Anhui 安徽

Ānhuī 安徽 Other names include: Jiāngnán 江南; Wǎn 皖 (abbreviation)

Nearby Locations: Shāndōng 山東 province to the north Jiāngsū 江蘇 province to the east Jiāngxī 江西 province to the south Zhèjiāng 浙江 province to the southeast Húběi 湖北 province to the southwest Hénán 河南 province to the northwest 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

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