Tianning District
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Tianning District is a district under the jurisdiction of Changzhou
in Jiangsu
province of the People's Republic of China
. The local language is the Changzhou dialect
of Wu Chinese. The postal code for the district is 213003.
The Tianning District covers an area of 68 square kilometers. In 2007 the total population was recorded at 520,00 people.
The area is most famous for the Tianning Temple for which the district is named. The temple is home to the tallest pagoda in the world
. The pagoda forms the most notable landmark in the downtown area.
Tianning District is also home to Hongmei Park , which borders the temple grounds to the north. The park is reported to attract 200 million tourists each year. It is also home to Red Plum
Pavilion, a structure originally built 1000 years ago, as well as the Yizhou Pavilion, built to commemorate the poet Su Dongpo, who died in Changzhou.
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
in Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
province of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. The local language is the Changzhou dialect
Changzhou dialect
Changzhou dialect is a dialect of Wu, a Sino-Tibetan language, and belongs to the Taihu dialect group. It is spoken in the city of Changzhou and surrounding areas in Jiangsu province of China. It has many similarities with the Shanghainese and Suzhou dialect, but is largely not comprehensible...
of Wu Chinese. The postal code for the district is 213003.
The Tianning District covers an area of 68 square kilometers. In 2007 the total population was recorded at 520,00 people.
The area is most famous for the Tianning Temple for which the district is named. The temple is home to the tallest pagoda in the world
Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Changzhou)
The Tianning Temple , located in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, is noted for its giant wooden pagoda, the Tianning Pagoda . Construction began in April 2002 with the opening ceremony for the completed structure held on April 30, 2007, where a crowd of hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered...
. The pagoda forms the most notable landmark in the downtown area.
Tianning District is also home to Hongmei Park , which borders the temple grounds to the north. The park is reported to attract 200 million tourists each year. It is also home to Red Plum
Plum
A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds , the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one...
Pavilion, a structure originally built 1000 years ago, as well as the Yizhou Pavilion, built to commemorate the poet Su Dongpo, who died in Changzhou.