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This article is about the well and region. For the city, see Longjing (city).
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The Dragon Well, modest in comparison to the fame of the tea that bears its name.
Longjing (Simplified Chinese: 龙井; Traditional Chinese: 龍井; Pinyin: lóngjǐng), literally "Dragon Well", is a name applied to a number of locations and products from the southwestern region of the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China. Most notably, the name refers to the titular Dragon Well itself, as well as the area encompassing the well and the longjing tea famously grown there.

The Dragon Well region consists of a number of villages, tea plantations, tea houses, parks, and a temple. The area is popular for tea drinking and buying as well as visiting the Eight Scenes of the Dragon Well (龙井八景).
Longjing is a city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, within Jilin province of northeastern China. it lies on the Tumen River opposite the north korea city Hoeryong.

Its population is approximately 258,000.

Yun Tong-ju studied in Longjing.
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Simplified Chinese

Sister systems Kanji, Chữ Nôm

ISO 15924 Hans

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Traditional Chinese
Child systems Simplified Chinese
Chữ Nôm
Sister systems Hanja, Kanji

ISO 15924 Hant

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Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音
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Hangzhou   (help info ) (Chinese: 杭州; Pinyin: Hángzhōu; Postal map spelling: Hangchow
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浙江省
Zhèjiāng Shěng
Abbreviations: ?  (Pinyin: Zhè)

Origin of name Old name of Qiantang River Administration type Province

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Anthem
March of the Volunteers (义勇军进行曲)
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A water well is an artificial excavation or structure put down by any method such as digging, driving, boring, or drilling for the
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Longjing

Type: Green

Other names: Simplified Chinese: 龙井, Traditional Chinese: 龍井, Lung Ching, Dragon Well
Origin: Zhejiang Province, China

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tea house or tearoom is a venue centered on drinking tea. Their function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room.
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