Which province and city does Longzhou County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi belong to?

Belongs to: Longzhou County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi

Longzhou County (LongzhouXian) is a county under the jurisdiction of Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and is an important border defense area. It is located in the southwest of the autonomous region, on the upper reaches of the Zuo River, at the confluence of the Ping'er River and the Shuikou River, and adjacent to Caoping Province in Vietnam. It covers an area of ??2,317.8 square kilometers and has a population of 253,200. The county government is located in Longzhou Town. Longzhou was founded in 221 BC and is an ancient city with a long history in the south gate of China. When France invaded China from Vietnam in 1885, national hero Feng Zicai used Longzhou as his base to fight against the French occupying forces and achieved a great victory at Zhennanguan Pass. After the Sino-French War, France set up a consulate in Longzhou, and in 1887 Longzhou was opened as a treaty port. In 1891, in order to resist foreign invasion, Su Yuanchun, the governor of Guangxi, built Xiaolian City in Jiangshan, eight miles southwest of Longzhou, with a castle and fort that stretched for more than 5 kilometers. In 1913, it was renamed Longzhou County, and was renamed Longjin County and Lijiang County. In 1961, it was renamed Longzhou County.

The terrain is famous for the Longzhou Basin, which is generally about 200 meters above sea level. The highest peak, Daqing Mountain, is 1,046 meters above sea level. It is located on the southern edge of the subtropical zone, with a warm and humid climate, no frost all year round, luxuriant plants, and a wide variety of animals. There is a _Gang Nature Reserve. Economic forests include palm, rubber, pineapple, star anise, fir, etc. Chinese cypress is a precious wood unique to Longzhou. In order to develop the production of cypress wood, a special cypress tree farm has been set up. In addition, there are rare animals such as black-headed langurs and white-headed langurs. Longzhou's star anise is the most famous local specialty; its geckos are fat and fat, with an annual output of up to 20,000 to 30,000 pairs; Longzhou's kitchen knives are sharp and durable and are sold at home and abroad.

Longzhou is an important border defense town, with Shuikou Pass in the west and Pinger Pass in the southwest. Longzhou is also a revolutionary resort in Zuojiang led by the Communist Party of China. On February 1, 1930, under the leadership of the Guangxi Front Committee of the Communist Party of China, Li Mingrui, Yu Zuoyu and others, the Longzhou Uprising that shook the left and right rivers broke out, and the Eighth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was established. Important revolutionary relics include the former headquarters of the Eighth Red Army. Places of interest include Xiaolian City and Mianjiang Huashan cliff murals.

Longzhou County has a south subtropical monsoon climate with spring-like weather all year round and is extremely rich in various resources.

1. Mineral resources: The main minerals include copper, iron, manganese, marble, etc., among which marble is relatively abundant.

2. Animal and plant resources: Longzhou County National Nonggang Nature Reserve is rich in species, with more than 620 species of animals and 1,282 species of plants. Among them, the most precious ones are the nationally protected white-headed langur, The "Queen of the Flower Tribe" Golden Camellia, the thousand-year-old "Pine Tree King", etc.

3. Tourism resources: Xiaolian City, known as the "Great Wall of Southern Xinjiang", the Eighth Red Army Memorial Hall, Zhongshan Park, the former site of the French Consulate, Huashan Murals, Zixia Cave, Chen Yong Martyrs' Shrine, etc.

4. Local specialty resources: tea, star anise, longan, mountain yellow bark, wood pineapple, Saigon banana, banana, wolfberry powder, cucumber, smilax, etc.

5. Border resources: There is a national first-level port - Shuikou Port, a national second-level port - Kejia Port (business has not resumed), 3 border trade points (Shuikou, Nahua), with Excellent edge opening advantage.

6. Transportation and communications: The international automobile transportation business from Longzhou, China to Gaoping, Vietnam has been opened. The Longzhou-Xiashi secondary branch road of the Nanning-Youyiguan Expressway and the secondary road from Longzhou to Shuikou Port have been completed and put into use. The communication and road transportation networks of all towns in the county are relatively complete.

