Yuan.

Longzhouchi can set up 8 navigation channels. There is a waterside pavilion next to Longzhou Pool, which can be used as a ceremony platform and a good place to climb mountains and enjoy the scenery. The pool shore can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Densely plant tall and lush trees to provide shade for the audience.

Dragon boat races are held on the Dragon Boat Festival, with gongs and drums roaring, waves splashing and people buzzing. Foreign and local athletes are driving colorful dragon boats, breaking the waves and striving for the first place. The shore cheered, the water hissed and the game scene was very enthusiastic.

Because Jimei Middle School occupies such a treasure trove of geomantic omen and has such extraordinary buildings, the professors of Jimei University next to it have been a little unbalanced but speechless.

Today's Jimei Middle School campus, a pool of lake water is connected with the sea.

This pool is called Dragon Boat Pool.

Longzhouchi faces the sea, backs Jimei, and is separated from the south building of Jimei Middle School Road by a bluestone road, which is an organic part of the extension of Jimei Middle School's beautiful scenery.

In my impression, the so-called "pool" is generally not very big except for its special geographical location, such as the "Mo Chi" written by Wang Xizhi and the Huaqing Pool at the foot of Mount Li. But Longzhou pond is 700-800 meters long, 200-300 meters wide and 17800 meters long, so it should be regarded as a lake. The reason why it is also called a pool, I think it is largely artificial.

Yes, the Dragon Boat Pool is slightly rectangular, surrounded by thick granite strips, which is very neat. The boundary between architecture and the sea should be a beach wetland at first, which is submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide. When I went to Jimei for the first time more than ten years ago, I saw that there were neither sails nor waves in the Longzhou pond, only a beach of weeds and reeds, and I was afraid to be a witness to this speculation.

Today's Dragon Boat Pond, the water is clear and blue. This water also comes from the sea. Jimei people regularly introduce seawater to keep the pool water clean. From this point of view, it makes sense that the Dragon Boat Pool is still called "Pool" despite its large area.

Conclusion Longzhouchi is a place that can make people feel comfortable, love sports, love walking and want to be quiet. People can come here and listen to the sea breeze, which will give you a different feeling.