Nantong City is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River in the east of Jiangsu province. Bordering on the river and facing the Pacific Ocean, the city appears like a peninsular and stands opposite Shanghai across the river, enjoying a golden coast and waterway as well as such well-known titles as "Pearl of the River and Sea" and "the First Window on the Yangtze River".
Nantong also boasts a long history with its Area inhabited with primitive clans more than 5000 years ago. So people here have their own unique way to spend time.

Hear the culture's breath
Nantong is one of the "Four Kite Producing Areas", the kite is famous for its' unique sounds like playing chords.
Nantong native called it "YaoZi" which has six corners or above, normally more than 1 or 2 meters big, the maximal can be 5 meters. "YaoZi" combined art and music as well as carving together. The surface painted folk mythos or story, tied two decameters' long ropes, then is the key parts whistles. Whistles have different size playing together give different sounds in the sky: low, mediant, and alt, combines in harmonious form an "air symphony" spread miles away.
Because it's special size, flying "YaoZi" is a congregate body mechanics, at least 2 people more to 10 people above. During the process they must cooperate with each other; speed, wisdom, physical force, wind power etc. are the important factors of flying. Some people compete with their "YaoZi", which flies high and whistle loud. Flying kites is not only a time-off, but also a sport, a technique and a culture.
It's great proud that Nantong kites have been list in the national cultural heritage.

Taste the culture's flavor
Nantong offers a dazzling array of food and provides an exciting opportunity for cuisine exploration that should be seized with both chopsticks. Eating out in Nantong is about more than just food. It is a social lubricant, a time when families get together and a major pastime of Nantong's chic.
The stinky tofu, although the smell is very bad but eat-up, I believe you will like it, of course, can not do dinner. It's fried in special oil then put some flavoring on it very delicious.
Thanks to the good geography, flat in terrain and covered with a dense water system, the city has more than 400 km of riverbank and coastline and extensive shallows. So the aquatic product and the sea food are rich. Such as fugu, and clam which is praised as "the most delicious of the world" .Besides these, there are shrimp, crab, yellow-fin tuna and so on, all to make you drool with envy, wants the bulk to make chewing motions.

See the culture's face
Located in the warm and wet monsoon subtropics, Nantong enjoys sufficient sun shine, profuse rainfall, and warm climate with distinct seasons. Draws near the sea in accordance with the river, have attractive scenery, it is the garden type city known far and wide. The river of the moat winds the city and crosses in the city; a high pavilion of pavilion is set off during that time. Nantong natural science garden , water paint garden, make intelligent Buddhist temple, prop up cloud tower , mere filial piety tower ,etc. tourist spot face water the mountain, differ from one another. The wolf mountain in the south of the city, it's the first of eight pet name mountains of national Buddhism, the place where most worth visiting in Nantong.
Among the various unique and wild scenes of the scenic area, one of the most eye-catching is the Hao River. At the hot summer night, people come out by twos and threes enjoy the cool and see the city scenery.

Every nation has their own unique way to spend their time-off, Nantong people are one of them, so their natural life depends on the local full-bodied culture features.