The best of Guangxi in Longzhou

One of the earliest ancient waterways in Guangxi

Longzhou has convenient waterway transportation in history, and the Zuojiang River Basin has long been opened up in the territory Waiting for the channel. In the 34th year of the Qin Dynasty (213 BC), a waterway was opened from Lingling, Hunan, through the Lijiang River, Xunjiang River, Yujiang River, and Zuojiang River in Guangxi, and through Longzhou to Vietnam. From Guangxu to the Republic of China, Zuojiang, Pingerhe, and Shuikou River has become the main water transportation route from Guangxi to Vietnam. Longzhou-Wuzhou-Nanning-Guangzhou-Hong Kong waterway transportation of passengers and goods is very busy.

After 1964, the Zuojiang waterway was blocked due to the successive construction of hydropower projects. With the continuous development of land transportation and roads extending in all directions, Longzhou waterway shipping gradually declined.

The earliest fort built in Guangxi

From the 11th year of Guangxu (1885) to the 22nd year (1896), Su Yuanchun, the Superintendent of Guangxi Border Defense, organized soldiers and civilians to defend the border at Shuikou, Longzhou. 77 forts were built on dangerous border peaks such as Xia Dong, Wude, Jinlong and Binqiao, making Longzhou the earliest county with the largest number of forts built in Guangxi. Among them, the Xiaoliancheng forts built on Jiangshan Mountain about 3 kilometers west of the county to protect Longzhou City are famous at home and abroad and are known as the Great Wall of Southern Xinjiang.

Guangxi’s earliest non-governmental trade gateway with Vietnam

Because in the history of Longzhou, Fang Huang was under the jurisdiction of Xia Ping Mo Qu, You Lai Mou and Cheng Chi. 84 kilometers, there are frequent exchanges between local border residents of China and Vietnam. In the 57th year of Qianlong's reign (1792), 97 years before the establishment of Longzhou Customs, Shuikou Pass and Ping'er Pass in Longzhou became the first private trade between Guangxi and Vietnam at that time. 's pass. Today's Shuikou Pass is a modern port.

The earliest customs establishment in Guangxi

On the third day of May in the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (June 1, 1889), the Longzhou Customs established by the Qing government in Longzhou was the earliest customs establishment in Guangxi. of customs. The original address of the Longzhou Customs Office was at the Chen Yong Martyrs' Shrine on Nanmen Street in the county. Its internal departments include the Taxation Department and the Deputy Taxation Department, which include four sections: secretarial, taxation, accounting, and inspection, as well as a customs police team.

The earliest military academy in Guangxi

In November of the 30th year of Guangxu (December 1904), Guangxi Border Defense Supervisor Zheng Xiaoxu asked the Qing government for permission to open the first Guangxi military academy in Longzhou. Military Academy - Guangxi Border Defense General Bian Academy. The school is located at the Chen Yong Martyrs' Shrine on Nanmen Street, Longzhou County. After the students graduated in October 32nd year of Guangxu, the school was closed.

The earliest road open to cars in Guangxi

After the Sino-French War, Vietnam became a French colony. Using Vietnam as its base, France continued to expand into China's Yunnan and Guangxi, causing a crisis in China's southwest frontier. Starting from the end of the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), Su Yuanchun, the governor of Guangxi, organized border guards and border residents in a planned and step-by-step manner according to the orders of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangxi and Guangxi, and built more than a thousand miles of military roads on the Chinese side of the Sino-Vietnamese border. To improve the traffic conditions at the border, the 55-kilometer-long Longnan Military Road is one of the important trunk lines. After the road was built, it also changed the previous situation of only relying on waterways to transport goods. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, French cars drove in from Vietnam and entered the passenger and cargo transportation. Longnan Military Road became the earliest road built in Guangxi to connect cars.

The earliest consulate established in Guangxi

According to the "Sino-French-Vietnam Treaty" at that time, France established the consulate in Longzhou on January 24, the 15th year of Guangxu (February 23, 1889) The consulate is the earliest consulate established by a foreign country in Guangxi. At that time, the consulate had one consul, one copywriter and one doctor, and the first consul was Andy. In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1898), the consulate was moved to the south bank of the Longzhou River. Two buildings of the original Longzhou Railway Station were occupied as the consulate office. Despite a century of vicissitudes, the consulate buildings are still well preserved.

The earliest iron bridge in Guangxi

In 1913, the Longzhou authorities raised funds to build the Longzhou Iron Bridge. They purchased steel from Vietnam and transported it to Longzhou by water. It took two years. In 1915, the iron bridge was completed. The bridge is completed. The bridge was designed and constructed by Chinese engineer Huang Ying (from Nanhai, Guangdong). The bridge is 123 meters long, 3.8 meters wide, 26 meters high, and has a single-hole span of 106 meters. It is a down-bearing steel row beam structure. It is the first highway steel structure bridge in Guangxi. In July 1940, on the eve of the Japanese invasion of Longzhou from Nanning for the second time, the Kuomintang army blew up the iron bridge in the name of deterring the Japanese invasion. Now only the bridge on the shore remains.

One of the earliest telegraph offices in Guangxi

In March of the 10th year of Guangxu (March 1884), the Longzhou Telegraph Office was established. The office was located at the Beidi Temple on Tuomiao Street in the county At that time, the Danish Mo Lai was the founding committee member and Liu Tianrui was the foreman. In the 9th year of Guangxu (1883), French imperialist armed forces invaded northern Vietnam, seriously threatening the security of our southern border. War was imminent. Zhang Shusheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, petitioned the Qing government to extend the cable telegraph from Beijing to Guangzhou to Longzhou, Guangxi to communicate between Beijing and Longzhou. The connection between the front lines of the state border defense enables "urgent messages from the north to the south of China to be sent thousands of miles away", changing the original situation of relying on post stations to travel back and forth for several months.

It was completed on October 5, the 10th year of Guangxu (November 22, 1884), connecting the wired telegraph line from Guangzhou to Longzhou and put it into use at the same time, becoming the earliest telegraph office in Guangxi.

The earliest hydrological station in Guangxi

In the 23rd year of Guangxu (1897), the Longzhou Hydrological Station was established on the riverside in the current Zhongshan Park in Longzhou. It was the earliest hydrological station in Guangxi. At that time, the hydrological station had wooden stakes and rulers, and dedicated personnel were assigned to monitor it regularly. After liberation, it was slightly renovated several times and has now become a modern hydrological station.

The earliest long-distance telephone line in Guangxi

In 1919, Guangxi Governor Tan Haoming organized the completion of the establishment of a long-distance telephone line from Nanning to Longzhou and put it into use. This is the earliest long-distance telephone line in Guangxi. Today, the telecommunications industry has developed rapidly in Longzhou, and phone booths on the streets can also make calls to all parts of the world.

The earliest railway station and railway bureau in Guangxi

In July of the 21st year of Guangxu (August 1895), the French Minister to China Shi Alan notified the Prime Minister’s Office of the Qing Dynasty to assist in repairing the railway. The Yamen telegraphed to Guangxi Governor Shi Nianzu to send personnel to survey, and three drawings (17 kilometers from Longzhou to Yashuitan, 24 kilometers from Yashuitan to Pingxiang, and 19 kilometers from Pingxiang to Zhennanguan) were submitted to the Prime Minister's Yamen. Construction started in August 22nd year of Guangxu (September 1896), and two years later the first batch of projects such as Longzhou Railway Bureau and Longzhou Railway Station were completed. In the autumn of the 25th year of Guangxu (1899), Su Yuanchun renewed 10 railway contracts with Bolangcheng, a French business and tax village company, specifying a track width of 1 meter and using his company's old carriages and rails. The Qing government did not agree, and the railway So it was stopped. The roof of the former railway station has become desolate with fragrant grass.

The earliest army school in Guangxi

In the 34th year of Guangxu's reign (1908), the Guangxi Army Lecture Hall was founded in Longzhou by the Guangxi Governor's Office. It is the earliest army school in Guangxi. The old site is at the current Longzhou County Party School. Wu Dayi and Cai E served as instructors at that time. In the first year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty, the military academy moved to Nanning.

The earliest civil aviation route in Guangxi

In May 1934, Southwest Airlines was established in Longzhou (also known as Longzhou Airlines) and successfully launched flights from Guangzhou to Wuzhou to Nanning. ——The round-trip route to Longzhou is the earliest civil aviation route in Guangxi. In July 1936, the Longzhou-Hanoi international route was added. When the aircraft first flew, it only carried mail, and later added passenger and cargo transportation services. In September 1938, after the Japanese army invaded Guangzhou, flights from Longzhou to Guangzhou were suspended.

One of the earliest automobile transportation companies in Guangxi

In 1923, Huali Automobile Company was privately established in Limin Street, Longzhou County, operating passenger loans from Longzhou to Lang Son, Vietnam. The transportation business is one of the first companies in Guangxi to use automobiles to operate transportation business. The picture shows the former site of Huali Automobile Company.

