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Ringed on three sides by water, Longquan Mountain Scenic Area offers a breathtaking sight. It has Liangzi Lake, the well-known origin for Wuchang bream, in the east. The two mountain chains stretch 9 kilometers in the south and the north, making the scenic area look like two dragons playing with a pearl. The 7.6-square-kilometer secluded valley was praised as a fictitious land of peace and a poem township from ancient times.

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When Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) declared it as a mausoleum place, extravagant emperor tombs were built there in South China, echoing the Thirteen Ming Tombs in Beijing in the North.