Shanlian
Shanlian is a small town located in northern Zhejiang province in China, in the Nanxun District of the prefecture-level city Huzhou. It is renowned as the sole source of the prized Huzhou writing brush, which has been manufactured in the town for over 2,000 years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: town in Zhejiang, China
- Also known as: “Shan Lian Town”, “Shan-lien”, “Shan-lien-shih”, “Shanlian Town”, “Shànliǎn Town”, and “Shanlian Zhen”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xinshi.
Xinshi
Town
Xinshi Town is a town in Deqing County of Huzhou prefecture-level city, in China's Zhejiang Province. Xinshi is located about 30 km north-east of the provincial capital, Hangzhou. Xinshi is situated 10 km south of Shanlian.
Shanlian
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Huzhou Shi, Zhejiang, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.69844° or 30° 41′ 54″ northLongitude
120.30833° or 120° 18′ 30″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8Q22M8X5+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 1339088743OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Shanlian” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shanlian”
- Chinese: “Shànliǎn Zhèn”
- Chinese: “善琏”
- Chinese: “善琏镇”
- Chinese: “善璉鎮”
- French: “bourg de Shanlian”
- French: “Bourg de Shànliǎn”
- Gan Chinese: “善琏镇”
- Japanese: “善璉鎮”
- Malagasy: “Shanlian”
- Swedish: “Shanlian”
- Welsh: “Shanlian”
- Wu Chinese: “善琏镇”
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