Saturday, October 11, 2008

Shouning County

Shouning County 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 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. The county hosted the second international conference on Chinese covered bridges from September 20 to 23, 2007.

Beilu opera , a variety of Min opera, is popular in Shouning County.

Administrative divisions


Shouning County comprises 10 , 4 , and 201 administrative villages. These include:

Townships


*Da'an
*Kengdi
*Qingyuan
*Zhuguanlong
*Qinyang
*Xixi
*Tuoxi
*Pingxi
*Fengyang
*Xiadang

Towns


*Aoyang
*Xietan
*Nanyang
*Wuqu

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