Longgang sub district, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

Longgang Street

Longgang street, belonging to Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, is located in the north of Longgang District, bordering Baolong street in the East and south, Longcheng street and Fenggang town in Dongguan City in the west, Pingdi street and Huiyang District in Huizhou City in the north, with an area of 56.03 square kilometers. It is a traditional economic and cultural town in the east of Shenzhen, belonging to the central city cluster area of Longgang District. As of October 2019, Longgang street has 7 communities under its jurisdiction. As of June 2020, the total population of Longgang's streets was 459 thousand, of which 75 thousand and 100 of the registered residence population.

Longgang street has a profound historical and cultural heritage. The district is the earliest Hakka settlement in Shenzhen, with 40 immovable cultural relics protection sites (ranking first in the district), and 4 provincial and municipal intangible cultural heritages such as Longgang Jiege, dragon dance, Qilin and chaocai. Crane Lake new residence is one of the largest existing Hakka residential buildings in China. It integrates the essence of Hakka round houses in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. It is known as "living fossil of Hakka architecture" and "the crystallization of Hakka architecture".

In 2018, Longgang Street achieved a GDP of 20.191 billion yuan. It has won the titles of "national beautiful environment town", "national health town", "National Basketball City", "hometown of dragon dance" and "national advanced unit of mass sports".

Historical evolution

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Longgang street was once a dependency of the state of Yue, the state of Wu and the state of Chu. With the development of the state of Wu, the population of Longgang is growing and prospering. In 331, Baoan county was established and Longgang was in it. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the northern and Southern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and the two Song Dynasties, the people in the northern Central Plains moved to Lingnan to avoid the disaster of war, which accelerated the development of Lingnan. Most of the Hakkas in today's Longgang area are descendants of northern immigrants at that time. In the early Qing Dynasty, Longgang Street belonged to Xin'an County. During the period of the Republic of China, Longgang Street belonged to Huiyang county. in the early days of the founding of new China, Longgang Township successively belonged to the second and third districts of Huiyang county. In December 1957, the district was withdrawn and the township was merged. The small townships in the third district were merged into Longgang and Henggang townships. In October 1958, Longgang Township and Henggang Township merged to form Longgang commune. In November of the same year, Longgang commune was transferred to Bao'an county. In July 1983, Longgang commune was renamed Longgang District. In October 1986, Longgang town was built. In January 1993, Baoan county was divided into Baoan District and Longgang District, and Longgang town was subordinate to Longgang District. On November 26, 2003, Longgang District abolished Longgang Town and set up two sub district offices, Longgang and Longcheng.

administrative division

As of October 2019, Longgang street has 7 communities under its jurisdiction, and its sub district office is located at No. 2, Longgang Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen.

geographical environment

Location context

Longgang street is located in the north of Longgang District, bordering Baolong street in the East and south, Longcheng street and Fenggang town in Dongguan City in the west, Pingdi street and Huiyang District in Huizhou City in the north, covering an area of 56.03 square kilometers.

topographic features

Longgang street is dominated by hills and Intermountain basins.

climate

Longgang street belongs to subtropical marine monsoon climate. Southeast wind prevails in summer, with 1-2 typhoons passing by every year. The annual average temperature is 22 ℃, the maximum temperature is 36.6 ℃, and the minimum temperature is 1.4 ℃. The average annual relative humidity is 80%, the average annual precipitation is 1933 mm, and the frost free period is 335 days. The climate is mild and evergreen all the year round.

hydrology

Longgang street is rich in water resources, with a total reservoir capacity of 36 million cubic meters, 7 rivers and 3 reservoirs. Qinglinjing reservoir, with a total capacity of 18 million cubic meters, is the third largest reservoir in Shenzhen. Longgang river runs through the whole territory from southwest to northeast. Nanyue River, dayuanshui River, Tongle River, Longxi River and Huilong river flow into Longgang River from South and north respectively.

population

As of June 2020, the total population of Longgang's streets was 459 thousand, of which 75 thousand and 100 of the registered residence population.

Economics

overview

In 2018, Longgang Street achieved a GDP of 20.191 billion yuan. 2、 The proportion of tertiary industry is 18:82, and the tertiary industry is in the leading position.

primary industry

In 2017, the added value of the primary industry of Longgang street was 1.04 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 38.9%.

the secondary industry

In 2018, the added value of industries above Designated Size in Longgang Street will reach 2.728 billion yuan.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2018, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in Longgang street was 7.9 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8% over the previous year; the investment in fixed assets was 5.657 billion yuan; the total import and export volume was 8.751 billion yuan, and the actually utilized foreign capital was 4.444 million US dollars, an increase of 22.2% over the previous year.

