Prefecture-level city Ningde Province Fujian | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) | |
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Country People's Republic of China | ||
Shouning County (simplified Chinese: 寿宁县; traditional Chinese: 壽寧縣; pinyin: Shòuníng Xiàn; Foochow Romanized: Sêu-nìng-gâing) is a small county located in the northeast of Fujian province of People's Republic of China, near the border with Zhejiang province. It is under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, An Eastern Min dialect of Min Chinese (similar to the Fuzhou dialect) is spoken there.
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Map of Shouning, Ningde, Fujian, China
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.
Administrative divisions
Shouning County comprises 10 townships, 4 towns, and 201 administrative villages. These include: