Shouning County


Shouning County is a small county located in the northeast of Fujian province of People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang province to the northeast. It is under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, An Eastern Min dialect of Min Chinese 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. The county hosted the second international conference on Chinese covered bridges from September 20 to 23, 2007.
Beilu opera, a variety of Min opera, is popular in Shouning County.

Administrative divisions

Shouning County comprises 10 townships, 4 towns, and 201 administrative villages. These include:

Townships