NingboTravelingGeographicalconditionsDistricts&PopularityGeneralIntroductionNingbo,calledYongforshort,islocatedmidwayontheeasterncoastofChinaandintheSouthoftheYangtzeRiverDeltawithZhoushanArchipelagoasitsnaturalshelterintheeast,borderingonHangzhouBayinthenorth,neighboringonthecityofShaoxinginthewest,facingSanmenBayintheSouth,andadjacenttothecountyofTaizhou.GeographicalconditionsDistricts&PopularityUnderNingbo’sjurisdiction,therearesevenurbandistrictsofHaishu,Jiangdong,Jiangbei,Zhenhai,BeilunandYinzhou,Dongbuxinchengthreecounty-levelcitiesofYuyao,CixiandFenghua,andtwocountiesofXiangshanandNinghai.Ningbocoversatotalareaof9,672km2,withapopulationof5.567million.Andtheurbandistrictscover2,634km2,with2.134millionpeople.Ningbo:TodayPlacesofinterestandculturalheritagePlacesofinterestandculturalheritageInurbanareaTianyiPavilionLibraryQing’anGuildHallLakeYueInsuburbBaoguoTempleTheNeolithicHemuduCulturalRuinsXikouandMr.ChiangKaishek’sFormerResidenceRemainsofZhenhaiCoastalDefenseTianyiPavilionLibraryThelibraryistheoldestexistingprivatelibraryofChinaandAsia,andoneoftheworld'sthreeoldestlibrarieskeptbyafamily.Itwasbuiltaboutduring1561-1566.TianyiPavilionwasnamedafterasentencefromYiJing,meaningthatfirecanbecontrolledhereinhopesofpreservingthelibraryforever.In1772,followingtheconstructionandmanagingsystemofTianYiPavilion,thegovernmentoftheQingDynastybuiltsevenotherpavilionssuchasWenyuanandWenlantopreserveSiKuQuanShu.Nowover300,000volumesofbooksincluding80,000volumesofrarebooksarepreservedinthepavilion.GateTheEastGardenBaiEPavilionNingHuiHallQing’anGuildHallAlsonamedTianhouPalaceofEastYong,itissituatesattheeastbankofthe“three-river-junction”,coveringanareaof5,000m2.OriginallythetradeguildhallforthemerchantservicefromNingboporttothecoastalprovinces,andthepalacetooffersacrificestotheHeavenlyQueenBuddha,butnowadaystheNingboMarineFolksMuseumandtheMazuCultureExhibitionHall.Itisoneofsevenmainguildhallsinthecountry,withthereputationof“thefirstguildhallsouthoftheYangtzeRiver”LakeYueDatingfromthe7thcentury,isanurbanoasisinthecenteroftheoldcity.Duringthecourseoftheproject,theconservationzonesurroundingthelakebecameasymbolofchangingattitudestowardconservationinNingbo.BaoguoTempleBaoguoTempleisathousand-year-oldrenownedtempleandoneofthefirstculturalrelicsitesdesignatedtobespeciallypreservedinChina.BaoguoTemplehasalonghistory.Ashistoricalrecordsgo,itwasoriginallybuiltintheEastHanDynasty(25-220),butdestroyedlater.Itwasnotuntiltheyear880thatthetemplewasreconstructed.Thepresentpalcewasrebuiltin1013.ThemostmagnificentbuildinginthetempleistheGrandHall,knownastheBeamlessHall.Itisoneoftheoldestandbest-preservedwoodenstructuresinSouthYangtzeregionofChina,invaluabletothenation'sarchitecturalstudies.TheNeolithicHemuduCulturalRuinsTheNeolithicHemuduCulturalRuinsissituatedinYuyao,20km2awayfromNingbodowntown.ItisoneofthemostimportantculturalrelicsoftheNeolithicAgeinChina,whichconvincethattheYangtzeRiverValleywasnotonlythebirthplaceofChineseculture,butalsotheearliestplacetoplantriceontheearth.Theruinscoveratotalareaof4,000km2.Over7000relicsrangingfrombones,stones,wood,pottery,riceandwoodenbuilding,etc,havebeenunearthed,whichprovidesrichdataforresearchintoagriculture,textile,artandtheoriginoftheEasternCivilization.PaddyAgriculturePile-dwellingsBoat-oaringWorshippingtheBirdsandSunXiKouEarlyintheHanDynasty,XiKouscenicspotenjoyedahighreputationofbeingafairylandonthesea.XueDouMountain,standingaboveachainofconnectedmountainsandcoveredwithverdantoldpinetreesandflickeringgreenbamboo,isafamoussummerresortofnaturalbeauty.Inaddition,itisalsorenownedhomeandabroadforbeingthehometownofChiangKai-shek.Mr.ChiangKaishek’sFormerResidenceMr.ChiangKaishek’sFormerResidence,consistsoftheFenggaoHouse,theYutaiSaltShopandtheWestern-styleHouse,islocatedinXikou,Fenghua.ItisnotonlyanimportanthistoricbuildinginmodernChina,butalsohistoricaldataforstudyingMr.ChiangKaishekandMr.ChiangJingguo--hisson,andotherrelatinghistoricalevents.RemainsofZhenhaiCoastalDefenseRemainsofZhenhaiCoastalDefenselocateattheshoreoftheEastSeaandtheentranceoftheYongjiangRiver.Itisthemostimportantmilitaryfortofcoastaldefenseandforwardpositionofresistingtheoutsideaggressors.LifeinNingboShoppingFoodIn1347EmperorZhuYuanZhang(MingDynasty)gaveorderstoconstructChenghuangTempleatthePrefectureofNingbowithaviewtobringpeacetopeoplefortheprosperityofthecountry.Thewholeconstructionareais4,700squaremetersanditisoneofthebiggestChenghuangtemplesinChina.ChenghuangTempleTianfengTowercanbeseeninthebackgroundAcrowdedSaturdayafternoonThetemplehasbecomeashoppingcenterofbothdiningandtouringinthedowntownarea.NingboChenghuangTempleispopularlycalledOldChenghuangTemple.NingbowastheportofdepartureofthesilkroadintheseaintheancientChinaandthebirthplaceofthegarmentindustryinthemodernChina.NingbotailorsmadethefirstChinesetunicsuitandthefirstwestern-stylesuit,managedthefirstWestern-stylesuittore,andwrotethefirstbookonmakingWestern-stylesuitsinChina.What'smore,NingboneseinChinafoundedthefirstgarmentschool.E