Anhui 安徽

Ānhuī 安徽 Other names include: Wǎn 皖 (abbreviation); An-hui (historical romanization)

Nearby Locations: Shāndōng 山東 province Jiāngsū 江蘇 province Jiāngxī 江西 province Zhèjiāng 浙江 province Húběi 湖北 province Hénán 河南 province Important Cities: Héféi 合肥 Ānqìng 安慶 Mǎ'ānshān 馬鞍山

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

Geography Portal

Ānhuī 安徽 is a province in east-central China. The province is home to the Huángshān 黃山 range as well as Mount Jiǔhuá 九華山.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Mount Jiǔhuá 九華山
• The Ānhuī Monastic School 安徽僧學校 was active in the early 1920s

Other Notes

• Lǐ Yuányīn 李元音 and Zhōu Shūjiā 周叔迦 were born here
• Wáng Xiǎoxú 王小徐 grew up here, and Rénshān 仁山 studied here as a youth

References and Resources

• Shryock, John Knight. The temples of Anking and their cults; a study of modern Chinese religion. Paris, 1931.