Ningbo 寧波

Níngbō 寧波 Other names include: Yǒng 甬 (abbreviation)

Nearby Locations: Shàoxīng 紹興 Zhōushān 舟山

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

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Níngbō 寧波 is a port city in northeast Zhèjiāng 浙江 province, and has been a major seaport since at least the Tang Dynasty. It was a treaty port opened to foreign trade in the late Qing.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Bǎoguó Temple 保國寺, north of the city
• Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺, east of the city
• Guānzōng Lecture Temple 觀宗講寺
  • Location of the Guānzōng School 觀宗學舍 and the Guānzōng Research Society 觀宗研究社
  • The Periodical of the Dharma Propagation Society 弘法社刊 was published here 1928 - 1937

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