Zhejiang 浙江

Zhèjiāng 浙江 Other names include: Jiāngnándōng 江南東; Zhè 浙 (abbreviation); Che-chiang (former romanization)

Nearby Locations: Jiāngsū 江蘇 province Anhuī 安徽 province Jiāngxī 江西 province Fújiàn 福建 province Important Cities: Hángzhōu 杭州 Níngbō 寧波 Húzhōu 湖州 Shàoxīng 紹興 Zhōushān 舟山

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

Geography Portal

Zhèjiāng 浙江 is a province on the east coast of China. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was an important cultural, economic, and strategic location.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山 and its complex of temples, near Zhōushān 舟山
• Mount Tiāntái 天台山

References and Resources

• Blue River (Lower Course of the), 1912, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin