Shouning County (simplified Chinese: 寿宁县; traditional Chinese: 壽寧縣; 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 borders of 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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Shouning County comprises 10 townships, 4 towns, and 201 administrative villages. These include:
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