Nantong

Nantong is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China.

Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River near the river mouth, Nantong is a

vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north, Taizhou to the west, Suzhou and

Shanghai to the south across the river, and the East China Sea to the east. It was called

‘the first city in modern China’. Nantong is famous for one mountain, one water and

one person.

Wolf mountain

According to a legend story, it was called Wolf mountain because of the white Wolf dwelling in.

Wolf mountain is also the head of National Buddhist eight small Mountains.

Trench river

Trench river is known as the ‘jade necklace’ of Nantong. It is the thousands of years of history, is

the only to save one of the four ancient moat. Trench river at night is very pretty and charming.

Zhang Jian

Zhang Jian is Late Qing dynasty scholar, the famous modern industrialist, educator in China, who

advocates industrial national salvation. He started more than 20 enterprises, more than 370

schools for our modern national industry, the rise of the development of the cause of education,

to make a valuable contribution, called the "top industrialists". Chairman MAO, when it comes to

China's national industry once said, ‘light industry can't forget the Zhang Jian’. Thirty-one years

Guangxu period (1905), he established the first domestic in Tongzhou, Nantong.

The Freshest Seafood in the World

Meretrix lusoria Clam produced in the seashore of South Yellow Sea is honored with ‘the Freshest

Seafood in the World’ and was presented to the Imperial Court as tribute articles in ancient days.

Meretrix lusoria Clam meat can be quick-fried, made of spoon, barbecued, or fried over hot fire

rawly and quickly and so on. Iron Board Meretrix lusoria Clam and Coin Meretrix lusoria Clam are

famous dishes in Nantong.

White Juice Leiocassis Longirostris

Also named as White Fim Fish, the leiocassis longirostris has long kissing fims and is of great variety.

Red in white, with few fish bones and delicate meat, the leiocassis longirostris produced in river

section of Wolf Mountain in Nantong is a rare precious fish in the fishes with long kissing fims in

Changjiang River. This dish has been included in Chinese Famous Dishes Menu and Chinese Cooking

Dictionary.

Rugao Ham

Rugao Ham is one of the best three Chinese style hams. The ham was originally produced in

Rugao City, a city under the jurisdiction of Nantong, starting in 1851 B.C in the Qing Dynasty. The

brand has won multi times of awards and titles nationally and internationally. Rugao Ham has

been listed as one of foods that are thought related to the longevity of local people. But we don’t

know if this conclusion is based on scientific evidences

Sightseeing and Culture

On both banks of the river are Nantong Museum, Taofen Memorial Park, Shenshou Art Museum,

Zhaodan Pavilion, and Geyi Art Centre. The modem buildings and the traditional architectures

contrast finely with each other, showing the city's cultural traditions and artistic flavor. To the south

of the city proper lies the well-known Langshan Scenic Spot, which includes Langshan Hill, Jun Hill,

Jian Hill, Ma'an Hill and Huangni Hill, ranging 4.5 km along the Yangtze River. On the top of Langshan

Hill, the highest in the five hills, you can see that the Yangtze River joins the sky and can have a

bird's eye view of the vast green land with crisscross footpaths.

Taofen Memorial Park

Nantong Museum

The beautiful scenes have attracted many literates, poets, writers and scholars to come here. You

can find couplets and ancient poems written by famous literati on pillars and stones in the scenic

spot area. Many foreign friends are deeply impressed by the scenery and gasp with admiration at

the beauty. Besides, there are many other tourist spots, namely, they are Hai'an Qingdun New

Stone Age Site, Dinghui Temple, Shuihuiyuan Grove, Horticulture Garden, and Yuantuojiao Cape.

Nantong kite

Nantong is one of China's four big kite origin, Nantong kite preserved the ancient "string rings"

characteristics of the ever-wakeful blue sky says kite with unique sound effects to be famous

Nantong is located in the coastal areas, and wind resources are rich.

Tong opera

Hai'An flower drum

Nantong METEN branch

Address: Room L2-2 Yinxiangchen, No.155 Gongnong Road, Chongshan District，Nantong,

Jiangsu Province

Nantong Cuisine

Face to the Changjiang River in Nantong, put through the canal, reaches the Yellow Sea, the

aquatic products industry here is developed, throughout the year, crab's fat shrimp of seafood

lives. Famous the Changjiang River Gu fish, lay eggs from sea to the Changjiang River every late

summer. No matter which restaurant hotel in the streets and lanes of Nantong you come into,

steamed, braising with soy sauce and stewing and braising, frying, consummate cooking skill wind

tooth pleasant impression for three day will let you come on again Nantong. The local cake must

not miss, route is the famous " table delicacies street " in the youth in Nantong, stew chicken's

hall after distributing Guangdong, very fragrant hall, raise the hotel, Chongqing hot pot,

benevolence and good fortune full floor, long-drawn-out celestial being tea, luckiness, wine shop

and getting skillful soup shop Liu, lead along tea restaurant, from all directions guest restaurant,

etc.

Special features snack

One pair of bamboos of gentle peak

Gentle peak hotel famous dish, main raw materials is razor clam, mix with bamboo shoot explode,

fry. The razor clam is mainly produced in this city the east mud flat, it is in charge of similar to

bamboo sing, the shell color is yellowish, meat like the jade, it is top grade in is the seafood. The

Dongsha area develop razor clam plant already in recent years, fat bad smell good to razor clam

body that Pure Brightness reap autumn and winter.

Hui fish of white juice

Hui fish have another name called white lucky fish, long to kiss fin is various in style. Nantong wolf

mountain bring river sections of Hui fish that produce, latent and red in being white, La tender in

little meat, it is the scarce famous and precious variety in the fin long for the Changjiang River.

Carry the soup mutton in Haimen

The Haimen goat is plain and famous for being fat and soft and delicious, it is well-known at the

beginning of Ming and the latter stage of Qing Dynasty in Haimen. Local famous cook select for use

until goat fattened to castrate or spay raw materials, undergo the unique cooking, have tender,

juicy, delicious, meat precise, little easy to digest, have a strong smell characteristic such as being

light lipoprotein, tonify deficiency, whet the appetite function of fitness have concurrently warm.

Money turnip cake

Formulating it in the last years of Qing Dynasty, the pastry cook of Nantong improved according to

" ate with the garden singly " in the seventies, the colors match well pleasing to enable the finished

product, it is clear to be similar to the money, line is clear, the leather is loose, the filling heart is

fat and beautiful and delicious and fragrant.

Nantong menthol

Menthol of Nantong not only the output is high, but also high in quality. The crystalline solid

transparent and prismatic in shape of menthol, there is no impurity. Process many dishes of crafts

of wanting preheating, precipitating, refrigeration, crystallization, baking and selecting etc. High-

quality menthol has fragrance original in style, feel scorching hot and peppery while smelling for

the first time, feel cool and strong gradually later. Menthol has sterilization, excitement, invigorates

the stomach, eases pain, cool efficiency, widely used in industry such as medical and health, daily-

use chemical industry, candy food.

Transportation

Sutong bridge

Sutong bridge is the world largest cable span cable-stayed bridge.

Subway

Nantong Xingdong Airport

Nantong high-speed Railway Station

Nantong Harbor