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Ningjin County 宁津县

Ningjin County (宁津县), in Dezhou (德州), Shandong (山东), has a cultural tourism landscape shaped by acrobatics, crickets, woodcraft and local food. These themes come together at Debai Acrobatics and Cricket Valley (德百杂技蟋蟀谷).

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Get to know Ningjin County

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Administrative area
County · 县
Part of
Dezhou
Chinese name
宁津县
Local areas
County guide

Area & population

Area in the source
833.00 km²
Population · 2019
463,300

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

What to see

Debai Acrobatics and Cricket Valley combines acrobatics and cricket culture with food, woodcarving and performance. It also contains an ancient architecture museum. In the west of the county, Baodian Town (保店镇) has the Jinshuo rural complex (金硕田园综合体) and Sunzhuang Pear Orchard (孙庄梨园). Eastern cultural sites include the former home of Guo Chengqing (郭澄清故居) and the Cuiyang War of Resistance Memorial Hall (崔杨抗日战争纪念馆).

Food and folk culture

The county’s northern food-and-folklore route brings together Changguan Baozi (长官包子), Daliu Noodles (大柳面) and Shen Family Braised Chicken (沈氏扒鸡). The Daliu Folk Exhibition Hall (大柳民俗展陈馆) is another stop on that route. Dezhou’s tourism bureau identifies these foods with welcoming guests and celebrating festivals in Ningjin County.

Sources for this guide

德州市文化和旅游局 · Dezhou Culture and Tourism Bureau

文化和旅游局 · Ningjin Culture and Tourism Bureau

Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.

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Sources & geographic information

Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

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