濠河概况Haohe River is located in the center of Nantong, it is one of the most well- preserved moat river in China The history records that in 958AD, “the city came into being around the river” .It thus called emerald neck lace of the River city. Haohe scenery spots cover an area of 3.23 square kilometers .The whole Haohe Scenery Spots and landscapes area are green and the infinite sceneries are provided the tourists with a delightful feeling with a kingd of healthy, natural, graceful and comfortable characteristics. Haohe River can be featured as “Water enclosed by the city, and the city enclosed by water, while the city and water are incorporated”濠西书苑Haoxi BookclubYou can see Haoxi Bookclub in the front. Haoxi Bookclub is an old-style private school in traditional China.The whole structure is 1.4 hectare and it takes the style of Qing dynasty. It takes advantage of north-west Hao River, which has a broad water area and sight. The structure, beside the water street, is delicately designed with a clever overall arrangement.The front structure outlined with orange lights is the symbol of Haoxi Bookclub, called “Five Pavilion”. No matter seeing scene sites or watching moon and tasting tea, it is always the best choice, giving you a pleasant feeling from the bottom of your heart.南通盆景园Nantong Bonsai GardenClosed to Haoxi Bookclub there stands the Nantong Bonsai Garden.The garden gathers Tong faction Bonsai, one of the main 8 faction in China. Tong faction is famous for its “Two and a half curve”, which means the plant body was bent to “S” shape with a half curve.The Bonsai Garden not only has common bonsai but also has a few bonsai over a hundred years and these rare bonsai has scored many medals in competition in and out of China.Heping Bridge和平桥&TV Tower电视塔Look at that bridge,it’s name is Peace Bridge,what a woundful bridge,isn’t it?Ok,walking through the Heping Bridge, you can see the Nantong TV Station on the left, which is the third cement TV tower of China with a height of 187.5 meters.By elevator, you can get to the touring hall of TV Tower, Looking around, you can get an overall view of the city.River and Sea Culture & Huanxi Culture Space “江海风”浮雕、环西文化广场Please see the left side. This is a stone relief sculpture, named River and Sea Culture, which records the events of Nantong city.Please look up.This is Huanxi Cultural Space. At night, you can find various of lights on the Space , such as neonlights, lawn light, underground light, flood light, projection light .Because of the excellent lighteffect ,you will have a illusion that you are in the world of lights.Music Fountain & Water Stage音乐喷泉、水上舞台This is “Hao River Verve” music fountain. This fountain is composed with 20 ever-changing water sites equipped with multi-media digital control techniques. On the left side of the fountain is thecrystal stage, and the concept of the stage design is “close to water”.Nantong holds “Summer Night by Hao River” ceremony every year. Citizens enjoy the cool while appreciating the shows. What a comfortable life!五公园The Five parkZhangjian is an industrialist and educationalist as well as the number one scholar at the end of Qing dynasty .He made a great contribution to Nantong’s development in modern times. He built a number of featured gardens on the both sides of the south-west of Haohe River. The Five park is his classic work .The five park are east park , west park, south park, north park and middle park. Many facilities were built in the Five park.It’s convenient for tourists and citizens to enjoy the beautiful sceneries in the Five Park and Zhangjian also built many bridges around the Haohe River to connect the five park .Children’s P alace & the South Garden少年宫、南公园The bridge with a colorful reflection is the South Garden Bridge. In front of the bridge, there is a group of ancient architecture, the South Garden Restaurant where many celebrities once stayed during their visit in Nantong.Sports Park体育公园Nantong has been famous in China for many titles, such as the capital of textile, education, architecture, longevity and gymnastics.In front of us there comes the Physical Garden, and the theme is physical recreation. It becomes the main field for public entertainment.Nantong University of Qi Xiu Campus (The first stadium in Nantong )南通大学启秀校区（南通最早的体育场）Zhang Jian not only set up education and industry, but also made great contribution to public utilities. In 1913, at the right side of our boat, he established the first stadium in Nantong, and it is also the first public stadium. New public stadium of Nantong played a role to promote sports among citizens, and then the stadium is for the city's the middle school to hold the Games, and now it belongs to Nantong Medical College, which is now the Qi Xiu campus of Nantong University. Ahead of our boat is Xinglin bridge, and it is a connection of old and new teaching areas in Nantong Medical College. In 2005, government rebuilt it into a landscape bridge.Nantong Medical College 南通医学院Across the Xinglin bridge, along the river we can see Nantong Medical College. It was created by Zhang Jian and his brother in 1912. In 2004, Medical College, Institute of Technology and Teachers College merged as Nantong University. Since then, Nantong Medical College has been