Longquan Ancient Town Scenic Area is located in Luquan District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, in the hinterland of North China Plain. It was rated as one of the top ten cultural industry projects in Hebei Province in 2020. The building materials of Longquan ancient town are large-scale ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China collected in China for more than 30 years, with a history of more than 100 years.
Adhering to the concept of repairing the old as before and renovating as new, and drawing on the successful experience of Wuzhen and Gubei water towns, the ancient town has reorganized and copied the architectural monuments in various places. Each brick and tile represents the history of ancient buildings in different times, which is not only the inheritance of culture, but also the protection and development of culture.
Longquan ancient town scenic spot has important social value for studying architecture, folk customs and marriage customs in Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China. It has played a positive role in the inheritance, protection and development of culture.
Features of Longquan Ancient Town
Longquan is located at the crossroads of Donghu County, benefiting from agriculture and commerce, and has developed four major firms. One is Jiang Xingshun's grocery store. This shop not only sells daily necessities, but also consigns cotton and other agricultural products. The second is Hu Yongxing's grocery store. Mainly selling oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, dry goods, cloth and firecrackers. The third is Zeng Fushun's trip to the sheep.
By the time of the Republic of China, every family in Longquan Street was doing business, including restaurants, shops, selling agricultural and sideline products, carpenters' shops, blacksmiths' shops, tailors' shops, butchers' shops, pig shops and Chinese medicine shops. But most of them are brewing workshops, and there are five or six brewing workshops in a small street.
Today's Longquan ancient town continues the prosperity of the past and injects new vitality. This cultural tourism scenic spot with the theme of paving the way for culture integrates business, catering, accommodation and entertainment. There are promenade gardens, pavilions, peasant inns, special catering, agricultural culture display, poetry and wine culture display, folk performances, as well as peasant inns and special snacks.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Longquan Ancient Town.