Zhejiang 浙江

Zhèjiāng 浙江 Other names include: Jiāngnándōng 江南東

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

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

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Zhèjiāng 浙江

Zhèjiāng 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

Resources

• Blue River (Lower Course of the) map showing Northern Zhèjiāng province