developed into a multi-disciplinary, multi-level, multi-form institution of higher medical school for cultivating doctoral, master's degree graduate students, undergraduates and others.southeast of Hao river 东南濠河片The entire southeast of Hao river are blended with tower, bridge, water, garden, and rich culture atmosphere.The cross-water bridge is Qi-Xiu bridge.To the east of the bridge, there is the first National Normal School ,and another beautiful stone arch bridge in Nantong——San Yuan Bridge. That is Wen Feng Tower built in the Ming Dynasty, which is the youngest one among the Nantong three ancient towers. At the foot of Wen Feng tower, there is a Wenfeng Temple.To the west of Qi Xiu bridge, there is the first National museum built by Zhangjian in 1905. There is an ancient tower—Geyi Art Gallery which was built in 1989, and Wang Geyi is a well-known country artist. Textile Museum was China's first museum of Textile Science & Technology Museum. On the opposite side is Wenfeng Park for free toll. As the largest zoo in Nantong, you can find many rare birds and animals there.Yi Bridge怡桥The antique five-hole arch bridge at our right side is Yi bridge. It got the name in memory of the educator Gu Yisheng. Mr. Gu devoted all his life to education, and he had pupils everywhere.Hao Nan Bie Ye濠南别业Now we have passed the Park Bridge, please look at the right side of boat. This European-style building called "Hao Nan Bie Ye ".It is the former residence of Zhang Jian. There are Mei Lanfang and Zhang Jian's statues on the roadside, telling about the friendship between them.Tao Fen printing factory韬奋印刷厂There was a Nantong Tao Fen printing factory named after Zou Taofen, who was a well-known patriot, the Press and Publications publisher. Zou Taofen worked as a war correspondent in times of liberation war, then because of sickness he left Nantong. In commemoration of him, we built a statue of him.Hao Yang Xiao Zhu濠阳小筑Here is Hao Yang Xiao Zhu, it is the residing place of Zhang Jian in his old age. People appreciate the elegant, beautiful style. The Chinese President Jiang Zemin epiqraphed in "Zhang Jian," album: carrying forward the spirit of patriotism, building a socialist country.Shen Shou Museum of Art沈寿艺术馆At the right side, there is a building with green bricks and tiles covered with yellow light. It is "Shen Shou Museum of Art," and it was created by Zhang Jian early for the embroidery of art school in our nation.Working People's Cultural Palace劳动人民文化宫The name of the building in front of us is "Nantong Working People's Cultural Palace." There is a young Nantong Kite Museum in the Cultural Palace. "Nantong kite" is a true symbol of the regional culture of Nantong. The culture park bridge is in the north, we can see the tall buildings stand on the river side. Urban construction is the carrier of a city. Nantong's outstanding architectures are the heritage in historical context, display the local features, and have more national character, modern and artistic features.You Fei hotel有斐饭店Ladies and gentalmen: let's look to the right side.You Fei hotel is on the south of the road, which is a combination of elegance and romance Five-star luxury hotel, its predecessor was You Fei Museum with 100 years history. You Fei Museum is the first tourist facility in Nantong, and many poets and writers came here to stay for a while.Long Bridge长桥There are three strange things in Nantong: there are no wolves in Wolf Hill, the Kwan-yin mountain is not a mountain, and the long bridge is not long. One of the strange things is in front of us ——long bridge. It is only 8 meters long.However, it was the longest stone bridge built in Nantong in 1621, it then has been called Long Bridge ever sinceNantong Museum, City Museum南通博物馆，城市博物馆There are many museums seat along the Haohe river, especially in the south of Haohe river. On the right side of our boat, there is Nantong Museum—— the first museum founded by Chinese people. In 1988 the State Council announced Nantong museum as the national major historical and cultural sites under states protection.2005 is the centennial of Nantong museum. in order to celebrate its a hundred years anniversary, Municipal government built Nantong City Museum across the river. The two museums connected by a walking bridge, and we called this bridge affectionately the "Century Bridge."Nantong City Museum covers an area of 17,000 square meters.It divids into 2 parts. The East Hall is the brother of Mr. Zhang Qian's apartments城南别业, which was built in 1917.and west hall is the exhibition of modern city construction in Nantong. Nantong City Museum is a bright pearl among the Museum group along the Haohe river.Powerful nation dream marks embossment强国梦痕浮雕At the right side of the river bank, we can also see a group of huge embossment. It reflected Nantong's dominent all-round development from 1895 to 1926. It also introduced 20 outstanding historical figures who made outstanding contributions to Nantong, such as Zhangjian, Chen Shigong, Shen Shou. This embossment is the key to understand Nantong.About Hao river (濠河简介)Hao river is the mother river of Nantong people, and it has a history of 1052 years. As one of the most well-protected moat rivers of the nation,Hao river have attracted tourists from