Get to know Longquan
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- Administrative area
- County-level city · 县级市
- Part of
- Lishui
- Chinese name
- 龙泉市
- Local areas
- County-level city guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 3,059.00 km²
- Administrative seat
- Longyuan Subdistrict (龙渊街道)
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Celadon’s green glaze
Longquan celadon developed a distinctive green-glaze style during the early Northern Song period and reached a high point in the Southern Song. Powder-green and plum-green glazes are characteristic colours. Vessels include ewers, bottles, bowls and plates; later Yuan-period production brought heavier forms and wider overseas trade.
Sword-making traditions
Longquan swords combine a flexible yet strong blade with carefully worked decoration. Stars and dragon designs appear on examples of the craft. Traditional sword production uses iron-rich material, water for quenching and stone for sharpening. In 1956, local sword artisans were organised into production groups and a cooperative, helping revive this inherited handcraft.
Sources for this guide
“天下龙泉”遇上千年翠瓷 松江区博物馆龙泉青瓷、宝剑展开展 · Songjiang District Government; Songjiang and Longquan Museums
龙泉宝剑-老字号数字博物馆 · Ministry of Commerce; Time-honoured Brands Digital Museum
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
Explore Longquan
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Places to explore around Longquan
AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Longquan Mountain龙泉山
Longquan Mountain's highland scenery centres on Huangmaojian, a 1,929-metre summit, together with rocky pine cliffs and Fengyang Lake.
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The exterior of the Longquan Celadon Museum building, Longquan · 龙泉青瓷博物馆外景，丽水市龙泉市 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 3 May 2014.Longquan Celadon Museum龙泉青瓷博物馆
Longquan Celadon Museum on Jianchuan Avenue explores the history and craft of green-glazed ceramics inside a building inspired by pottery emerging from the earth.
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Getting there
Longquan is about 90 km in a straight line from central Lishui. Search for 龙泉市 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Longquan Mountain and Longquan Celadon Museum are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Lishui →More in Lishui
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Longquan Celadon Museum · 江上清风1961 · CC BY 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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