As of 2011, Longquan Street has 1 provincial key cultural relics protection unit, 2 Zaozhuang City key cultural relics protection units, and Tengzhou City key cultural relics protection units. In 2013, Longquan Tower, a provincial key cultural relic protection unit, was promoted to a national key cultural relic protection unit. Key cultural relics protection units in Longquan Street, national-level Longquan Pagoda, city-level Dongcun ruins, Houdamiao ruins, county-level Nanhou tombs, Zhaolou ruins, Fengxi ruins, Tangcun ruins, Qiandamiao ruins, Qiandamiao Qing Dynasty residences , Leprosarium Hospital Complex of the Republic of China, Diaozhuang Site Longquan Tower
Longquan Tower is located on the west bank of Jinghe River, west of Longquan Square. The construction year is unknown. It is a masonry structure with a height of 43.35 meters, a diameter of 9.2 meters, and an octagonal Xumizuo. , the first 9 floors, with two Chinese arches supporting eaves, each with blind arch windows, a Buddhist chamber in the front, and a tower ladder in the back that can be rotated to the top. The architectural structure is rigorous, simple and straight, and it is a representative masterpiece of "dense eaves room" pagoda architecture. There are many folk legends about Longquan Tower, among which the story about the old man with a white beard who suppressed the evil dragon is widely circulated. Legend has it that the Jade Emperor demoted the White Dragon to the mortal world for violating heaven's rules. The White Dragon caused trouble and made people miserable. Later, an old man with a white beard came here. While the evil dragon was eating, he reached out and took out a little finger-like tower from his sleeve, and suddenly covered the dragon, and people lived in peace again.
The ruins of the ancient city of the State of Li
The ancient city of the State of Li is located in the northeastern uplift of Tucheng Village on the east bank of the Jing River in Longquan Street. It is called "Chengzi" by the people. The State of Pi was originally part of the State of Zhu. In order to weaken the power of the vassal states, Zhou Gongdan granted the second son of Yan, the father of Yi, the State of Zhu, the land of Pi, so it was named the State of Pi. Because it was separated from the State of Zhu, it was also called the State of Xiao Zhu. In the fifty-fourth year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty (261 BC), Xiaozhu Kingdom was destroyed by King Kaolie of Chu. It is said that in the forty-fourth year of King Xian of Zhou Dynasty (325 BC), the Xiaozhu Kingdom was destroyed by the Lu Kingdom. Later, the walls of the capital city of Xiaozhu Kingdom were destroyed and turned into a village. It was named Tucheng Village because the city was originally built with earth. In 1982, it was renamed Xiaozhu City Village. Lantern throwing is a Lantern Festival entertainment activity in Longquan Street. Before the performance, iron filings, copper wire, and charcoal are placed in the iron cage at one end of the gun barrel. The artist dances the gun barrel, and sparks fly all over the sky in a colorful and colorful manner. CCTV once specially recorded the scene in Chengtang Village. The lantern throwing performance shocked the whole country. Bamboo horses were popular from the late Qing Dynasty to the early 1960s, and the Dongcun bamboo horses were famous throughout the county. During the production, bamboo is split and tied into the shape of a horse, and the surface is covered with ramie and cotton cloth as manes. The actor stands in the hollow in the middle of the horse's body and is fixed, and controls the dancing horse's head with his hands. The performance is mostly based on the Water Margin and the anti-Liao and Jin Dynasties. , accompanied by gongs, drums and suona, the actors held swords, guns, swords and halberds, running in various formations, as if fighting. Tucheng Village and Dong Village are famous for their land boat racing, and have developed into the lotus picking boat dance. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Ren Village had a large stilt team, which was mainly accompanied by bamboo horses and land boats.