home and abroad. The circumference of Hao river is 10 km and it covers an area of 171 acres. The maximum width of river is 215 meters, and the narrowest width is only 10 meters. The shape of Hao river is full of twists and turns, indirect and ripple, like a inversion of the gourd-shaped. The river surrounds the ancient city of Tongzhou which is the old city district now. In the past, Beijing poet Jia Qing-yun once use the word "the city seats in the water, people travel in the painting" to describe the Hao river, Nowadays, Hao river has become an harmonious opening provincial scenic spots.Mei An book centre (梅庵书苑)On our right side, we can see The Mei An book centre. In this place, people can read, enjoy acup of tea and play Qin,a Chinese Zither. "Mei An"is connected with Mei An Qin association. Mei An Qin association began to popular in Nantong in the 1920s. After that, it spreaded into the whole china quickly and In 1950s,it spreaded to the United States ,Europe ,Hong Kong and Taiwan.Nowadays, Mei An association has become an attractive characteristics of Nantong and China.East riverbank greenbelt&Nantong Blue Printed Calico(濠东绿地南段，蓝印花布艺术馆)On the right side of our boat, we can see East riverbank greenbelt of Haohe river. There are sceneries such as Fu Quxuan(扶渠轩), Dai Yueting(待月亭) and Y ue Ya lake（月牙湖）, wherethe public and tourists can have a good rest here..Look at the museum outlined by blue light,it is Nantong Blue Printed Calico.Nantong is the hometown of Blue Printed Calico and this museun is the first museum in China which explicates the manufacturing process of the Blue Printed Calico well.It is Blue Printed Calico Art Museum.The friendship Bridge(友谊桥)The bridge in front of us is called “the bridge of friendship”.we can see clearly that this bridge has been divided into 3 parts. The bridge of friendship was a drawbridge in ancient times, so the bridge was very narrow at frist. In 1958, Nantong government widened this bridge. So this bridge is old in the middle and the left and right sides are new.Chenghuang Temple （城隍庙）Please look at the Chenghuang Temple of Nantong.It is the most influential Taoist temple in Nantong .In some particular festivals, many people come here to get together to worship Buddha, and some souvenirs are sold in the festivals .People can enjoy religions activities here.North Hao river Humanities (北濠河人文)In Nantong, all the parks, green spaces, squares around Hao river are all open for free.people can travel Hao river not only by boat but also can walk along Haohe river footpath.Since it is very popular with couples walking here, this footpath around Haohe river is also known as the couple road. Ok,now we are going to across the North Hao Bridge .It’s 142 meters and is the longest bridge of Haohe River.Introducing the project of comprehensively improving Haohe River(介绍濠河综合整治工作)Going through the bridge of friendship, we can see clearly the water area becomes very broad. We have arrived at the widest area along Haohe River. Since 1980s, Nantong government have paid much attention to improving the quality of Haohe River. After several decades’ endeavour，Fruitful results have been achieved and in recent years, Haohe River has won some prizes for environment protection.Nantong High School and Guangxiao Tower (通中，光孝塔)Look at these buildings outlined by red lights ,it is Nantong High School. Nantong High Schoolhas a history of 90 years,and it is a provincial key middle school which wins a good fame at-home and abroad.This is Guang Xiao Tower, it is located in Tianning Temple. It was the oldest and well-preserved Buddhist temple in Nantong, and it is 100 years older than the foundation of Nantong City.金鳌坊JinaofangThis is Jinaofang. it was named after a couplet which made by Zhang Qian,a man who. has made a great contribution to the development of Chinese industry and cultural education. one day,Zhangjian’s teacher saw a man passing the door on a horse, he said: “A man walked the door riding a horse”. By hearing this, Zhangqian answered: “I cross the sea riding a golden turtle. ”Golden turtle stands for scoring the first in exam and becoming the number one scholar. There for the teacher was very satisfyied about his sharp mind and people afterwards built a Golden turtle to memerize this interesting story.Chinese Audit Museum (审计博物馆)Built on Apr. 2 ,2008, this Auditing Museum was the only museum with special subject on national auditing. With a exhibition area of 4000 ㎡, it is divided into two parts ,basic exhibition area and temperate exhibition area. These exhibition areas show the 3000 years’ development of Chinese auditing.Chinese Abacus Museum (中国珠算博物馆)Look at the right side, under the colorful lights; we can see a set of structure combined with Chinese and Western style. This is Chinese Abacus Museum. Abacus is the earliest counting tool for Chinese people. Now, this museun has more than 2000 different kinds of delicate abacuses, including the largest and smallest ones. If you are interested in abacus, you should not miss this largest abacus museum of China.How time flies. Our tour is near its end, and we may find that our boat are reaching the starting point. We hope this tour can give you a gorgeous and happy memory of the fresh Jianghai culture.Thank you.。