Haohe scenic spot

Haohe scenic spot in Nantong

synonym

Haohe scenic spot generally refers to Haohe scenic spot in Nantong city

Haohe scenic spot in Nantong city is located in the center of Nantong, a famous national historical and cultural city. It is one of the most complete ancient moats in China. According to historical records, in the fifth year of Zhou Xiande (958 AD), "building a city means having a river". It has a total length of 10 kilometers and a water surface of 1040 mu. The widest part is 215 meters and the narrowest part is only 10 meters. The whole Haohe river is zigzag, circuitous and surging, in the shape of inverted gourd, encircling the old city, forming a unique style of "water embracing the city, city embracing water, city water integration", known as "Jiangcheng Emerald Necklace".

Haohe scenic spot is a national AAAAA scenic spot which combines natural landscape and cultural landscape. In 1993, it was approved as a provincial scenic spot by Jiangsu provincial government. In 1995, it was listed as the first batch of Li Ming cultural protection areas in Jiangsu Province. In 1998, it was named as a provincial civilized scenic spot. In 2002, it won the Jiangsu Provincial Human Settlement Environment Award. In 2005, it won the "China Human Settlement Environment Model Award". In 2012, it was rated as a national AAAAA tourist attraction.

In October 2015, the National Tourism Administration made an unannounced visit to Haohe scenic spot in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, and found that the main problems were the prominent potential safety hazards, the lack of safety tips for cruise ships and boarding places, poor environmental hygiene, many health dead spots, and serious damage to toilet facilities and equipment. Give a serious warning to the scenic spot, make a public announcement, and give 6 months for rectification.

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natural resources

Haohe is the most complete ancient moat in China and located in the center of the city. With a history of more than 1000 years, it is one of the only four ancient moats in China. The Haohe River in Nantong surrounds the old urban area of Nantong. It is shaped like a gourd and a pearl chain. It is known as the "Emerald Necklace" of Nantong city. It's a 5A scenic spot.

Nantong Museum, the earliest Museum in China, is one of the national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council. It is located on the Bank of Haohe River in Southeast China. It is said that the Haohe river around Nantong is like a jade necklace, and the museum is a precious gem on the necklace.

Main attractions

The scenic spots of Haohe scenic spot include: the moat of Nantong, which has a history of more than 1000 years; Nantong Museum, the earliest Museum run by Chinese people; Wenfeng tower; China's first Textile Museum, known as "textile Grand View Garden"; Tianning Temple, Guangxiao tower, etc. Meandering water loop, flow around the city, the water surface of 700000 square meters, rich landscape, lush trees. Pavilions, bridges and pavilions are hidden in the water. The beauty of Nantong, a famous garden city, benefits from Haohe.

Tianning Temple and Guangxiao pagoda, the provincial cultural relics protection units, are located in the head of Haohe river. Among the people, there is a saying that "Guangxiao pagoda first, then Tongzhou city". There is one of the earliest museums run by Chinese people - Nantong Museum.

Sanyuan bridge and Wenfeng tower are another concentration of scenic spots in the southeast Haohe scenic area. With beautiful scenery and beautiful environment, Wenfeng tower stands on the ground, ranking the first of the three towers in Nantong.

The southwest Haohe scenic spot is a scenic spot built on the basis of the old five parks, where the river is wide and rippling, and it is the cultural and entertainment area of Nantong city.

geographical environment

Haohe scenic spot in Nantong city is located in the center of Nantong city. It is an open scenic spot with a subtropical warm monsoon climate.

tourist guide

There is a parking lot in the scenic area, which is convenient for parking and other service facilities are relatively perfect.

Surrounding scenic spots

The surrounding scenic spots include Langshan, China abacus Museum, people's Park, Nantong Museum, Nantong Sports Park, Chinese Ganoderma Culture Museum, etc.

special snacks

Local specialties: blue calico, embroidery, board kite, woodblock printing, Baipu dried tea

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Special Catering: Siyi pastry restaurant, Chunlai seafood hotel, shuimaitang porridge restaurant, Linzi laowanhe Chaogao restaurant

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Famous specialty

Embroidery

In 1914, Shen shoulaitong, a famous embroidery artist, held the needlework school, which trained a large number of embroidery artists for Nantong. Nantong embroidery inherits the excellent tradition of Shen Shou's imitation embroidery, and is famous for its portrait embroidery. It has the characteristics of both form and spirit, realistic skin color, uniform and fine needles, bright and smooth embroidery surface, etc. Based on the ancient folk stippling and Najin needling, Nantong Institute of Arts and crafts has created a new embroidery brocade, which is more decorative and practical when combined with modern paintings. The large-scale wall hanging of "the Great Wall is thousands of miles" made by the Institute for the Great Wall Hotel in Beijing has become an important scene of the hotel.

kite

Nantong is one of the four major kite producing areas in China. Nantong kite preserves the characteristics of ancient "string sounding blue sky called kite". It is famous for its unique sound effect. It is divided into North and South schools with northern modeling kites. Nantong kites, commonly known as "Banyao", are mostly flat hexagonal or hexagonal deformed "qilianxing" to "19lianxing". They are generally more than one meter in size, and the largest ones are four or five meters high, which need to be carried by truck. "Banyao" is decorated with whistles of different sizes. The extra large whistles in the lower part are made of gourd, bamboo, ginkgo, longan and table tennis. The surface of the kite is also painted with folk paintings such as myths and legends. The lower part of the kite is tied with two tail ropes tens of meters long. An exquisite board kite is a precious folk handicraft, which has been collected by local people from generation to generation. The big plate harrier needs many people to pull and fly. When it is launched, the big, middle and small whistles emit low, medium and high notes respectively. The five notes are harmonious and moving. The sound reaches several miles, which is like "Symphony in the air".

Blue calico

Blue calico is a traditional printing and dyeing product of Chinese folk. It is called Yaoban cloth in Song Dynasty and Douhua cloth in Ming Dynasty. Nantong is the main producing area of blue calico in China. Local cloth and natural orchid grass are the common things of farmers. Therefore, the blue calico dyeing workshops in Qianzhuang houfang once spread all over the rural towns. Blue calico is mainly used to make daily clothes, quilt cover, mosquito net, pillow case, and packing cloth. The patterns of blue calico are simple, beautiful and auspicious. Most of them are based on birds, animals, flowers, trees and myths, such as five blessings (bats) holding longevity, auspicious celebration (FISH), lion rolling Hydrangea, carp jumping over the dragon's gate, etc. Now the blue printing fabric has developed from the original single-sided printing to double-sided printing, from monochrome to multi-color, from small cloth to wide cloth, from local cloth to fine cotton grey cloth and cotton linen blended cloth. There are more and more kinds of designs and colors, such as blue printing curtains, wall hangings, tablecloths, shoes and hats, bags, toys and other crafts, especially blue printing fashion, which has become a beautiful landscape in the city.

Tourism information

At present, there is a special tourism special line around Haohe scenic spot - No.7 bus line in the urban area. At the same time, there are No.1, No.5, No.8, No.15, No.16, No.17, No.37, No.38, No.45, No.51, No.53, No.88 and other 12 bus lines that can directly reach the scenic spot.

Address: no.508, Haobei Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City

Longitude: 120.86587

Latitude: 32.015446

Tel: 0513-85092901

Ticket information: free. Haohe scenic spot is surrounded by the old city. There is no need for tickets. Most scenic spots on both sides of the Strait are open for free, and Haohe cruise ships need to pay.

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