What kind of city is Ningbo?

Ningbo (English: Ningbo Municipality; Hanyu Pinyin: níng bō) is a sub-provincial city, a planned city and a larger city with the right to make local laws and regulations in Zhejiang Province. Larger cities with the right to formulate local laws and regulations, belonging to the fourteen coastal open cities, is the People's Republic of China **** and the State Ministry of Culture approved by the National Historical and Cultural City, one of the three major economic centers in Zhejiang. The city's total area of 9,365 square kilometers. It is located in the east of Zhejiang, the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta. Ningbo is a famous historical and cultural city as well as a famous tourist city. Xikou-Xuedoushan Scenic Spot is a national scenic spot, Dongqian Lake, the largest lake in Zhejiang Province, is a provincial scenic spot, and Tiantong Forest Park is a national forest park. Ningbo also has famous temples such as Tiantong Temple, Ashoka Temple and Xuedou Temple. The Baoguo Temple, a masterpiece of ancient Chinese architecture, the ancient water conservancy building Itshanyan, the Nanxi Hot Spring in Ninghai, the Siming Lake Tourist Resort in Yuyao, and the Shipu Fishing Harbor in Xiangshan are desired by many Chinese and foreign travelers. The historical relics of the Ming Dynasty's sea defense against foreign invasion, represented by Zhenhai Zhaobao Mountain, and the historical relics of Zhedong's revolutionary struggle, centered on Siming Mountain, add to Ningbo's staid humanistic landscapes.

Ningbo City is known for its slogan, "Books of the past and present, harbor to the sky." as its slogan. Ningbo has a long history and is the birthplace of the Hemudu Culture, a civilization with a history of more than 7,000 years. During the Tang Dynasty, Ningbo became one of the starting points of the "Maritime Silk Road" and was known as one of the three major foreign trade ports in China together with Yangzhou and Guangzhou. In the Song Dynasty, Ningbo was listed as one of the three major foreign trade ports together with Guangzhou and Quanzhou. After the Opium War, Ningbo was opened as one of the "five major ports for trade". Nowadays, Ningbo is the most economically developed city in Zhejiang Province and one of the 14 centrally planned cities (sub-provincial) in China, with the fourth highest per capita income and the second highest consumption level in China. Ningbo Port is an important part of Shanghai's international shipping hub port and has opened routes with more than 600 ports in more than 100 countries and regions in the world.

Tianyi Pavilion Ningbo is full of literati, and historically there have been higher-level schools with local characteristics, such as the School of Simei, Yangming School, and Zhedong School, and a number of cultural celebrities, such as Yu Shinan, Gao Zecheng, Wang Shouren, Zhu Shunshui, Huang Zongxi, Wanshi Tong, Quan Zuwang, and Zhang Huangyan, have appeared in the city. Ningbo has a profound culture of book collection, and a large number of famous book collections with tens of thousands of volumes have emerged. Tianyi Pavilion is the oldest existing library in China, with a history of more than 400 years, and it is a representative work of China's book-collecting culture. The traditional crafts of Ningbo, such as bone and wood inlay, Ning-style furniture, Zhu Jin wood carving, gold, silver and color embroidery, etc., which were nurtured in the profound cultural precipitation, are made of exquisite materials, with excellent craftsmanship and unique styles. Twenty miles of pine line want to end, the green hills hold out the Palace of Brahma, which is located in the world of Zen one of the five temples of Tiantong Temple portrayal, Ningbo's Buddhist culture is world-famous; Ashoka Temple treasures Sakyamuni's real relics, Xuedoushan for the nation's five famous Buddhist mountains, Baoguo Temple is the oldest wooden building south of the Yangtze River.

Oriental port - Beilun Port Ningbo is the eastern Zhejiang transportation hub, land, sea, air, water, three-dimensional transportation development is rapid, especially in the "Oriental Port" known as the Beilun Port reputation at home and abroad. There are air bridges between Lishe Airport and Hong Kong, Taiwan and major cities all over the country. Railroad, highway, water transport and city transportation is well connected.

Ningbo is also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 300,000 people of Ningbo nationality living in more than 50 countries and regions in the world. The overseas "Ningbo Gang" has become an important bridge and link between Ningbo and the rest of the world.

Ningbo not only has beautiful scenery, but also has been famous for its "Four Fragrances" (rice, fish, books and ink) since ancient times, and is extremely rich in products. The main specialties can be divided into seafood, dried seafood products, specialty foods, seasonal fruits, traditional handicrafts, clothing and other categories. Seafood, dried seafood Ningbo is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River into the East China Sea, with a long coastline, is the place where salt water and fresh water meet, the water is extremely rich in microorganisms, so the seafood is particularly tasty and has a high nutritional value. Ningbo is one of the major seafood-producing areas in China, with a wide range of seafood such as yellow croaker, scallop, cuttlefish, grouper, scented fish, mudskipper, moray eel, pike crab, shrimp, ark shells, razor clams, oysters, mud snails, dried gongs, jellyfish, kelp, mossweed and other types of seafood. Dried seafood in the number of yellowtail replica bags, Mingfu replica bags, red paste choking crab, drunken mud snail, dried shrimp, dried shrimp, shrimp, new wind eel replica bags, jellyfish, kelp, moss cabbage, grilled fish fillets, etc., the people of Ningbo are very fond of this specialties as a gift to their friends and relatives.