The earliest mechanized industrial enterprise in Guangxi

In the 25th year of Guangxu (1889), Su Yuanchun, the director of Guangxi border defense, founded the Longzhou Manufacturing Bureau (Arsenal) in Shuangfeng Mountain, the western suburb of Longzhou County. Purchased machinery and equipment produced by the Kluber Factory in Germany to produce bullets and repair guns. This is the earliest industrial enterprise in Guangxi to use machinery for production. In 1914, Lu Rongting, the governor of Guangxi, moved the bureau's machinery to Nanning, and the Longzhou Manufacturing Bureau was immediately shut down. The ruins of the manufacturing bureau no longer exist.

The earliest government-run bank in Guangxi

After Longzhou was opened as a treaty port, market currency circulated and the financial industry gradually emerged. In April of the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), Guangxi’s earliest government-run bank Bank - Xinlong Bank (Bank) was established in Longzhou. Subsequently, Xinlong Bank set up branches in Nanning, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, opened depository, depository, and remittance businesses, and also printed and issued Guangxu and Xuantong banknotes. In August 1921, Chen Jiongming of the Guangdong Army captured Longzhou. The county seat was looted and Xinlong Yinhao was forced to cease operations.

The earliest political and legal college in Guangxi

In the 32nd year of Guangxu (1908), the Guangxi Frontier Law and Political School was opened in Longzhou. It is the earliest political and legal college in Guangxi. The school was located on the south bank of Longjiang River in Longzhou City. Due to various reasons, it was closed down the following year.

The earliest school to train foreign affairs personnel in Guangxi

Because Longzhou opened earlier, daily foreign-related affairs were often handled. In 1927, the Guangxi Flood Supervision Office was opened in Longzhou Guangxi Border Service School. This is the earliest school in Guangxi that specializes in training frontier and foreign affairs personnel, mainly teaching foreign languages.

Economic Construction

Agriculture

Longzhou County has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, and sufficient sunlight. Its unique south subtropical monsoon climate and abundant land resources are very suitable for development. Tropical and subtropical crop production. The traditional agricultural production in Longzhou County is mainly rice, corn, sugar cane, peanuts, cassava, bananas and star anise. After nearly 30 years of development, the cane sugar industry has become the county's pillar industry. The county's sugar cane planting area reaches 400,000 acres, with an annual output of about 1.6 million tons of raw material cane, an annual output of about 200,000 tons of sugar, and an annual tax revenue of more than 60 million yuan. , accounting for 45% of the county's fiscal revenue.

In the past two years or so, Longzhou County’s agricultural department has given full play to the county’s resource advantages, exploited strengths and avoided weaknesses, and actively adjusted the planting structure on the basis of stabilizing food production, and formulated plans for oolong tea, Mexican chrysanthemum leaves, yam, and yam. Special industries such as mountain huangpi and sugarcane powder were comprehensively analyzed from the industry’s existing foundation, development prospects, development feasibility, farmers’ income increase, financial growth and other factors, and finally determined that the industry has great market potential and is in line with the actual development of Longzhou. The two major industries of oolong tea and Mexican chrysanthemum leaf and yam are to be cultivated as new pillar industries. The county party committee and government also decided to list the two major industries of oolong tea and Mexican chrysanthemum leaf and yam as key characteristic agricultural industries in Longzhou County's "Eleventh Five-Year" agricultural and rural economic development plan.

It is planned to spend four years from 2005 to 2008 to plant 20,000 acres of oolong tea and cultivate 5 to 10 leading oolong tea processing enterprises. After being put into operation, the annual output of tea green will be more than 20,000 tons, the annual tea planting output value will be more than 60 million yuan, the processing output value will be more than 200 million yuan, the county fiscal revenue will be 20 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers will increase by 250 yuan every year. At present, the county's oolong tea planting area has reached more than 1,200 acres, and 450 acres have been prepared for planting. Three oolong tea processing companies have been built and high-quality oolong tea has been successfully produced. The economic benefits of growing tea have begun to appear.

Build Longzhou into the largest Mexican yam planting and processing base in the country and the only Mexican yam planting and processing base in Guangxi. It is planned that in four years, Longzhou County will plant 50,000 acres of Mexican chrysanthemum yam and achieve an agricultural output value of over 100 million yuan, an industrial output value of more than 250 million yuan, an annual fiscal revenue increase of more than 30 million yuan, and an increase in per capita income of farmers of 350 yuan.

