I'm sorry if there is a completely obvious answer to this question or if I am asking it in the wrong place. However, I want to get to a town called Long Quan. It is not a particularly large city, and I have no idea how to get there. Searching on the internet has yielded no useful information.

The reason that I want to go there is maybe a little unusual. I want to buy a sword. Not a cheap knock-off for tourists or even one of the mass-produced pieces sold for Chinese people. I want to buy a good sword (preferably not an antique) that will last me a long time. Since Long Quan is, supposedly, the sword making capitol of China, that is where I want to go to buy one. However, if someone just happens to know a place in or around Shanghai that I could find what I want, please let me know.

Interesting, LongQuan Swords - thought only this is a name just in Chinese fiction but it is real...

Anyway browsed the net and found the following sites (gov and also online shopping shop). But mostly in Chinese. It says the city (?) is located at south west of ZheJiang near FuJian and JiangXi (?) 浙闽戆 and near WenZhou温州

http://www.longquan.gov.cn/jclq/lqgl/
http://www.longquan.gov.cn/zhxx/lqtszj/lqbj/bjpz/

Also found a online shopping site (even in Japanese & English!):-
http://www.518j.com/default.asp