Wenling

Songmen (labelled as Sung-men 松門) (1953)

The county-level city of Wenling currently administers 5 subdistricts and 11 towns.

• Taiping Subdistrict (Tha-bing Ka-dau)太平街道
• Chengdong Subdistrict (Zhing-tung Ka-dau)城東街道
• Chengxi Subdistrict (Zhing-shi Ka-dau)城西街道
• Chengbei Subdistrict (Zhing-puk Ka-dau)城北街道
• Hengfeng Subdistrict (Wang-fung Ka-dau)橫峰街道
• Daxi Town (Da-khi Cing)大溪鎮
• Zeguo Town (Dzak-kuk Cing)澤國鎮
• Xinhe Town (Shing-ghou Cing)新河鎮
• Ruoheng Town (Niak-wong Cing)箬橫鎮
• Songmen Town (Shiung-meng Cing)松門鎮
• Wenqiao Town (Ueng-giau Cing)溫嶠鎮
• Wugen Town (U-keng Cing)塢根鎮
• Chengnan Town (Zhing-nae Cing)城南鎮
• Shiqiaotou Town (Zhik-giau-deu Cing)石橋頭鎮
• Binhai Town (Ping-he Cing)濱海鎮
• Shitang Town (Zhik-dong Cing)石塘鎮

Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Wenling speak a dialect of Wu Chinese, known as Wenling Hua. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese, and partially intelligible with (also Wu) Shanghainese. There is also a small portion of Min Nan speakers in the southeastern regions, especially in Shitang Town. The linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to three languages, when Mandarin is included.

During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, Wenling was not part of the Chinese state but rather part of the separate culture of Dong'ou. Following the 3rd-century BC conquests of the Qin Empire, it was incorporated into the Minzhong Prefecture before being moved to Kuaiji under the Han. From the Tang to the Ming, Wenling was divided between Taizhou's Huangyan District and Wenzhou's Yueqing District.

In 1469, Taiping County was formed in the area from Fangyan, Taiping, and Fanchang, three villages formerly incorporated into Huangyan. Yueqing County's Shanmen and Yuhuan villages were ceded in 1476. In 1513, the county seat built 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) of city wall, roughly squared, giving it the name of "Square Castle". In 1914, the county was renamed Wenling to distinguish it from counties with same name in Shanxi, Sichuan, and Anhui. Wenling ("warm mountain") was once another name of Wenqiao Town.

Wenling was conquered by Communist forces on May 28, 1949, and the county government was created. In March 1994, Wenling was made a county-level "city".

Wenling Railway Station is located in Daxi Town, North-West of Wenling. It is part of the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Railway, and has connected to high speed rail lines that runs in 300 km/h. In 2017, its annual ridership is about 8.5 million.

Wenling is 26 km (16 miles) away from the Taizhou Luqiao Airport, located in the city centre of Taizhou.

Wenling also connects to the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou expressway.

QianGao

1. QianGao (嵌糕; pinyin: QiànGāo) is made with rice cake (NianGao) and many different dishes like fried noddle, carrots, potatoes, pork, tofu, and whatever people want. QianGao is shaped like a big dumpling, and all the dishes are stuffed inside of it.[6]
2. 

   ShanFenHu
   ShanFenHu (山粉糊; pinyin: ShānFenHú) is made with ShanFen which is the powder made from potato related plants. ShanFenHu is sticky and gel-liked. People can add different things in it. For example, if people want it to be salty, they can add pork, mushroom, beans, tofu, peanut, and so on. If people want it to be sweet, they can add red date, raisin, lotus seed, brown sugar, and so on.[7]
3. 

   PaoXia
   PaoXia (泡虾; pinyin: PàoXiā) is one of the most famous snacks people can buy on the street in Wenling. It is translated as "Fried Shrimp," but it is not actual shrimp. It is fried dough made with wheat flour and stuffed with pork and cabbage.[6]
4. 

   ChuiYuan
   ChuiYuan (炊圆; pinyin: ChūiYuán) is made with glutinous rice. And people put dried small shrimp, pork, tofu, carrot inside the glutinous rice bun.[6]
5. MaiBingTong (麦饼筒; pinyin: MàiBingTong) is made with paste mixed with Pseudognaphalium affine and some other green vegetable juices. People can add pork, stir-fry egg, shrimp, onion, stir-fried noodle, and so on within the thin slice of the paste and make a roll out of it.[6]

MaiBingTong

The economy of Wenling is relatively developed. In 2018, its nominal GDP exceeds 100 billion, becoming the first city (or county, district) in Taizhou to have 100 billion GDP. Its GDP per capita is about 83,300 RMB (12,607 US dollar).

On 13 June 2020, a fuel truck crashed and exploded, killing 19 and injuring over 170 people in Liangshan Village, close to the city of Wenling.[8]