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Xinchang County, located in the east of Zhejiang Province, is under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing City. It is bounded by Fenghua District of Ningbo City and Ninghai County of Ningbo City to the east, Tiantai County of Taizhou City to the south, Dongyang City of Jinhua City and Panan County of Jinhua City to the southwest, and Shengzhou to the west and north. The land area is 1212.70 square kilometers, with a resident population of 388100 and a registered population of 434800 at the end of 2018. Xinchang County was established in the second year of Liang Kaiping (908) after the five dynasties, and Xinchang County was designated as Xinchang County (before the five dynasties and Ten Kingdoms) after the Tang Dynasty, which has a history of more than 1100 years. There are "hometown of sweet-scented osmanthus in China", "hometown of long-haired rabbit" and other laudatory names. There is the Tianmu Mountain of the poem fairy Li Bai's famous poem "sleepwalking and saying goodbye to the heavenly grandfather". The main scenic spots are Xinchang Great Buddha Temple and Chuanyan Nineteen.
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