Industry

At present, there are more than 30 industrial enterprises above designated size in Longzhou County, which have basically formed agricultural and sideline product processing, smelting, electric power, pharmaceuticals, waste processing, etc. industry, industrialization has a certain foundation and scale, and a number of leading industries such as sugar and building materials have been formed in the county.

Sucrose processing is the pillar industry of Longzhou and has formed a certain scale. If Longzhou wants to achieve the strategic goal of "strengthening the county through industry", it must do a good job in the comprehensive utilization and deep processing of the sugar industry and lengthen the industrial chain. The county party committee and government intend to fully support Nanhua Group, the leader of Longzhou sugar industry, in becoming stronger and bigger. First of all, it is necessary to support Nanhua Group to improve its technical transformation and expansion work, improve its technical equipment level, and further expand its production capacity. Secondly, we should focus on the comprehensive utilization and deep processing of cane sugar, support Nanhua Group to invest in an energy alcohol production line with an annual output of 200,000 tons, a sugarcane organic compound fertilizer plant with an investment of 30 million yuan, and refined sugar processing and other new projects to start construction as soon as possible, accelerate the development of downstream products, and transform the industry The chain extends to products with high added value and high technology content, improves the utilization rate of sugarcane resources, and enables the sugarcane industry to form an ecological cycle system of "resources-products-renewable resources".

Make good plans for new advantageous industries and support traditional advantageous industries to become stronger and bigger. First, continue to deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises, straighten out various relationships after enterprise restructuring, and create favorable conditions for enterprise development. The second is to assist enterprises in technological transformation, encourage enterprises to expand market financing, enhance development potential, reduce production costs, and improve enterprise competitiveness. The third is to do a good job in the transportation of coal, electricity and oil, and provide logistical support for enterprises to operate at full capacity.

Accelerate the construction of infrastructure in industrial parks and continuously enhance overall service functions. First of all, we must pay close attention to the review of industrial park planning; secondly, we must speed up the construction of road networks, power grids, and water supply and drainage systems in industrial parks, and constantly improve related supporting facilities to create favorable conditions for enterprises to enter the park and attract more businessmen to invest in Longzhou. .

Border trade development

Overview of border trade development in Longzhou County: Longzhou is located in the southwest of Guangxi. There are 13 towns in the county, of which 5 towns are connected with Lang Son and Caoping provinces in Vietnam. It borders the five counties of Changding, Shi'an, Guanghe, Xialang and Chongqing. The border is 184 kilometers long, with 5 border trade points, a national port and a local port. Shuikou Pass is a national first-class port, 64 kilometers away from Gaoping City, Vietnam, and only 10 kilometers away from Tuolong Town, Guanghe County; Kejia Pass is a local port, 17 kilometers away from Halang County, Vietnam; Nahuabian People’s Trade Market is east of Vietnam’s Liang It is 90 kilometers away from Son City, 70 kilometers away from Cao Bang City in the west, and 110 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, an important industrial town in North Vietnam. It is located in the triangular intersection of Lang Son, Cao Bang and Taiyuan cities, and has good trade conditions. Since ancient times, Longzhou has been an important foreign trade port, and border trade between China and Vietnam has never been interrupted. It was not until the late 1970s that border trade was temporarily interrupted due to changes in relations between the two countries.

Since 1983, with the approval of superiors, Longzhou County has successively opened five mutual trading points, including Hengluo, Kejia, Nahua, Shuikou and Layout. In December 1993, the establishment of a national first-level port water gate was resumed. In 1992, Longzhou County established the Border Economic and Trade Administration, which was renamed Longzhou County Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau in 2002. Since then, border trade in Longzhou County has entered a standardized management track. Especially in recent years, Longzhou County has seized the opportunity, based on the actual situation of the county, and made every possible use of the preferential border trade policies granted by superiors to border areas to vigorously develop border trade. On the one hand, we will formulate preferential measures, do a good job in building border trade infrastructure, do a good job in coordinating services, and attract mainland merchants to Longzhou to carry out border trade. On the one hand, individual customers and border residents are encouraged and mobilized to actively participate in border trade operations, which promotes the prosperity of border trade.

