Longquan is part of Lishui City, Zhejiang Province.
Longquan City, county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, administered by Lishui City, is located in the southwestern part of Zhejiang Province on the border of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi, neighboring Yunhe County and Jingning She Autonomous County in the east, Qingyuan County in the south, Suichang County and Songyang County in the north, and Pucheng County, Nanping City, Fujian Province in the west, and it is the main channel of Zhejiang Province into Jiangxi and Fujian.
Longquan City is the capital of celadon, the state of the sword, or the birthplace of the world's mushroom cultivation, the first Chinese Ganoderma lucidum township; Longquan Treasure Sword is known as the best of the sword. Longquan celadon began in the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, and the Gao Kiln was one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. 2009, Longquan celadon traditional firing technology was selected as a representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind.
The city's forest coverage rate is 84.2%, and it is a national health city, national ecological demonstration area, national forest city, ecological city of Zhejiang Province and garden city of Zhejiang Province, and it is known as the good Longquan of the ten counties of Zhizhou.
Longquan local specialties
1, Longquan celadon
Longquan celadon firing technology, in 2006 included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, in 2009 formally selected by the World Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List. The traditional firing technique of Longquan celadon includes crushing, washing, aging and practicing clay of raw materials; molding, drying, trimming, decorating, plain firing, glazing, casing, and loading the kiln of the wares; and lastly, firing in the dragon kiln with firewood.
2. Longquan Shiitake Mushroom
Longquan is one of the birthplaces of Shiitake Mushroom in the world. Longquan's natural conditions are superior, and the Shiitake Mushroom and Shiitake Mushroom produced by Longquan are of excellent quality and thick texture, and the shape of Shiitake Mushroom is garden-rounded, with pure color and lustre, strong aroma, and delicious taste.
3, Longquan Ganoderma
Longquan Ganoderma lucidum, Chinese herbs, specialties of Longquan City, Zhejiang Province. Longquan Ganoderma lucidum has a rounded shape, dense texture, high specific gravity and good color, and has good commercial properties.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Longquan City