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)

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