Located midway up the coastline on shore of the East China Sea, Ningbo is a prosperous port city famous for its marine, fishery, trade, tourism, manufacture, and so on. Ningbo covers an area of nearly 9,400 squre kilometers and has a total population of 6 and half million people. It lies in the subtropical zone, blessed with an oceanic climate with four distinct seasons. Its average temperature is 16 degrees Centigrade.
Ningbo has a treasure of culture and arts, many of which are state protected. The 7,000-year-old Hemudu Cultural Relics are recognized as the cradle of the ancient Chinese civilization. Tianyi Pavilion is the oldest private library in China. The relics of Sakyamuni are well preserved in the King Asoka Temple. The Liang-zhu Cultural Park is a memorial to the widespread Butterfly Love story of the ancient Chinese “Romeo & Juliet.?Xikou, a suburban town of Ningbo, most famous as the native place of Chiang Kai-shek, attracts millions of visitors from all over the world every year. |
