Faucet
close There are dragon mouths, longans, dragon horns and dragon whiskers on the faucet. Among the names of dragons in Beijing, there are really names of longan, longzui, and longxu besides the absence of dragon horns! In Xiaonian Village, Gaoyakou Township, Changping County, there is a spring that spits sweet water all the year round called Longan Spring. Not far south of Dayu, Mentougou District, there is a reservoir called Longkou Reservoir. The famous Longxu Valley in Chongwen District flows out of Beijing from the north and east of the Temple of Heaven to the southeast. This Longxu Valley is probably the old lower reaches of the ancient Gaoliang River. Probably because Beijing was the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the place where the emperors who thought they were the "real dragon and the emperor" lived, this river has the good name of Longxu Valley. Before liberation, this was a stinking ditch where dirt drifted and mosquitoes and flies grew. After the liberation, it was thoroughly renovated and turned into a clear water ditch. Lao She, the people's artist, wrote the famous script of "Longxu Valley" with the change of the ditch as the theme, and then made a film. Although Longxugou Valley has been transformed into an underground river, the newly built streets and residential areas on its upper and both sides are still named after it, such as Longxugou Road, Longxugou Beili, etc.