Tourism development

Longzhou County has beautiful scenery, magical natural landscapes and historical sites, integrating war characteristics, national characteristics, southern scenery and exotic sentiments, historical precipitation and culture It has profound cultural heritage and rich tourism resources.

Nonggang National Nature Reserve in Longzhou County has a total area of ??15,163 acres. There are 1,282 species of plants in the reserve, among which the Longhu cypress tree is 48.5 meters tall and 2.99 meters in diameter at breast height. With a volume of 106.7 cubic meters, it is called the king of cypress trees and the largest in the world. There are 281 species of animal resources. Rare animals include white-headed langurs, black langurs, macaques, giant civets, civets, crested hornbills, etc. In addition, the simple and mysterious Zuojiang scenery, Zhongshan Park, Xiangshui Falls, Zixia Cave, Paoma Cave, Shuanglong Playing with Pearls, Shuilonglongquan and other natural landscapes can feast your eyes and leave you unforgettable. In terms of cultural attractions, there is Xiaolian City, an ancient battlefield site of the Sino-French War known as the "Great Wall of Southern Xinjiang". Deng Xiaoping led the Longzhou Uprising and established the military headquarters of the Eighth Army of the Chinese Red Army, which records the vicissitudes of Longzhou's past. The French Consulate in Longzhou, the old site of the Daqingshan Uprising, Chen Yong Martyrs' Shrine, Wu Jianjun Memorial Tower, Leshou Pavilion, Wenchang Pavilion, Wenbi Tower, General Fubo Temple, as well as the cultural heritage of the Zhuang ancestors, the Mianjiang Huashan murals and the mysterious cliff cliffs Coffin and so on. In terms of ethnic and border customs eco-tourism resources, Longzhou County is home to 12 ethnic groups including Zhuang, Han, Miao, Hui and Yao. The Zhuang population accounts for 95%. The Zhuang ethnic group has profound cultural heritage. Folk songs, etc., are all excellent eco-tourism resources. For example, the "Sing Fair Festival" on the 13th day of the fourth lunar month and the "Nongdong Festival" on the 10th day of the first lunar month are rich and colorful, including folk songs, bullfighting, cockfighting, thrush fighting, fireworks, hydrangea throwing, shuttlecock playing, etc. Traditional folk activities such as lion dance, dragon dance and phoenix dance.

In addition, Jinlong Zhuang Brocade, Longzhou "Qinglong Knife", Longzhou cypress wood cutting board, Longzhou walnut powder, Longzhou Mountain Huangpi, Kuding tea, etc. embody the essence of folk crafts and can be developed into a rich and colorful nation. Tourism products

Famous and high-quality specialties

l, Sugarcane powder

Sugarcane powder is a traditional specialty of Guangxi, which is processed from the unique sugarcane trees in the deep mountains of southwest Guangxi. It is a treasure among forest nutritious foods. According to records in ancient books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Pomegranate powder has a sweet and flat taste and is non-toxic. It is delicious when eaten as cakes and makes people not hungry. It can replenish deficiency and loss, weak waist and feet, and take it lightly for a long time. "Bigu for the body." Jujube powder has the characteristics of fat-free, low calorie, high fiber, etc., and contains various trace elements necessary for the human body such as copper, iron, and zinc. It has the functions of removing dampness and heat and nourishing, and is good for children with malnutrition, fever, and It is effective against dysentery, throat inflammation, etc. This food is convenient to eat, delicious and refreshing, suitable for all ages. It is a good nutritional food for breakfast, supper, etc. when traveling at home.

Folk Customs

Song Fair

There are 23 song fair days and 43 song fair points in the county. Song fair activities are mainly concentrated on the lunar calendar. In March and April, the biggest song fair day is the Longzhou Song Fair on the 13th day of the fourth lunar month. It also includes colorful singing, dragon boat racing, and fireworks grabbing activities. At this time, people from all over the country gather together to pray for good weather and good weather, and secondly, young people take this opportunity to celebrate. Opportunity is to find a partner to find a spouse, and the third is to make friends through singing.

Traditional festivals

The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, the second day of February is the Ciba Festival, the third day of March is the Tomb Sweeping Festival, and the fourth day of April is the Cao Ciba Festival The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival, the sixth day of June is the Ox Festival, the seventh day of July is the Qiao Qiao Festival, the fourteenth day of July is the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of August is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ninth day of September is the Double Ninth Festival, and the tenth day of October is the Chung Yeung Festival. Harvest Festival, December 22nd in the Gregorian calendar is the Winter Solstice Festival. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the Stove-Sending Festival, and the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is the New Year’s Eve.

