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Qiu 'ai Town is a town under the jurisdiction of Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in the eastern suburb of Ningbo City and the flat Yindong Plain. It is adjacent to five towns in the east, Dongqianhu Town and Xiaying Panhuo Street in the south, jiangdong district in the west and Xiaogang in Beilun District in the north. There are many rivers in the territory, and Qiantang River and Tang Zhong pass through the territory, so irrigation and shipping are convenient.
The town covers an area of 23 square kilometers and governs 16 administrative villages and 3 communities. As of May 2023 17, the registered population was 39,000. It has been awarded the honorary titles of the first batch of civilized villages and towns in China and the national sustainable development experimental zone.
Qiu 'ai Town is a famous town in eastern Zhejiang with a history of 1300 years. It is a well-known "hometown of snow vegetables". National Highway 329, 7 1 Provincial Highway and 1 Rail Transit Line pass through the town and are important transportation hubs in Yindong area.
It has been successively rated as the first batch of civilized villages and towns in China, the national experimental zone for sustainable development, the national comprehensive experimental zone for social development, the national demonstration site for establishing civilized small towns, the national pilot town for small town construction, the national experimental zone for rural cultural reform, and the national advanced town for hundreds of millions of farmers' fitness activities.
The pickles in Qiu 'ai Town are famous and delicious. It is made of the finest potherb, which is delicious and fragrant.
When you open Modern Chinese Dictionary and Xinhua Dictionary, you can find that the word "ai" has only one pronunciation. However, Ningbo is an exception. When used as a place name, the old Ningbo people often read gà. Even once a TV broadcast chose to use the pronunciation of ài, which was strongly opposed by the old Ningbo people and eventually changed back.
It is impossible to verify when the word "Ai" began to be pronounced gà, but it has a history of at least 1300 years. Investigating these place names, whether it is "Wang Ai" or "Qiu Ai", the basic form is "surname+Ai", and "surname" is the surname of the village owner or the surname of the first resident.