traffic

Longgang street is located in the geometric center connecting many cities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan district. It is surrounded by Shenhai, Boshen, Changshen, Shuiguan, outer ring (under construction) expressways, forming a "three horizontal and three vertical" skeleton road network. Metro Line 3 (Longgang line), metro line 16 under construction and the East extension section of Metro Line 3 cross the border. Longgang long distance bus passenger station has opened 138 lines, with 300 daily flights inside and outside the province. As of June 2020, the total mileage of Longgang street is about 176.1 km, including 7.7 km of expressway, 3.4 km of expressway, 20.9 km of trunk road, 28.5 km of secondary trunk road and 115.6 km of branch road.

social undertakings

education

As of June 2020, there are 17 schools in Longgang street, including 11 public schools and 6 private schools; 55 kindergartens, including 3 provincial kindergartens, 13 municipal kindergartens and 21 District kindergartens.

medical and health work

As of June 2020, there are 5 hospitals in Longgang street, including 2 public hospitals, 3 private hospitals and 8 social health centers. Longgang central hospital is currently the largest comprehensive Grade-A hospital in Eastern Shenzhen, with 1075 beds and 900 open beds. In 2018, the total number of outpatient and emergency treatment reached 2.8 million.

Cultural undertakings

In 2018, Longgang Street held more than 300 cultural and sports activities of "Ke Yun Longgang · enjoy art and sports" series, and a number of original literary and artistic works won municipal and district awards.

History and culture

The origin of place names

Legend has it that in ancient times, a dragon from the Wutong Mountain took off, down to now Longgang pan Dun Tan, immediately flew again, and fell under the banyan tree of the Longgang polder altar, and then became a green smoke ascending the sky. The people built altars and planted banyan as a memorial. The villagers agreed to build a Polder, and chose shangweilong (now Shangwei village of Longgang River) as the site, named Longgang.

cultural heritage

dialect

The Hakka dialect is used by the indigenous people in Longgang street.

cultural relics and historic sites

Hehu Xinjü—Hakka Enclosed Residence

Hehu new residence is located at No.1, luoruihe North Street, Nanlian community, Longgang street, Longgang District. It is one of the largest existing Hakka residential buildings in China. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), Luo Ruifeng, the founder of Hehu new residence, began to build the new residence, which was completed in the reign of Daoguang (1782-1850). Hehu new residence covers an area of 14432 square meters, with a total area of 25000 square meters (including banyuechi and Heping). the new house in Hehu is built around the inside and outside, with a well arranged layout. It is known as "nine halls, eighteen wells, ten pavilions and horse corridors". It is a historical witness of the Hakka people's development in Shenzhen and is known as the crystallization of Hakka residential architectural art. It reflects the spirit of hard work and bravery, self-sufficiency and ceaseless struggle of local Hakkas in Shenzhen, and provides an important basis for the study of history, culture, folk customs and architecture in Shenzhen. The good family tradition and family precepts of "longgangluo" are also of educational significance. In 1998, Hehu new residence became a municipal cultural relic protection unit in Shenzhen. In 2002, Hehu new residence became the fourth batch of cultural relic protection units in Guangdong Province. In 2018, Hehu new house was selected as one of the "ten new sceneries of Longgang".

Zhengpuling Shiju

Zhengpuling Shiju is located in Qianqian village, Longgang street, Longgang District. Built by Li's Chaoyuan government during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, it is a building with three halls, four horizons, one enclosure and six turrets. It is 87 meters wide and 62 meters deep, covering an area of 5394 square meters. It has been expanded for many times. At first, the Weilong house with three halls and two horizontal walls was built, and then with a flower head. The horizontal house and the Weilong house were of corridor type single room structure, which preserved the Hakka Weilong house tradition in Xingmei area. In front of the moon pool is 63 meters wide, and in front of the moon pool is an ancient well. The width of Heping is 13.5 meters.

Tianfeng Shiju

Tianfeng Shiju is located in tianzushang village, Longgang street, Longgang District. Founded in 1662 by a Hakka surnamed Liu who moved from Xingning, Meizhou to Longgang, Shenzhen, it covers an area of 10458 square meters. Tianfeng Shiju is a walled village with four corner watchtowers. The walls around it are rammed with concrete. There are 78 rooms in it, all of which are single storied houses of Doulang type. There is a moon pond 39.2 meters wide and a Heping 12.6 meters wide in front. The front door is engraved with four regular script characters of "Tianfeng Shiju". Next is Qiantian street, which is 6.9 meters wide. There are two coupons at both ends of Tianjie street leading to Shiju. Inside the front wall is a single slope tile faced bungalow built later.

folk custom

Dragon dance in Longgang

Longgang dragon dance is a unique folk activity formed in the long-term labor and life of Longgang Hakka area, which combines entertainment, celebration and exercise. The dragon dance in Longgang is a cloth dragon. The skeleton is made of bamboo and wood, and the dragon body and face are made of cloth. The dragon head is composed of mouth, forehead, back brain, horn, handle (dragon handle) and other parts. It is large in volume, complex in shape, bright in color, and has towering head and horn, showing the prestige of the dragon. Longgang dance is a combination of martial arts, dance and drum music, performing rituals, forms, routines and skills

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