2. Mountain Huangpi Fruit

Mountain Huangpi Fruit, also known as "Chicken Skin Fruit", is one of the special, rare and excellent fruits in the southern subtropics of my country. The fruit contains 18 kinds of amino acids and A variety of trace elements needed by the human body. The fruit can be eaten raw, or can be made into dried fruits, preserved fruits, jams, and juices. It is pure and delicious, with moderate sweetness and sourness. When cooked with meat such as chicken, duck, fish, and beef, it can remove odor and increase the growth rate. The fragrance has the effect of eliminating greasiness, appetizing, and increasing appetite. At the China International Agricultural Expo in Beijing in 2001, Shanhuang peel fruit was rated as a famous brand product. Shuikou Town, with its unique climate environment, is particularly suitable for the growth of mountain yellow peel fruit. Currently, the town’s planting area of ??mountain yellow peel fruit reaches 230 acres, with an annual output of 200,000 tons.

3. Big red octagonal

Big red octagonal is the main specialty of Longzhou. Bajiao Township, Longzhou County is named after its rich production of octagonal anise. Longzhou is a famous production area of ??red octagonal anise. It has been artificially cultivated for more than 400 years, with an annual output of 5 million kilograms. Longzhou red octagonal anise is large, well-colored, rich in fragrance and of high quality. Its products are exported to Europe, America, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. area. Longzhou Dahong Star Anise was rated as a famous brand product in Nanning in 2002.

4. Green bamboo fish

Original from the Sino-Vietnamese border river, the meat is plump, tender and smooth. It is the best raw material for making fish sashimi and braised fish.

Famous figures

Deng Xiaoping (1882-1997), a native of Guang'an, Sichuan, was a proletarian revolutionary. In 1929, Deng was appointed by the Party Central Committee to guide revolutionary work in Guangxi under the name Deng Bin. On December 11, 1929, he led the Baise Uprising, founded the Eighth Army of the Chinese Red Army, and served as the general political commissar of the Seventh and Eighth Red Army. He went to Longzhou twice to guide work in late December 1929 and February 7, 1930. Two cypress trees were planted in front of the "Ruifengxiang" where he stayed. Now they are green and majestic. They are precious treasures left to the people of Longzhou by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Chairman of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946-1969), founder of the Vietnam Workers’ Party, formerly known as Nguyen Bic Thanh, was renamed Nguyen Ai Quoc, born in Nghe An Province (now Ngai Nguyen) Jing Province) Nantan County.

When he lived in France in 1920, he joined the French Communist Party. In 1925, he organized the "Vietnam Youth Revolutionary Comrades Association" in Guangzhou. In February 1930, he led the establishment of the Vietnamese Communist Party and was elected as its chairman, leading the Vietnamese people to oppose French colonization. He lived in Longzhou for many years and led the Vietnamese revolution. Some objects still exist in the place where Hu lived.

Li Mingrui (1900-1931), named Yusheng, was born in Beiliu, Guangxi. After graduating from middle school in 1921, he studied at the Yunnan Army Wutang in Shaoguan, Guangdong. After graduation, he served as platoon leader, battalion commander, regiment commander and other positions in the Yu Zuobai Department of the Guangxi Army. During the Northern Expedition, he served as the brigade commander of the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army and repeatedly made military exploits in various battles. In 1929, he served as the special commissioner of the Guangxi Army. In the same year, he and Yu Zuobai failed to defeat Chiang Kai-shek. He joined the revolutionary ranks and participated in the Baise Uprising and Longzhou Uprising, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh and Eighth Red Army. At the same time, he joined the Communist Party of China. In October 1930, after the reorganization of the Seventh Red Army, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Red Army. In July 1931, he was appointed commander of the Seventh Red Army. In October 1931, he was accidentally killed in Yudu, Jiangxi due to the persecution of Wang Ming.

