Longyou Residential Court is located on Jiming Mountain in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province. It has many traditional houses from the Ming and Qing dynasties. These old buildings were moved from different places in Longyou and rebuilt here. Visitors can see traditional Chinese buildings, wood carvings and stone carvings, and learn about the history and culture of Longyou.
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龙洲塔
Longyou Tower, also called Longzhou Pagoda or Wenfeng Pagoda, is a historic brick pagoda in the northeastern part of Longyou County. It was rebuilt in 1788 during the Qing dynasty. The tower has six sides and seven floors, and it is about 26.13 meters high. It is located near Longyou Park and is an example of traditional Chinese architecture.
龙游石窟, Lóngyóu Shíkū
The Longyou Grottoes are a series of at least 24 large artificial sandstone caverns located inside Phoenix Hill, just north of the centre of Longyou on the north bank of the Qu River. They are thought to date to a period before the creation of the Qin Dynasty in 212 BCE, but there is no record of their existence prior to 1992. They were discovered when a local spent 17 days pumping out one of the local rectangular fishing holes. The small fishing holes held much larger fish than might be expected given their area at the surface. The almost completely unadorned grottoes average more than 1000 square metres in area, reach depths of 30m, have thin walls between them but do not connect, and would have required the excavation of nearly one million cubic metres of sandstone. It is not known when they were built, by whom, for what purpose, nor where the excavated stone went. Five of the grottoes have been drained, lit, and connected on a tour route. In the first of these mysterious ancient excavations, some of the walls and support columns have now been decoratively carved.
湖镇舍利塔
Huzhen Sarira Pagoda is an ancient brick pagoda in Huzhen Town. It was rebuilt in 1058 during the Northern Song dynasty. The pagoda has six sides and seven floors and is about 27.31 meters high. It is an important example of Song dynasty architecture and was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 2001.