Shaoxing

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Shaoxing

绍兴市
Shàoxīng Shì
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area (Land)	8,256 km²
Population	4,347,200 (2004)
GDP	¥35,753 per capita (2004)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	6
Township-level divisions
Mayor	Zhang Jinru (张金如)
Area code	575
License Plate Prefix	浙D
City flower	Orchid

Shaoxing () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying on the south bank of the Yangtze River mouth, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Shaoxing administers 1 districts, 3 county-level cities and 2 counties.

Yuecheng District (越城区)
Shangyu City (上虞市)
Shengzhou City (嵊州市)
Zhuji City (诸暨市)
Shaoxing County (绍兴县)
Xinchang County (新昌县)

History

Modern day Shaoxing sits on the site of the capital of the Spring and Autumn state of State of Yue. Around the sixth century BC, Yue had a sinicised ruling elite which fought a number of wars against its northern arch-rival State of Wu.

Shaoxing became a subprefecture during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Under the Republic of China, it became a county. And under the People's Republic of China, it became a city.

Geography and climate

Average Temperature: 16 °C

Notable people

Cai Yuanpei, educator
Chen Yi, politician of Dongpu Town (東浦鎮), Shaoxing County
Lu Xun, writer
Qiu Jin, female revolutionary
Xishi, beauty (Zhuji City)
Xu Wei, painter

Tourism

Lu Xun's residence is preserved near the middle of the city, and has become a tourist destination.
East Lake (东湖) is a traditional scenic area just out of town.
Shaoxing has the Tomb of Yu the Great (大禹陵).

Miscellaneous

The Chinese rice wine (黃酒) is also known as Shaoxing Wine (紹興酒) or simply Shao Wine (紹酒). The brewery takes the natural process with the pure water of Jianhu-Mirror Lake. It has a unique flavour and a reputation throughout the nation and internationally. It is used both as a liquor and in cooking, and as a solvent for Chinese herbal medicated ointment.

External links

Government website of Shaoxing (in Simplified Chinese)

Cities in Zhejiang | Prefecture-level divisions of Zhejiang

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