Haohe Scenic Area

Getting There - From Shanghai Pudong Airport, Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai railway station there are buses going to Nantong East Long Distance Bus Station or Nantong Hotel. Travel time is approximately 2 hours. Unfortunately, High Speed train lines arent completed yet. Attractions - Nantong City Hao River Scenic area Hotels - Nantong Hotel, Intercontinental Food & Restaurants - Grandma's place Fashion street Mall foodcourt, Shopping - For women, Fashion.Street Mall is the best. For men, several nearby malls like star mall are recommended

Time: 2023/12/8 19:30 Venue: Haimen Grand Theatre - Main Hall Finally, you can meet the person from your headphones, Jin Zhiwen is coming to Nantong with new songs! As a local Nantong resident, if you're from out of town and at the live event, take some time over the weekend to visit Nantong. Our city is far from a tourism desert! 1. Wolf Mountain Scenic Area Wolf Mountain, adjacent to the Yangtze River, is one of Nantong's famous attractions. The mountain is lush with trees and rich in historical sites. The main attractions include the thousand-year-old Guangjiao Temple, the tomb of Luo Binwang, the Three Immortals Temple, and the Zhiyun Pagoda. From the top of the mountain, you can overlook the Yangtze River and enjoy the magnificent scenery. Wolf Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain in China, with Buddhist architecture spread across the mountain, making it a perfect place for praying and blessings. 2. Hao River Scenic Spot The Hao River is one of the most well-preserved ancient city moats in China. Along its banks, there are numerous attractions, including the Tang Dynasty ancient temple Tianning Temple, the remnants of the Nantong ancient city wall at Beiji Pavilion, the Ming Dynasty ancient pagoda Wenfeng Tower, and China's first public museum, the Nantong Museum. In addition, there are other sights such as the West Ring Cultural Square, Cultural Palace, and Sports Park, where you can spend half a day or even a whole day exploring. 3. Nantong Forest Wildlife Zoo The Nantong Forest Wildlife Zoo is a large-scale tourism complex that combines tourist attractions, circus performances, specialty dining, leisure entertainment, and science education. It features modes of viewing by car, on foot, and a unique boat viewing experience in the Yangtze River Delta region. Where are the fans of Jin Zhiwen? On December 8th, let's meet at the Haimen Grand Theatre live~

Take the high-speed train to Nantong on the weekend, it's even faster than driving to the surrounding cities! 💡If you're only visiting Nantong city, 2 days and 1 night is enough The main attractions in Nantong are concentrated in the 5A scenic area—the Haohe Scenic Area Haohe is the most completely preserved ancient city moat in China that is located in the city center. The entire scenic area has no gates, giving a sense of scenery in the river and the river in the scenery. The riverside is dotted with many historical and cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty to modern times, where human history and natural scenery blend together. ✅Nantong Museum This is the first public museum independently founded by Chinese people Haonan Villa is the former residence of Mr. Zhang Jian, the main building's British-style architecture is a model of China's absorption of Western architectural art, and the interior is mainly Mr. Zhang Jian's office and living room. The yellow building is the South Pavilion, and another building with white walls and red windows is the Central Pavilion. These British-style buildings are very photogenic ✅Siyi Cake Shop A local old-brand cake shop in Nantong, besides the common varieties, there are two special ones: Fire dumplings, a magical pastry that can only be seen in Nantong, with a sticky outer skin that's fried until crispy, and a meat filling inside Yingao, the first time you eat it, the square cake will burst, and the liquid red bean paste in the middle is the highlight ✅Southwest Camp, Si Street Historical and Cultural District This area gathers ancient temples from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Ming and Qing residential buildings... The old foundation that best represents Nantong also spreads in these alleys, and there are many homes of martyrs. ✅Bell Tower·Qiaolou Zhang Jian believed that in order to develop modern industry and education in Nantong, it was necessary to accelerate the pace of life and let everyone have a sense of time. Therefore, in the third year of the Republic of China, he bought a huge clock from Shanghai and built the Bell Tower in front of Qiaolou. Its appearance is modeled after the Big Ben in London, and it is now a landmark. 💡Unique Cuisine Nantong is bordered by the Yangtze River and the Yellow Sea, with rivers crisscrossing the urban area, making it a rare city that gathers the different delicacies of river, sea, and river. 🍜Jianghai Fish Port Mingdang Seafood City, where you can order everything from the river and sea, the pufferfish fish rice is good! 🍜Sihai Building The thin-skinned crab roe buns are bigger than a fist, not only filled with crab roe but also the crab paste of male crabs. Nantong also has a morning tea culture, and it is said that the locals' favorite is sesame cake.

