According to the textual research of ancient cultural sites, as far back as the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, primitive clans and tribes flourished in Qingdun area of Hai 'an.

The five dynasties set up a county in this city, which is called Jinghai.

In the fifth year of Xiande in the later Zhou Dynasty (AD 958), the city was built and named Tongzhou.

In the first year of Song Tiansheng (1023), it was renamed Chongzhou, also known as Chongchuan.

After the Revolution of 1911, the abandoned state set up a county named Nantong County, which was known as "the first city in modern China".

1949 After the liberation of Nantong in February, Nantong City was built in the districts of the city, Langshan and Tianshenggang, which was successively under the jurisdiction of the administrative office in northern Jiangsu and the institutions in Nantong. 1962 was changed to a provincial city.

1983 Nantong area merged with Nantong city to implement the system of city governing county.

There are many talents and celebrities.

Many famous artists such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Mi Fei and Wen Tianxiang left their masterpieces and anecdotes in Nantong.

Hu Yuan, a famous minister of the Three Kingdoms, an outstanding educator in the Song Dynasty, Chen Shigong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, Li, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Jian, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty, and other celebrities have added luster to the history of Nantong.

In the history of modern culture, science and education in China, Nantong has established the first normal school, the first folk museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first private school for the deaf and the first weather station, which occupies an important position.

Zhao Dan, a contemporary performing artist, Wang Geyi, a master of traditional Chinese painting and Yang Le, a famous mathematician, and more than 20 academicians of China Academy of Sciences and Engineering were born.

Jiangfeng Haiyun has beautiful scenery.

Haohe Scenic Area, located in the center of the city, is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot. Surrounded by the ancient city, the Sanlihao River is praised by domestic and foreign tourists as "the emerald necklace around the girl's neck". The museum group along the Haohe River, which is being planned and developed, will give Tongcheng a deeper cultural connotation.

Langshan Scenic Area is located in the southern suburbs of Jiangsu Province. It is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot and one of the six natural scenic spots in Jiangsu Province. Lang Mountain ranks first among the eight famous Buddhist mountains in China. Since the expansion of Guangjiao Temple in the early Tang Dynasty, incense has flourished and its reputation has spread far and wide.

Jianshan, Junshan, Maanshan and Huangni, which are located on both sides of Langshan Mountain, have been developed and built in recent years, and many new scenic spots have been added.

Baili County has no shortage of places to explore and win.

The Qingdun Cultural Site in Hai 'an, the Shuihui Garden and Dinghui Temple in Rugao, the South Pavilion of Wen Tianxiang in Tongzhou, the "disco on the sea" (stepping on a clam) and the "symphony in the air" in Rudong, and the sun pavilion at the round supporting angle in Qidong are all famous.

Although Nantong has a history of only 1000 years, the salt industry has promoted the prosperity of the city and the scale of the city has been expanding day by day. By the Ming Dynasty, Nantong had become an important city in northern Jiangsu. Later, as the beach silted up and the coastline moved eastward, the sea salt industry began to decline. However, with the development of cotton planting and the prosperity of home-made homespun industry, it has quickly become a distribution center for loose cotton homespun and has gradually become an important commercial city.

From 65438 to 0895, Zhang Jian, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty, returned to his hometown to establish Sheng Da Textile Factory and Sheng Da Enterprise Group. Nantong became one of the birthplaces of modern textile industry in China and a famous textile city.

Now it has become the third largest home textile city in the world!

Nantong has the earliest normal school in China (1902) and Nantong Museum, a national key cultural relic protection unit (1905). It is surrounded by the Haohe River. Langshan Scenic Area is mainly composed of five mountains, including Langshan Mountain, Junshan Mountain and Jianshan Mountain, which stretches for nearly 4 kilometers along the river. It is one of the eight famous Buddhist mountains in China and a famous tourist and leisure resort in Jiangsu.

Scenic spots include Tongzhou Three Pagodas and Shuihui Garden.

Selected scenic spots in Nantong:

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On the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary, on the Jianghai Plain in Ma Pingchuan, Langshan, Jianshan, Junshan, Maanshan and Huangni stand by the river, with beautiful scenery of five mountains.

Standing on Wolf Mountain, the head of the Five Mountains, you can see the endless Yangtze River, which is the widest part of the Yangtze River. From the north bank to the south bank, the river is about eight or nine kilometers wide, just like a piece of Wang Yang sea.

Wolf Mountain, east-west, quiet in the north and slippery in the south, with steep cliffs at the northern foot, is difficult to climb; The south slope is gentle and easy to climb.

In ancient times, Langshan was originally an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River. After years of sediment deposition, it is connected with the jiangbei coast.