Yu Zuoyu (1901-1930), courtesy name Beiyu, was born in Beiliu, Guangxi. After graduating from middle school, he was admitted to the Yantang Lecture Hall in Guangzhou for training. He successively served as the platoon, company and battalion commander of the Dinggui Army against the Bandits. In 1920, he participated in the Northern Expedition and served as commander of the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in October 1927, participated in the Guangzhou Uprising in December, and returned to Beiliu the following year as a member and secretary of the Beiliu County Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1929, he was dispatched by the party and served as the captain of Li Mingrui's department again. In January of the same year, he was appointed the captain of the fifth brigade of Guangxi Security Brigade. On February 1, 1930, he participated in the Longzhou Uprising and served as the commander of the Eighth Red Army. As the enemy besieged Longzhou, he went to Hong Kong alone to look for party organizations after he withdrew. He was arrested by mistake for contacting the traitors, and died in Honghuagang, Guangzhou in September.

Su Yuanchun (1845-1908), courtesy name Zixi, was born in Mengshan, Guangxi. Born in Tuanlian, he joined the Xi Baotian Department of the Hunan Army in 1865. Because of his loyalty and bravery in the war, he was promoted to commander-in-chief in 1869. During the Sino-French War in 1884, he was recommended by Pan Dingxin, the governor of Guangxi, and appointed as the admiral of Guangxi. He accompanied Feng Zicai's troops to defeat the French army at Zhennanguan (now Youyiguan) in Guangxi, and was awarded the title of Captain of Light Vehicles and the title of Prince Shaobao. From 1885 to 1903, he supervised the border defense of Guangxi and guarded the border for 19 years. He repaired passes, built castles, cultivated and guarded the border, and developed the border. He was very effective and contributed to the integrity of the motherland's territory and border construction. In 1904, he was impeached for lax military management and was exiled to Xinjiang. After Xuantong and Yuan Dynasty, he was rehabilitated and reinstated. However, this was already after Su died of illness in Tonghua.

Chen Jia (1839-1885), courtesy name Qingyu, was born in Lipu, Guangxi. When a young man loses his father, he has to take care of his mother. He was honest in nature and fond of martial arts. He enlisted in the army at the age of 17. He was loyal and brave in combat and was promoted to the rank of general. In the tenth year of Tongzhi (1871), he was promoted to deputy general and was awarded the title of general military commander and admiral. In the battle of Shidongkou in Guizhou, he was shot in the right eye and was shot in the eye. The army had the nickname Chen Danyan, and he was on alert when encountering the enemy. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), he was transferred to the Guangxi border defense with Su Yuanchun and served as a brave general in Su Yuanchun's army. He participated in the Sino-French War. He was wounded four times in the Battle of Xiaoqingshan and was not on the front line. He repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the Battle of Guanqian Pass. In the same year, due to the recurrence of war injuries, he died of illness in Longzhou. The Qing Dynasty Yi was promoted to Yonglie and transferred to Longzhou.

Ma Yuan (14 BC - 49 AD), courtesy name Wenyuan, was a famous military strategist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of his exhaustion, he was awarded the title of General Fubo and was granted the title of Xin Xihou. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, he was born in Fufeng Maoling (now northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi Province). He was alone at the age of 12 and had few ambitions. In the 17th year of Jianwu's reign, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu named him General Fubo. He led his troops to conquer Jiaozhi in the south and quelled the rebellions of Zheng Er and Zheng Fang. He opened up Luoyue and established copper pillars as boundaries, establishing the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty in southern Xinjiang. In the 20th year of Jianwu (44), he returned to Beijing in triumph and was named Xinxihou. Later, he died of illness in the army when he attacked Wuxi Barbarians in Wuling. During the southern expedition to Jiaozhi, he stationed troops in Longzhou and made many achievements in protecting and developing frontiers. In order to commemorate him, later generations built many "Fubo temples" in various parts of Guangxi. April 13th of the lunar calendar in Longzhou is the "Fubo Birthday" every year, and later it was extended to the Song Fair Festival.

In January 2021, the 2020 rural revitalization communication influence county rankings were released, and Longzhou County ranked 452nd.

On November 25, 2020, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the third batch of counties (districts) that have met the standards for water-saving society construction, and Longzhou County was on the list.

In March 2019, Longzhou County was included in the first batch of districts and counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Zhouyoujiang District).

In December 2018, Longzhou County was included in the list of Guangxi’s 2018 autonomous region-level ecological counties (cities, districts).

On February 21, 2017, Longzhou County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in the country in 2016.

In July 2016, Longzhou County won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2016.