French Consulate in Longzhou
French style old buildings, feel the local culture of France in the late Qing Dynasty
French Consulate in Longzhou
After the Sino French war in 1885, China and France signed the Sino French Treaty on Vietnam in Tianjin, which opened up Longzhou as a commercial port. The Qing government allowed the French government to set up a consulate in Longzhou. In 1889, the French government sent Andy to Longzhou to set up a consulate. After many surveys, Andy believes that the langyuanjiao on the opposite bank of the South Gate of Longzhou is the confluence of the pinger River and the Shuikou river. Going up against the pinger River, you can reach Qixi (gentianea crassifolia) in Liangshan Province, Vietnam; going up against the Shuikou River, you can enter the Muammar River and reach Gaoping, the capital of Gaoping Province, Vietnam. In the rainy season, ships from Qixi or Gaoping downstream, a day can reach Longzhou. At that time, when the road was blocked, there was no doubt that lanyuanjiao was a convenient place for transportation, so Andy decided to build a museum in lanyuanjiao. After land acquisition and housing construction, the door plaque of "consulate of France to Yonglong" was hung, and the office was opened to handle diplomatic matters related to Guangxi. At the beginning of the establishment of the French Consulate in Longzhou, there was one consul, one copywriter and one doctor. In 1898, the chief consul was dismissed, and only one deputy consul was set up, with the consul serving as a doctor and the copywriter and translator being Chinese. In 1920, Vice Consul of Longzhou was changed to full consul. In November of the 11th year of the Republic of China, the governor of French Vietnam selected a Chinese who graduated from Hanoi medical college to serve in the French Consulate. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, there were two more Vietnamese Librarians in the consulate. During the opening of the French Consulate, 28 consuls and vice consuls were sent to Longzhou. The French Consulate in Longzhou is two French two-story buildings with the same structure. The building is 5 meters high, 25.66 meters long and 15.2 meters wide, with an area of 780 square meters. The total area of the two buildings is 1560 square meters. The floor of the building is paved with stone slabs, the roof is covered with metal tiles, and the two revolving stairs and floors in the middle are refined with wood. There are 20 large arches around, and the arches are inward into a 2-meter-wide corridor. The whole building is solid and unique. The former site of the French Consulate in Longzhou was announced as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level in 1996 and a cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region in 2000.
After the Sino French war in 1885, China and France signed the Sino French Treaty on Vietnam in Tianjin, which opened up Longzhou as a commercial port. The Qing government allowed the French government to set up a consulate in Longzhou. In 1889, the French government sent Andy to Longzhou to set up a consulate. After many surveys, Andy believes that the langyuanjiao on the opposite bank of the South Gate of Longzhou is the confluence of the pinger River and the Shuikou river. Going up against the pinger River, you can reach Qixi (gentianea crassifolia) in Liangshan Province, Vietnam; going up against the Shuikou River, you can enter the Muammar River and reach Gaoping, the capital of Gaoping Province, Vietnam. In the rainy season, ships from Qixi or Gaoping downstream, a day can reach Longzhou. At that time, when the road was blocked, there was no doubt that lanyuanjiao was a convenient place for transportation, so Andy decided to build a museum in lanyuanjiao. After land acquisition and housing construction, the door plaque of "consulate of France to Yonglong" was hung, and the office was opened to handle diplomatic matters related to Guangxi. At the beginning of the establishment of the French Consulate in Longzhou, there was one consul, one copywriter and one doctor. In 1898, the chief consul was dismissed, and only one deputy consul was set up, with the consul serving as a doctor and the copywriter and translator being Chinese. In 1920, Vice Consul of Longzhou was changed to full consul. In November of the 11th year of the Republic of China, the governor of French Vietnam selected a Chinese who graduated from Hanoi medical college to serve in the French Consulate. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, there were two more Vietnamese Librarians in the consulate. During the opening of the French Consulate, 28 consuls and vice consuls were sent to Longzhou. The French Consulate in Longzhou is two French two-story buildings with the same structure. The building is 5 meters high, 25.66 meters long and 15.2 meters wide, with an area of 780 square meters. The total area of the two buildings is 1560 square meters. The floor of the building is paved with stone slabs, the roof is covered with metal tiles, and the two revolving stairs and floors in the middle are refined with wood. There are 20 large arches around, and the arches are inward into a 2-meter-wide corridor. The whole building is solid and unique. The former site of the French Consulate in Longzhou was announced as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level in 1996 and a cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region in 2000.
Address: Limin street, Longzhou County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Longitude: 106.861432
Latitude: 22.334436
French Consulate in Longzhou