But at the foot of the mountain, there is still a clear "mountain protection river" surrounded by mountains, and there is also a beautiful name called "Jade Belt River", which adds a scene to the Wolf Mountain.

There is a couplet in the temple on the mountain: "Until the ebb tide, the banks of the river widen, surrounded by rivers".

This strongly proves that this mountain was originally "Jiang Xindao".

The ancients called this Wolf Mountain in Jiang Xindao "a beauty of combing her hair" and "an old woman in meditation".

It's really poetic and profound. ...

There is a welcoming purpose in Langshan Scenic Area: shine far first, then shine near.

That is, greet the guests from afar first, and then receive the guests from nearby.

It can be seen that Langshan has the heart of the world, putting others before oneself and having the heart of a saint.

There is a beautiful legend about the generous Wolf Mountain.

In ancient times, there was a white wolf in this mountain, who took the mountain as the king and did many evils, turning a beautiful green hill into a barren hill.

One day, a young monk from afar was tired and wanted to have a rest here.

"What's the difficulty?" The white wolf carefully thought about how big a seat could be, so he gave the monk a wild look. "How big a place do you want to borrow?" "Not big, not big.

A place the size of a cassock will do.

""nothing, nothing.

"The white wolf saw that the cassock was only three or five feet in size and readily agreed.

"Old na here welcome, thank you donor.

"I saw a wandering monk waving a cassock and throwing it into the sky. I didn't expect the cassock to flutter suddenly.

Like an endless net, it fell from the sky and covered the whole mountain in the net ... The white wolf was so clever that he panicked and knew that he had met a fairy with boundless magic. He immediately fell to his knees and said, "The saints are on the ground, and the villains worship!" " The white wolf is good at actuarial science, so he rolled up his bedding and gave up Wolf Mountain.

Before leaving, the white wolf knelt down and begged, "Can you call this mountain Wolf Mountain and leave a memory for the villain?" "I promise you."

This merciful monk is the Great Sage Bodhisattva who later made Langshan flourish.

As a result, the local people left a humorous postscript: "The Great Sage Bodhisattva borrowed the Wolf Mountain and never returned it."

Guangjiao Temple at the top of Langshan Mountain, on the thick black columns on both sides of the temple gate, reads a pair of couplets swallowing mountains and rivers: "The whistling sound is like a mountain stream and a valley, looking up at the sky."

It can be seen that the momentum of Langshan Mountain is extraordinary.

Step into the temple and climb the Great Temple.

The Great Sage and Bodhisattva sat in the hall.

On the black column in the hall, you can read a pair of poems: smile when you open the door, smile at everything now; A big belly can contain everything.

The Great Sage Bodhisattva has a heart as big as Wang Yangtian. ...

Guangjiao Temple in the Millennium Temple is resplendent and magnificent.

Many scenic spots around Guangjiao Temple are even more colorful.

There are strange rocks, peaks, rocks, caves and rocks in Beizu Garden, which is quite famous.

One of the four wonders of the early Tang Dynasty, the tomb of King Robin, the Jian Zhen Monk Death Memorial Tower, the Qing Emperor Kangxi Royal Pavilion, the Cliff Stone Carving, the Pingwo Monument Pavilion, the Junshan Waterfall, the bronze statue of Zhang Jian, the Sanxian Temple and the Guandi Temple are all fascinating.

No wonder, for thousands of years, literati have lingered in Langshan.

Wang Anshi, a politician, thinker and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, praised: "I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for half a day, but now I feel my eyes are wide open.

Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, visited Wolf Mountain and was deeply moved. He waved happily: The First Mountain.

This world-famous Wolf Mountain is actually not high, only 106.94 meters above sea level.

However, "the mountain is not high, and the fairy is famous."

The four major Buddhist mountains in China: Wutai Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Emei Mountain and Putuo Mountain; There are also eight small Buddhist peaks. Langshan is the first of the eight small Buddhist peaks, which can be compared with the four great Buddhist mountains ... Standing on the top of Langshan overlooking Nantong.

In the sun, the city shines brilliantly.

Nantong is not only the first mountain in the rivers and seas, but also the first city in modern China.

After the signing of Sino-Japanese treaty of shimonoseki, Zhang Jian, the top scholar of Qing Dynasty who was born in Nantong, was filled with indignation. In order to save the nation and survive, he returned to his hometown with great ambition, set up an industry and founded a school. The construction of culture, water conservancy and transportation has left a scientific modern urban construction model for Nantong today.

Therefore, Wu, an academician of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering, marveled that Nantong was "the first city in modern China".

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Haohe River surrounds Nantong City and is known as "the emerald necklace around the girl's neck", which is the pride of Nantong.

The people of Nantong are proud of Haohe River, which has a long history and beautiful scenery, and is now rare in China.