Nantong's moat scenic area, with its landscapes and culture, is too good to stroll around. Nantong Museum, Abacus Museum, Audit Museum, Haoxi Academy... All within a circle, it takes half a day to see everything in detail. If you're in the mood, you can also take a cruise to see the scenery from a different angle. The Chinese scholar tree opposite the Haohe Visitor Center is also particularly noticeable With the white residential buildings behind it and the bus stop by the road, They are all good spots for taking pictures. 🏞️ Nantong Haohe Scenic Spot 💰 No reservation required, free admission 📍 508 Haobei Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province 🚇 430 meters walk from Exit 3 of Youyi Bridge Station on Metro Line 1 🅿️ Parking Lot No.8 3 yuan/hour

🌈 Nantong is often referred to as a 'tourist desert' 🤔, but in fact, it hides many cultural and natural beauties 😃, making it a fantastic niche travel destination 👏~ 1⃣️ Haohe Scenic Area 🎉 ✅ The only 5A-rated scenic spot in Nantong 🤩, it is also one of the four remaining ancient city moats in China 😎, known as the 'Jade Necklace' 😍. 💰 Free (boat ride 🚢60) 👍 Ancient city walls, Beiji Pavilion, Tianning Temple... all great places to visit 🤗. 2⃣️ Wolf Hill Scenic Area 🦁 ✅ A 4A-rated scenic spot, it is the foremost among the eight minor famous Buddhist mountains in China 🙏, with the reputation of 'the premier mountain by the river and sea' 😃. 💰 50 👍 Se Garden, Wolf Hill Catholic Church, Binjiang Park... all worth a stroll 🚶. 3⃣️ Junshan ⛰ ✅ Baizhang Cliff, Fen Cliff 🤩~ For those who haven't had the chance to experience Baizhang Cliff in Wenzhou, you can come to Nantong to experience Fen Baizhang Cliff 😁~ The place is less crowded, the scenery is beautiful, and it's super cool under the waterfall, really comfortable 😌~ The mountain is not high, easy to climb 🧗, and you can overlook the Yangtze River, the view is incredibly beautiful and spectacular 🤩! 💰 30 4⃣️ Tongsha Car Ferry 🚤 ✅ Lots of big ships in transit, the scene is very spectacular 🤗~ In the lounge, you can also take super beautiful photos 😍, the sunset is amazing 🤩, it is recommended to go a bit later during daylight saving time to experience a different kind of profound beauty 😎! 💰 10 5⃣️ Futian Temple 🙏 ✅ Said to be the most beautiful temple in Nantong 😃, it is a garden-style temple 🎏~ Although the incense is not very strong, the small courtyards in the style of southern gardens make the temple particularly serene 🤫, and there are peacocks roaming freely inside 🦚~ 💰 Free 6⃣️ South Street (Recommended value ⭐⭐⭐) ✅ The busiest commercial street in Nantong 😁, with all kinds of food and shopping 🛍~ Friends who like shopping must come here 🚶~ 💰 Free 👍 Bell Tower, Qiao Tower, Baixian City... waiting for you to check in 🤳~ 7⃣️ Intercontinental Dream Island 🎡 ✅ In spring, everyone goes to Nantong Intercontinental Dream Island mainly for the cherry blossoms 🌸~ For those who missed the cherry blossom season, why not take a walk in 'Strange Tree Canyon' (marked on the map) 🚶, pass through the arch corridor's wisteria waterfall, and there's also a vast sea of wisteria flowers covering the hills, any corner is super beautiful and photogenic 🤳~ 💰 80 8⃣️ Rugao Water Painting Garden (Recommended value ⭐⭐⭐) ✅ A 4A-rated scenic spot, not only does it have classical gardens with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and towers 🤩, but also an amusement park and zoo 🦁~ 💰 Free 👍 Nifeng Pavilion, Ancient Dan Garden, Yi Garden... don't miss out 😁~ 9⃣️ Bihai Silver Beach 🌊 ✅ Avoid weekends, and the whole beach is yours to enjoy 🤩~ Completely deserted 😆! The key is that the sea is also blue 😍, the midday sun is super nice 🌞, any shot is photogenic 🤳~ There are also sun umbrellas and lounge chairs on the beach 🛏, enjoy the heat of the sun with your loved one 😁~ 💰 63 🏠 Stay: Staying near the Haohe Scenic Area is super convenient for transportation 🚌~ 🍜 Eat: Wang Yuxing Huaiyang cuisine, drunken crab, and lion's head are very good 😍~ You can also try seafood lumps 🤤, and the yogurt 🧃 at the small shop next to the entrance of the Museum Garden, local Nantong yogurt, 4.5 per bottle 🥤, cheap and delicious 😋~ Traveling in Nantong is really awesome 😁~ Convenient transportation 🚌, profound cultural heritage 📚, countless beautiful foods and sceneries 😍, and not crowded at all 🤩, who can understand 😭~

