Shouning County
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Shouning County (寿宁县; pinyin: Shòuníng Xiàn) is a small county located in the Fujian province of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ningde. It is near the Zhejiang province. The Min Dong dialect of the Min language (similar to the Fuzhou dialect) is spoken there.
There are a number of covered bridges located there, and of the 100 or so woven timber arch "lounge bridges" throughout China, Shouning County has 19.[1] The county hosted the second international conference on Chinese covered bridges from September 20 to 23, 2007.
Beilu opera (also called Luantan), a variety of Min opera, is popular in Shouning County.[2]
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[edit] Administrative divisions
Shouning County comprises 10 townships, 4 towns, and 201 administrative villages. These include:
[edit] Townships
- Da'an (大安乡)
- Kengdi (坑底乡)
- Qingyuan (清源乡)
- Zhuguanlong (竹管垅乡)
- Qinyang (芹洋乡)
- Xixi (犀溪乡)
- Tuoxi (托溪乡)
- Pingxi (平溪乡)
- Fengyang (风阳乡)
- Xiadang (下党乡)
[edit] Towns
- Aoyang (鳌阳镇)
- Xietan (斜滩镇)
- Nanyang (南阳镇)
- Wuqu (武曲镇)
[edit] External links
- Shouning County official site (Chinese)
- Covered bridges of Shouning County (PDF file)
- Photo of covered bridge in Shouning County
- Article about covered bridge symposium (Chinese)
- Articles about covered bridges (Chinese)
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