Zhejiang (original) (raw)

Zhejiang (浙江) is a southeast coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Zhejiang means winding river in Chinese.

浙江省

History

Geography

Zhejiang is on the south side of the Yangtze river delta and is close to Shanghai (which is located north of the province).

The southern end of the Grand Canal of China is located in Hangzhou.

Zhejiang is divided into ten prefecture-level cities and one prefecture at the sub-provincial level: Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Quzhou, Zhoushan, Taizhou, and Liushui Prefecture. There are also 39 counties, 25 cities, and 24 districts at the county level.

Economy

The province is also known as the "Land of Fish and Rice", and also produces silk and tea. Significant mechanical manufacturing happens there as well.

Commercial ports, by order of importance: Ningbo, Wenzhou, Zhoushan.

Demographics

Culture

Like Fujian, Zhejiang is extremely linguistically diverse. The inhabitants of Zhejiang speak Wu dialect but with the dialect becoming unintelligible every few kilometers.

The She and Hui nationalities are the two largest minorities.

Tourism

Tourist destinations in Zhejiang include:

• The ancient capital of Hangzhou
• Shaoxing and other waterway towns
• Tiantai Shan, a mountain important to Zen Buddhism
• Putuo Shan, one of the most famous Buddhist mountains of China. Chinese Buddhists associate it with Guan Yin.
• Yandang Shan, a scenic area north of Wenzhou

Miscellaneous topics

Colleges and universities

• Zhejiang University (Hangzhou)

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