Nantong can be said to be a severely underestimated city in Jiangsu. Here, there is a mountain, a river, a person, and a city. This time we didn't go to that mountain, but we experienced the people and the city by the water. The scenery on both sides of the Hao River is endless. Although it is not as elegant as the gardens in Suzhou on the opposite bank, it is not lacking in charm. The Hao River in Nantong is one of the most well-preserved ancient moats in China. It is recorded in the history that in the fifth year of Xian De of the Later Zhou Dynasty (AD 958), the five pavilions of 'Long Rainbow, Moon Viewing, Fish Joy, Hao Pu, and Xun Wind' floated on the blue waves, dreamlike. Located on the bank of the Hao River is the first public museum independently established by the Chinese, the first batch of national first-class museums, and the national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, founded by Zhang Jian, a pioneer of early modernization in China and a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. The museum has long-term exhibitions on Mr. Zhang Jian's integrity thought, and currently there is a Nantong furniture making skills exhibition on display. In addition to this, I am more interested in the Jianghai Cetacean Biological Resources Special Exhibition Hall. There is a lot of knowledge and specimens about whales, which is very interesting and good for taking pictures. The exterior of the museum is like a small park, with many locals relaxing and strolling here every day. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday) Address: No. 19, Haonan Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Nearby, there are also very characteristic theme museums such as the Blue Calico Museum, the Audit Museum, and the Abacus Museum, especially worth mentioning is Zhang Jian's former residence, which is very characteristic. Hao River Scenic Area

