Longgong Ancient Village preserves several ancient dwellings, three ancient ancestral halls with exquisite carvings, many ancient temples, several ancient paths, four ancient bridges, more than ten ancient trees and other historical sites. The ancient ancestral hall that can be seen as soon as one enters the village is different in architectural design from other ancestral halls in Ninghai. It has two patios, front and back. The stage and corridors of the ancestral hall are all exquisitely carved. In the central hall of the ancestral hall, there is still a large root dragon more than ten meters long hanging. There is Yuying Academy in the village, which is one of the four ancient academies in northern Ninghai. Among the well-preserved ancient dwellings in the village, there are two courtyards, both of which are for ‘five generations living under the same roof’. 2 kilometers northwest of the village is Longgong Nunnery, also known as Jifu Courtyard, commonly known as Longgong Grand Nunnery. It was built in the ninth year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty and still exists. In the Qiaokeng flowing through the village, there is a Pterocarya stenoptera tree with a diameter at breast height of 5.6 meters. Longgong Creek is a better natural landscape in the village. Longgong Village is located in a high mountain basin, surrounded by five high mountains. To the southeast is Waigangjian, to the south is Dahu Jian, to the southwest is Xiaohu Jian, to the northwest is Zhenting Mountain, and to the northeast is Sijian Ding. At the two water inlets in the south, there are lion head and white elephant head分居东西. Among them, Zhenting Mountain was a famous mountain on a par with Gusu Mountain and Kuaiji Mountain in the Han Dynasty. It is the boundary mountain of Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou. The larger and longer stream flowing down from Zhenting Mountain flows from the west of the village to the front of the village, and then passes through Xixi to the Daxi River at the south gate of Ninghai. There is a deep pool in the west of the village, called Shilongdou. According to the ‘Ninghai County Annals · Longtan’ of the Guangxu period: ‘The Longgong Yudou is under the stone and vulgar wall. It is said that dragons enter and exit here. There are traces where they turn and rub. Below is a large deep pool. No one knows where the pool comes from. The water in the Dou pours down and sprays like a flying silk. There are three characters of ‘Shilongdou’ on the cliff.’ The pool is called Longtan. Therefore, the stream where the pool is located is called Longxi, and the village is named after Longxi. Later, because the strange rocks beside Shilongdou are towering and palace-like, in the thirteenth year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty (1448), Longxi was renamed Longgongxi, and the village was also renamed Longgong, which remains so until now. On the south side of the Daxi River, there is a tributary called Shankengxi. There are several Longtan and waterfalls such as Xiangyanxie, Xiaofangxie, and Dafangxie in the stream. Opening hours: Open all day all year round. The specific business status is subject to the opening situation on that day.
Longgong Village
Longgong Ancient Village preserves several ancient dwellings, three ancient ancestral halls with exq[...]
