Luocheng Town was established in the late Ming Dynasty hundreds of vears ago. For it bears the shape of a boat, Luocheng is also described as“a boat at the mountain summit”. However, there is neither river nor boat around, and the town is just supplied by a reservoir for potable water.Here used to be a very busy distributing center of salt and coal. It has no written history but legends only on the lips of the old people. Nobody can tell how the town came into being and why it was so built.outsiders also take this a mystery.Anyway, this age-old county town bearing typical traditional Chinese architectural feature has its counterpart built in Melbourne, Australia today Luocheng Town was established in the late Ming Dynasty hundreds of vears ago. For it bears the shape of a boat, Luocheng is also described as “a boat at the mountain summit.” However, there is neither a river nor boat around, and the town is just supplied by a reservoir for potable water. Here used to be a very busy distributing center of salt and coal. It has no written history but legends only on the lips of the old people. Nobody can tell how the town came into being and why it was so built.outsiders also take this a mystery.Anyway, this age-old county town bearing typical traditional Chinese architectural feature has its counterpart built in Melbourne, Australia today