Haohe River is an ancient moat, located in the center of the city.

Haohe River winds around the city, with a water surface of 700,000 square meters, rich landscapes and lush trees.

Pavilions and pavilions, meanwhile, yachts are rippling in the water.

The scenery around Haohe River is very spectacular.

On the southeast coast, there is the earliest museum in China: Nantong Museum, and Wenfeng Pagoda, the crown of the three pagodas in Nantong, overlooking the whole city of Nantong.

Wenfeng Tower is the seat of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Painting and Calligraphy Institute and the Art Museum.

Nantong Institute of Arts and Crafts, adjacent to the Tayuan, specializes in developing folk handicrafts such as embroidery.

Across the river from Wenfeng Pagoda is the first textile museum in China: Textile Grand View Garden.

Wenfeng Park, newly built in Sanyuan Bridge, is favored by tourists for its natural scenery and natural wild interest.

The southwest Haohe Scenic Area was established on the basis of the original five parks. It is a cultural and entertainment area in Nantong, with a wide river and rippling blue waves.

In the north, there are provincial-level cultural relics protection units Tianning Temple and Xiaoguangta.

The folk song "Nantong has three towers, with a corner of 468;" Two towers rise from the ground, and one tower is inserted into the cloud. " This octagonal tower is called the small light tower.

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The total investment of Binjiang Park reached 65.438+0.8 billion yuan.

Dragon Claw Garden, facing the Yangtze River in the south, with a total area of about 375 mu, is a rare natural landscape belt along the Yangtze River coastline.

According to the plan, the whole park consists of four major areas: port customs area, scenic area along the river, leisure new world and traditional cultural area.

After riprap revetment, dredging and reclamation, a 200-mu hinterland will be formed, extending to Huangni Mountain and Maanshan in the southeast, bordering the "Shanshuifang" sports park, forming a magnificent new landscape along the river.

Binjiang Park is a riverside ecological park integrating sightseeing, sightseeing and rest. Visitors can get close to the river, experience the majestic posture of the Yangtze River and enjoy the rural scenery.

The scenic spots here enhance the integrity and coherence of Wushan Scenic Area, create the central core square and green activity corridor of the scenic area, and at the same time enhance the "ecological original appearance" resources, so that the scenic area has formed a whole Linjiang Ecological Park reserve.

The park includes port customs area, riverside scenery area, clear water Jin Tan area, leisure new world, wetland ecological area, dragon claw reef area, etc.

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Located in the northeast of Dongzao Port, Leah Mountain Island is a natural amphibious island, which is famous for its rich oysters. According to the investigation of scientists from China Academy of Sciences and Nanjing Normal University, it is rare to see such a large-scale reef on the muddy coast, which provides a rare or even the only observation object on the earth for studying the mid-latitude ancient ocean in the past 20,000 years.

Geologists have measured the oyster shell on its surface, which proves that it has a history of 1540- 1946 years, and it can be anchored for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

The whole island of Mount Leah is like a mountain rather than an island, which consists of more than 60 oysters of different sizes, such as yellow mud stove, Hongxi heap, big saddle, shoulder pole head and eighteen jumps. Fiona Fang covers an area of 6,600 mu, with undulating sand dunes and rich resources on the island. The whole wonder of Mount Leah Island is a wonder of the world.

The island of Mount Leah is really wonderful, which can be described as follows: the mountain does not ebb, the water does not flow, and surfing on the sea with and without islands is really spectacular.

On the island, you can enjoy the scenery of the sea, talk to the sea at zero distance, and let you run freely on the golden beach; If you lie on the beach and watch the sea and enjoy the natural scenery, fishing port sightseeing, sea leisure, oyster mountain exploration, speedboat surfing, sea sunrise, clam picking on the beach, mule and horse floats and so on all make you fascinated.

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Located in the northeast corner of Rugao City, the Painting Academy is one of the famous ancient gardens in China.

Its characteristic is that "the north, the south, the east and the west are painted in water, and the autumn colors are covered with flowers and picturesque."

In addition, the love story between the talented mammoth and Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Jinling in the late Ming Dynasty, was widely circulated at home and abroad, and the water painting garden was also famous for it.

198 1 year, Professor Chen Congzhou, a famous ancient Chinese garden expert, visited Rugao Water Painting Garden and improvised the words "Recalling Jiangnan", saying, "Rugao is good, walking on a bridge, wandering in several bays, dreaming of tourists, the balcony is like a flute, and the past goes back to the past."

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To the east of Sanyuan Bridge and to the south of Wenfeng Tower, there is a park that wins by its pastoral charm. This is Wenfeng Park (formerly known as Changchun Garden) built in 1989.

The garden is surrounded by water on three sides and connected to the Textile Museum on the east.

