Tourism
The Haohe River, known as the Emerald Necklace of Nantong, surrounds the old city with a total length of 15 km. Most scenery lines this river.
Popular tourist sites include Langshan ("Wolf hill"). This hill of about 110 metres elevation right next to the Yangtze River is worth a visit. On top of the hill is a Buddhist temple dedicated to a Song dynasty monk. Because of the monk's legendary powers over water demons, sailors pray to him for protection on their voyages.
The Cao Gong Zhu Memorial Temple commemorates a local hero who defended the city against Japanese pirates in 1557.
Shuihuiyuang Garden, meaning Water Garden, is a unique Hui-styled garden in all China classic gardens. Some famous people's tombs are there, such as Luo Binwang, a famous poet of Tang Dynasty; Wen Tianxiang, the national hero of NanSong Dynasty; Zhangqian, the Number One Scholar in the late Qing Dynasty,a modern industrialist, also an educationalist and so on.
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“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)