Qingpu·Qinglong Tower｜The navigation landmark of the Song Dynasty port

📍Detailed address: Qinglong Tower, located in Qinglong Village, Baihe Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai 🧭Qinglong Tower, which has a history of more than a thousand years, was once the navigation landmark of the ancient Shanghai port. ⚓️The history of the ancient Shanghai port can be traced back to the international port of the Song Dynasty, namely Qinglong Ancient Town. At that time, Qinglong Ancient Town was prosperous. As a commercial port of Wuyue, it was an important trading port on the Maritime Silk Road, with trade relations with Japan, Goryeo, Khitan and other countries. The Qingpu Museum has a detailed display of this. 🧱Qinglong Tower, the tower is seven stories high, with a brick and wood structure, in the shape of an octagon. Time has eroded, and the wooden bucket arch waist eaves of the tower have fallen off. At present, Qinglong Tower is within the wall and can only be viewed from a distance. Qinglong Tower, because of its remote location, only near Qinglong Temple, surrounded by farmland, is an underestimated and less visited ancient relic in Shanghai.