Suichang County

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Suichang County (Chinese: 遂昌县; pinyin: Suíchāng Xiàn) in Lishui Prefecture Level City Zhejiang Province, China,

History

Suichang is probably best known as the place where Tang Xianzu wrote his most famous play "The Peony Pavilion" (Chinese: 牡丹亭; pinyin: Mŭdan Tíng) about five hundred years ago during the Ming Dynasty. Tang Xianzu is regarded as "Shakespeare in the Orient" for his masterpiece. Tang served as Suichang County's top official for three years and left behind many legendary stories which are still passed on from generation to generation. Today's Suichang County has joined modern society with many vehicles, highways connecting it to the capital city of Hangzhou, and renown for its bamboo forests and natural scenery such as White Horse Mountain (Bai Ma Shan) and Nine Dragon Mountain (Jiu Long Shan) which recorded as one of the sites where wild humans were said to be present in the '50s and '60s of 20th Century.

External links

http://www.suichang.gov.cn/

Coordinates: 28°35′49″N 119°16′10″E / 28.59694°N 119.26944°E / 28.59694; 119.26944

County-level divisions of Zhejiang Province

Hangzhou (capital)

Sub-provincial cities

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Prefecture-level cities

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Shaoxing	Yuecheng District Keqiao District Shangyu District Zhuji City Shengzhou City Xinchang County

Jinhua	Wucheng District Jindong District Lanxi City Yongkang City Yiwu City Dongyang City Wuyi County Pujiang County Pan'an County

Quzhou	Kecheng District Qujiang District Jiangshan City Changshan County Kaihua County Longyou County

Zhoushan	Dinghai District Putuo District Daishan County Shengsi County Zhoushan Archipelago New Area*

Taizhou	Jiaojiang District Huangyan District Luqiao District Linhai City Wenling City Sanmen County Tiantai County Xianju County Yuhuan County

Lishui	Liandu District Longquan City Jinyun County Qingtian County Yunhe County Suichang County Songyang County Qingyuan County Jingning Autonomous County

* Not a formal administrative subdivision

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