The old tunnel entrance remained in its original place, now serving as a memorial arch.
In the long history, Longchang is famous for memorial arches and blue stone.
Construction was completed on the Memorial Arch in 1882 at a price of 50,000 dollars.
Yet, whatever happens at the rededication of the memorial arch, there will be renewal.
For instance, it has been said that our two arches, the memorial arches as we call them, are very tall.
When the Memorial Arch was built, gas lamps were placed on each corner of the monument to illuminate it at night.
In the midst of the war, there had been a proposal for a Memorial Arch to honour volunteer soldiers from 1916.
His ashes and those of his wife are interred within the Memorial Arch.
Among them are ancestral halls, homes, pagodas and memorial arches - most of which have a history of over three hundred years.
Musicians and jugglers were active near the Memorial Arch, glad to have a crowd worth performing for.