Nantong Historical evolution Jin: Rugao, Putao, Linjiang, Ninghai 4 counties, belong to Hailing County Southern and Northern Dynasties: Hai'an County was added Sui: All county-level constructions were abolished Tang: Hai'an County belongs to Yangzhou, Rugao County belongs to Taizhou Later Zhou: Set up Jinghai Army, promoted to Tongzhou, led Jinghai County and Haimen County, belonged to Yangzhou Song: Changed Tongzhou to Chongzhou, and then renamed Tongzhou Yuan: Promoted Tongzhou to Tongzhou Road Ming: Abolished Jinghai County, Tongzhou directly ruled Jinghai, led Haimen County Qing: Tongzhou was promoted to a directly ruled state, leading Taixing County and Rugao County, belonging to Jiangsu Governor Today's Nantong City governs Chongchuan District, Tongzhou District, Haimen District, Rudong County, Qidong City, Rugao City, and Hai'an City. 'One mountain, one water, one person': Wolf Mountain, Hao River, Zhang Jian Zhang Jian: At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the champion, abandoned official business, and Zhang Jian, who saved the country with industry, used foreign technology management and national capital to promote the industrial, agricultural and financial development of Nantong, and then used the income from industry to run education, repair water conservancy and build municipal administration, realizing the urban modernization of Nantong. Nantong is a model of modern national industrial development and urban construction, known as the 'first city of modern times'. It is different from the concession cities and port cities built by foreign capital in modern times, or the cities built by bureaucratic capital based on national defense construction needs. Nantong was lucky to avoid the wars of modern times, the layout of the ancient city, the moat (Hao River), the inner city, the factories, buildings, private gardens, schools, etc. a hundred years ago have been preserved. Hao River: The moat of the ancient city, feels like Yangzhou, the river side gathers modern industry and architecture, and it is like various port cities. The connected building form of the bell tower in the city is also unique to the innovation of national capital. Walking in the inner city, parks, buildings, waterways, bridges from a hundred years ago can be seen everywhere. Among them, Nantong Museum is based on the museum opened by Zhang Jian a hundred years ago and his own private residence and garden. The garden is simple, elegant, and quiet. I have never seen similar ones in other places, I super like it... Wolf Mountain: You can overlook the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a small hillside. For more than two thousand years, the impact of the Yangtze River has allowed Nantong's territory to accumulate from the sea and river surface, connecting the sandbars with the inland. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the land collapsed, Haimen County sank to the bottom of the river, and then rose again, until today's geographical conditions... It is said on the Internet that Nantong is the last and unique in Jiangsu tourism, I dare not agree.

Introduction to Nantong: Nantong has a history of more than 1000 years since its establishment, and is a national historical and cultural city known as the "Gateway to the Yangtze River and the Sea". In modern Chinese history, Nantong established the first normal school, museum, textile school, meteorological station, and other institutions, earning the title of "China's first modern city". Nantong has a developed economy and is a modern port city in the Yangtze River Delta. Transportation advice: From Nantong West Station to the city center, you can take the subway 🚇 and arrive in half an hour. Take bus 🚌 41 or 45 directly to the city center from Nantong Station. There are small electric donkeys 🛵 for transportation in the city center. Ticket price: No ticket needed during the day. Daytime parking: Parking lot No.1 of Haohe Scenic Area (opposite to the visitor center pier). Nearby attractions: The parking lot across the street is the tourist center pier, the China Audit Museum, the China Abacus Museum, the Haoxi Academy, and the Nantong Hao River Museum. Take a boat ride on the Haohe River at night: 60 yuan per adult (there is only one boat at 6:45 pm, after which you can only charter a boat). The lights on both sides of the river are beautiful, and you can listen to the tour guide's explanation while sitting on the boat, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the river and learning about the stories of Nantong and its various buildings. Accommodation recommendation: It is recommended to stay in a hotel near the subway station by the Hohe River for convenient travel. I stayed at the Morrison Hotel for two nights this time, which was clean and comfortable with good value for money. It is a 5-minute walk from the subway station and within walking distance to the city center commercial area.

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In the evening we arranged a classic project for a night cruise. In this mountain-water, one-person-one-city propaganda slogan, a river is a moat that surrounds the millennium. Looking down from the sky, the Weihe River seems to be a number 8, also like a gourd, 8 means hair, gourd has the meaning of blessing. The half of the trip of is natural, half of it is artificially dug, the widest part is like a lake, and the narrowest part is like a ribbon. The twists and turns, the journey has become a surround of today's old city. There is a commentator on , and the history of Nantong is explained in detail. From the old city to the new city, from the ancient Tongzhou, to the first modern city in China, to Nantong in today's economic take-off. Nantong is a sports market with many Olympic champions. The bridge is like a crown. This is the first five-star hotel in Nantong. Chairman Liu Shaoqi stayed here when he came to Nantong.