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Shouning County
Shouning County is a county located in the Fujian province of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ningde. The Min Dong dialect of the Min language (similar to the Fuzhou dialect) is spoken there. Shouning County also near the Zhejiang province. Shouning was established in Ming Dynasty in 1455.
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. 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.
There is a highway from Shouning to Fu'an, and from Shouning to Taishun in Zhejiang province. Plantation is the mainstay in agriculture. There are special agricultural products such as flowershape-like mushrooms, tea, potatoes, Chinese Yang Taos, tea-oil trees, mushrooms and so on. It is called "the town of flowershape-like mushrooms".
The wine "Feng Menlong" has won several international gold awards. The green tea "the phoenix's tongue" got a gold medal in the 99 International Tea Culture Fair in Macao. Jasmine tea was awarded 3 gold medals during the appraisal of tea at the international tea fair.
Ningde Prefecture |
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District Name |
Jiaocheng District |
City and County Name |
Fuding City - Fu'an City - Gutian County -
Pingnan County - Shouning County - Xiapu County - Zherong County - Zhouning County |