In the 1960s, some Japanese scholars raised the concept of the Silk Road via Sea. For, whether by sea or land, the Silk Road refers to the broader concept engaging in communication... 
Qita Temple, or the Seven-Pagoda Temple, is located midway along Baizhang Road. The temple, plus Tiantong Temple, King Asoka Temple and Guanzong Temple, are four famous Buddhist mo...
Tong Dizhou was born in Yinxian County in East China's Zhejiang Province in 1902 and died in 1979. He was a famous experimental embryologist and educationist. In 1927, he graduated...
Established in 1990, Ningbo Song and Dance Ensemble has a staff team of 60 people at average age of 22, all graduates from professional art school. The ensemble has a dance team, f...
Once known as Ningbo Wenshu, or Siming Wenshu, Siming Nanci is a kind of folk performance shows in Ningbo dialect in place of Zhejiang Province where the ethnic Han prevails. Simin...
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Flying Kites in February
In February, spring comes back to earth, promising nice, warm days. It is said that people eat melon seed in January and fly kites in February. Kite-flying has become a much-loved outdoor activity ...
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Sand Beach Strolling on March 3rd
At Shipu and Changguo of Xiangshan County, there is a custom in which everyone goes for a walk along the beach outside of Changguo East Gate, or cook sea snails they picked up on March 3rd in Lunar...
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Ningbo Cinnabar and Gold Lacquer W...
Ningbo cinnabar and gold lacquer woodcarving is an ancient architectural decorative art featuring wood carvings. Excellent materials like camphor wood, bass wood, and Chinese gingko are selected fo...
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Lacquer
Ningbo boasts a long history of lacquerware making. In the 7000-year-old Hemudu Culture Site, a vermilion wooden bowl was unearthed, an evidence of this antique process of lacquerware making in Nin...
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China Filial Piety Festival
Every year on October, 26th (The Double Ninth Festival), the Filial Piety Festival will be held in Cicheng of Jiangbei District, China Home of Filial Piety Culture. It aims at spreading the filial piety culture and to build a harmonious society.
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Zhenhai Autumn Tourism Festival
It has an over 20-year history. There are 500,000 pots of different kinds of flowers exhibiting in the festival every year, which fully presents the charm of the town beside the East China Sea. It receives tourists of 200,000 person-times every year.
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“Gang Ya Gou” Desserts
Founded by Mr. Jiang Dingfa in 1926, “Gang Ya Gou” (a water vat, a sheldrake and a dog) is a hundred-year-old shop in Ningbo, famous for its snacks. Jiang Dingfa’s childhood name was Agou (namely a...
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Zhuangyuanlou Hotel
Ningbo Zhuangyuanlou (Number One Scholar) Hotel, called Ningbo Zhuangyuanlou and located at Sanjiangkou previously, is now at Dongmenkou, Ningbo. Founded in 1785, Ningbo Zhuangyuanlou Hotel is famo...
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History of Ningbo Bang (Ningbo Mer...
Two hundred years is but a snap of fingers. However, it has witnessed the creation of a splendid history. Behind the migration of millions of businessmen is the vivid ecology of generations of Ningbonese with the ambition of achieving self-cultivation, family harmony, state administration
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History of Ningbo Bang (Ningbo Mer...
Ningbo Bang are interested not only in building schools and promoting education, but also devoting themselves to educational practice and management, producing a galaxy of elites in the educational field. Many well-known Chinese and overseas universities have Ningbo natives as their presidents, a unique phenomenon in the histor