Covering an area of nearly 10 hectare, in addition to the Haohe River flowing through the park, there are 3.3 hectares of rivers connected with the Haohe River in the park, which can be described as "the park is full of water".

Wenfeng Park is popular not only because it is located in the southeast scenic spot of Haohe River, but also because its own gardening art has charm, so it can attract tourists from all over the world and give people beautiful enjoyment.

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"Garden Expo Park" is located along the Yangtze River between Langshan, Maanshan and Huangni Mountain, covering an area of 49 hectares, with a total investment of 420 million yuan. It is divided into Jianghai Scenic Area, lingshan scenic spot, Xishan Nostalgia Area, Meiling Range Rover Area and Gardening Agglomeration Area.

The 5th Provincial Garden Expo opened in Nantong Garden Expo Park on September 20th, 2007. The theme of this year's Provincial Garden Expo is "Landscape and Sea Breeze", which will show the classic landscapes of 13 provincial cities. Including Meilin Flower Rain in Nanjing, Danying Zejing in Nantong, Spring Moon Banquet in Wuxi, a night-mooring near maple bridge in Suzhou, March Fireworks in Yangzhou, Xixi Mingyuan in Xuzhou, Irene Yu Qiu in Suqian, Sangtian Village Road in Huai 'an and Lianyungang in Lianyungang.

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Nantong Sports Exhibition Center is a modern sports exhibition facility with the largest scale, the most complete design functions and the highest construction standards in Nantong, with a total area of 6,000 mu and a construction area of 6,543.8+0.5 million square meters.

Upon completion, it will become a multi-functional sports exhibition center integrating all kinds of competitive sports competitions, national fitness and leisure, trade and tourism exhibitions and large-scale cultural performances.

The center project is located at the southern end of the central axis in the new urban area of Nantong City, at the junction of Gongnong South Road and Pingsiyuan Road, close to Langshan Scenic Area and Nantong University Town under construction.

The project includes the first roof-openable stadium in China, a gymnasium with dual functions of sports competition and exhibition, and a modern swimming pool.

It is reported that the retractable roof stadium, designed by Japan All-Japan Design Company in cooperation with Tongji University, has 30,000 seats and an open area of 105m× 1900m, which is one third larger than the open area of the "Bird's Nest Project", the main venue of the Beijing Olympic Games on February/0/08, and is the first in China.

At the same time, the gymnasium with 60,000 seats and 1 10,000 booths adopts a multi-curve roof, which has an elegant feeling and adds a modern atmosphere to the sports center.

The swimming pool located on the east side of the gymnasium has 800 seats and can host all kinds of large-scale domestic and international competitions.

Nantong celebrity profile:

All previous dynasties gathered humanities and famous artists came forth in large numbers.

Writers such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi and Wen Tianxiang left many immortal poems and stories in Nantong.

Chen Shigong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, Li, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, and Zhang Jian, the top scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, were all from Nantong.

Zhao Dan, a contemporary performing artist, Wang Geyi, a master of traditional Chinese painting, Ji Desheng, an expert in snake medicine, Yang Le, a mathematician, and more than 20 academicians from the two academies are also from Nantong.

Sports has attracted much attention, and has successively sent a number of famous athletes such as Zhao Jianhua, Zhang, Zhou Tianhua, badminton, Li Ju and Huang Xu to the country, and has been praised as the "cradle of world champions" by the State Sports General Administration.

Today, among the medium-sized cities in China, Nantong has many firsts: more than 20 academicians and several famous painters (Yuan Yunsheng, Yuan Yunfu and others). ), more than 20 world champions, and there are only a handful of Sutong Bridge, the world's largest and longest cable-stayed bridge with a main span of1088m. Among the county-level cities in China, Nantong has virtually all industries.

What a magical "hometown"! What is particularly exciting is that "centenarians are the best".

It is said that there are more than 4,000 centenarians in China, but there are actually more than 400 in Nantong.

Nantong is the north corner of the Yangtze River Golden Triangle.

After the Nantong Bridge is opened to traffic, it can be integrated with Shanghai, and it only takes more than an hour to arrive.

Today, a tunnel has been dug at the bottom of the Yangtze River between Shanghai and Chongming Island.

The Yangtze River Bridge between Nantong and Chongming Island is also being planned ... Tomorrow, Nantong, which is rich in gold and silver, will be an inexhaustible golden mountain. ...

Nantong's spectacular confluence of rivers and seas, the magic of longevity and fitness, the elegance of garden city and the delicacy of rivers and seas all convey the message of spring; Nantong has recently launched five special tourist routes, namely, "Jianghai Tour, Wenbo Tour, Champion Tour, Education Tour and Longevity Tour". Welcome to taste Nantong.