Nantong HAOHE is one of the most intact ancient moat preserved in China, the length is 10 km in total with 1040-mu water area, the maximum width can reach 215m and the narrowest width is only 10m. The whole HAOHE has many twists and turns, which presents the inverted gourd shape and is centered on the old town area, thus creating the individual style of “towns surrounded by water area, water area centered on multiple towns, integrated city and water.”
The HAOHE Scenic Spot including: Original Nantong Moat, according to the record of history-“The river was existed since the establishment of the city,” with more than one thousand years’ history; Nantong Museum, the earliest museum founded by Chinese people; Wenfeng Pagoda; China’s first professional textile museum, being called as “Textile Grand View Garden;” Tianning Temple, Guangxiao Temple, etc. Winding through a course with many twists and turns along the city, the water covers an area of 700,000 m2, it has multiple landscapes and dense forests. Various pavilions and bridges looming out of the HAOHE scenic spot, the painted pleasure boat and yacht are loafing about above the water. The beautify of Nantong city, a renowned garden city, mainly lies with Haohe.
The entire HAOHE scenic spot has tree-lined landscapes with beautiful scenery. It is ecologically characterized by health, nature and grace, and comfort, and provides the vast tourists with an excellent tourism and leisure destination. The HAOHE scenic spot is a city-encircled and open-type national 4A level tourist scenic spot that combines natural landscape and cultural landscape.
Address: No.508, Haobei Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City
