Suichang County () is a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
under the jurisdiction of
Lishui City, in the southwest of
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...
Province, China, bordering
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
province to the southwest.
History
Suichang is known as the place where
Tang Xianzu
Tang Xianzu (; September 24, 1550 – July 29, 1616), courtesy name Yireng (), was a Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty.
Biography
Tang was a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi and his career as an official consisted principally of low-level ...
wrote his most famous play ''
The Peony Pavilion ''The Peony Pavilion'' ( zh, t=牡丹亭, s=牡丹亭, p=Mǔdān tíng, w=Mu-tan t'ing), also named ''The Return of Soul at the Peony Pavilion'', is a romantic tragicomedy play written by dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598. The plot was drawn from the sh ...
'' in the 16th century. 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
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...
, and renowned 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 1950s and 1960s.
Administrative divisions
Towns:
*
Miaogao (妙高镇),
Yunfeng (云峰镇),
Beijie (北界镇),
Dazhe (大柘镇),
Shilian (石练镇),
Jinzhu (金竹镇),
Huangshayao (黄沙腰镇),
Xinluwan (新路湾镇),
Wangcunkou (王村口镇)
Townships:
*
Jiaotan Township (焦滩乡),
Yingcun Township (应村乡),
Hushan Township (湖山乡),
Lianzhu Township (濂竹乡),
Gaoping Township
Gaoping () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jincheng. It has a history stretching back to the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). Part of the city wa ...
(高坪乡),
Caiyuan Township (蔡源乡),
Longyang Township
Longyang District () is a district of the city of Baoshan, Yunnan province, China.
Administrative divisions
Longyang District has 6 subdistricts, 5 towns, 6 townships and 4 ethnic townships.
;6 subdistricts
;5 towns
;6 townships
;4 ethnic to ...
(龙洋乡),
Xifan Township Xifan is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words.
It may refer to:
* Xifan or Hsi-fan (, . "The Western Barbarians"), a Chinese racial slur variously used for
** Native peoples west of Gansu under the Tang
** The Qiang ...
(西畈乡),
Ankou Township (垵口乡),
Zhedaikou Township (柘岱口乡),
Sanren She Ethnic Township (三仁畲族乡)
Climate
References
External links
* http://www.suichang.gov.cn/
{{County-level divisions of Zhejiang
County-level divisions of Zhejiang
Lishui