When I first arrived in Ningbo, what introductions about Ningbo helped me understand Ningbo?

Ningbo is a famous historical and cultural city as well as a famous tourist city. Xikou-Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area is a national scenic spot, Dongqian Lake, the largest lake in Zhejiang Province, is a provincial scenic spot, and Tiantong Forest Park is a national forest park. There are also famous temples in Ningbo, such as Tiantong Temple, Asoka Temple and Xuedou Temple. China's masterpiece of ancient architecture, Guobao Temple, ancient water conservancy building Tashan Weir, Ninghai Nanxi Hot Spring, Yuyao Siming Lake Tourist Resort and Xiangshan Shipu Fishing Port are all places that many Chinese and foreign tourists yearn for. The historical sites of coastal defense in Ming Dynasty, represented by Zhaobaoshan in Zhenhai, and the historical sites of revolutionary struggle in eastern Zhejiang, centered on Siming Mountain, have added a dignified cultural landscape to Ningbo.

There are many literati in Ningbo. In history, there have been high-level schools with local characteristics such as Siming School, Yangming School and Zhedong School, and a number of cultural celebrities such as Yu Shinan, Gao Zecheng, Wang Shouren, Zhu Shunshui, Huang Zongxi, Wang Zu and Zhang Huangyan. Ningbo has a profound collection culture, and a large number of famous buildings with tens of thousands of books have emerged. Tianyi Pavilion is the oldest existing library in China with a history of more than 400 years. It is the representative work of China's book collection culture. The traditional crafts of Ningbo, such as bone and wood inlay, Ning furniture, Zhu Jin woodcarving, and gold and silver colored embroidery, bred by profound cultural accumulation, are exquisite in materials, exquisite in craftsmanship and unique in style. On the 20th, when Marie Laure Gigon was exhausted, Castle Peak revealed the Vatican Palace, which is a portrayal of tiantong temple, one of the five largest Zen temples in the world. The Buddhist culture in Ningbo is world-famous. Ashoka Temple treasures Sakyamuni relics. Xuedou Mountain is one of the five famous Buddhist mountains in China, and Guobao Temple is the oldest wooden structure building south of the Yangtze River.

Ningbo is a transportation hub in eastern Zhejiang, with rapid development of three-dimensional transportation by land, sea, air and water, especially Beilun Port, which is known as the "Oriental Port", enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. There is an air bridge between Hongkong, lishe airport and major cities in China. Railways, highways, water transport and urban traffic extend in all directions.

Ningbo has a long history and is the birthplace of Hemudu culture with a history of more than 7,000 years of civilization. In the Tang Dynasty, Ningbo became one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road, and was also known as the three major foreign trade ports of China along with Yangzhou and Guangzhou. In the Song Dynasty, it was also listed as the three major ports of foreign trade together with Guangzhou and Quanzhou. After the Opium War, it was turned into one of the "five major trading ports". Today, Ningbo is the most economically developed city in Zhejiang Province, and also one of the national 14 cities (sub-provincial), with the fourth per capita income and the second consumption level. Ningbo Port is an important part of Shanghai's international shipping hub port, and has opened flights with more than 400 ports in 79 countries and regions around the world.

Ningbo is the birthplace of China businessmen. There are14 Shanghainese who claim to be "the smartest in China" from Ningbo. Compared with Wenzhou people, Ningbo people prefer to do big business, and a large number of internationally renowned industrial and commercial giants have emerged, such as Bao Yugang, the "ship king". Therefore, it is called "Ningbo Big Boss" and "Wenzhou Small Boss".

Ningbo is also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 300 Wanning people living in more than 50 countries and regions in the world. Overseas "Ningbo Gang" has become an important bridge and link between Ningbo and the rest of the world.

Ningbo is not only beautiful, but also has been spread all over the world with "four fragrances" (rice fragrance, fish fragrance, book fragrance and ink fragrance) since ancient times, and its products are extremely rich. The main specialties can be divided into seafood, dried products, special foods, seasonal fruits, traditional handicrafts, clothing and so on. Seafood and dry seafood Ningbo is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River with a long coastline. It is a place where salt water and fresh water meet. The microorganisms in the water are extremely rich, so seafood tastes particularly delicious and has high nutritional value. Ningbo is one of the main seafood producing areas in China. There are all kinds of seafood, such as yellow croaker, hairtail, cuttlefish, grouper, fragrant fish, mudskipper, swimming crab, sea shrimp, clam, clam, oyster, mud snail, dried tribute, jellyfish, kelp and moss. Among the dry seafood, several are the most famous, such as yellow croaker, Mingfu owl, baked crab with red paste, drunk snail, dried shrimp, dried shrimp skin, fresh eel owl, jellyfish head, kelp, moss, grilled fish fillet and so on. People in Ningbo like to give this specialty as a gift to their relatives and friends.