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Nantong, located in the east of Jiangsu province, reaches the Yellow Sea in the east and looks at the Yangtze River in the south. It is known as "North Shanghai" because it is the meeting of rivers and seas and the throat of the north and south, and is dependent on China's most economically developed Shanghai and southern Jiangsu across the river. Nantong is one of the first 14 coastal cities in China that opened to the outside world, and it is called "the first city in modern China".

Nantong City, Jiangsu Province

is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, facing Shanghai and Suzhou across the river in the south, bordering Taizhou City in the west and Yancheng City in the north. Except for the low hills of Langshan Mountain, Nantong is a plain with an average elevation of about four meters. On the map of China, there are only two cities located at the intersection of the T-shaped structure of the coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River economic belt and at the head of the Yangtze River Delta. One is Shanghai, an international metropolis, and the other is Nantong, which is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River just across the water. Nantong "is the meeting of rivers and seas and the throat of the north and south", facing China's most economically developed Shanghai and southern Jiangsu across the river, connecting the vast northern Jiangsu Plain to the north and connecting with the Eurasian Continental Bridge by railway; From the Yangtze River estuary to the sea, you can reach the coast of China and the ports of the world; Up the river, you can reach Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan provinces and Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. After the completion of Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, Nantong has entered the one-hour economic circle of Shanghai. Nantong faces two major economic radiation sectors, overseas and inland, and is known as the "Pearl of the Rivers and Seas" and "the first window of the Yangtze River".

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Nantong combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway", and has 226 kilometers of coastline of the Yangtze River, of which more than 3 kilometers can be built for 1,-ton deep-water berths; It has a coastline of 21 kilometers, of which more than 4 kilometers can be built for deepwater berths with a tonnage of more than 5, tons. The coastal zone of the city covers an area of 13, square kilometers and the coastal beach covers 21, hectares, which is one of the areas with the richest land resources in China's coastal areas. The proven mineral resources mainly include iron ore, oil, natural gas, coal and marble. The city has a total cultivated land area of 7 million mu, fertile soil and a wide range of suitable plants, and is rich in crops such as rice, cocoon, cotton and oil. Rich in aquatic resources, it is the export base of clam, laver, river eel, nereis and prawn in China. Lvsi Fishing Ground is one of the four largest fishing grounds in China and one of the nine largest fishing grounds in the world.

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Historical background

Nantong is formed by the continuous development and merger of ancient sand mouths on the north bank of the Yangtze River, belonging to the alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. More than 6 years ago, the Yangtze River water carried a large amount of sediment from the upstream and deposited in the estuary, from which Nantong became land and gradually extended from west to east and south. The geographical outline of the whole territory is longer in the east-west direction than in the north-south direction, surrounded by water on three sides and land reclamation on one side, which looks like an irregular rhombic shape. It consists of Langshan Canqiu District, Hai 'an Lixiahe District, North Shore Gushazui District, Tonglushui Ridge Plain, Nantong Guhe Branch Plain, Southern Plain and Continental Land, Sanyu Marine Plain and Coastal New Reclamation Area, etc.

Historical development

People have lived in Nantong since five or six thousand years ago. Before the Jin Dynasty, the urban area was the estuary sea area. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became a sand state, first named Hudouzhou, and later named Hudouzhou, which belonged to Hailing County (now Taizhou). In the Tang Dynasty, it was a salt pavilion. In the tenth year of Xuanzong's reign (722), it was a salt official, belonging to Hailing County, Yangzhou. In the second year of Tang Xizong's official career (875), he set up Langshan Town as an emissary, which was under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Xidao Our Mission. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (97-96), Wu Shi once set up the town of Jinghaidu in Dongzhou. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinghaidu Town was established as a courtyard, and Rugao County was located in Taizhou, which lasted for half a century. In 958 AD, the northern Zhou Dynasty sent troops to the south, occupied the Jinghai, and was promoted to the Static Navy. Soon it was renamed Tongzhou, leading the Jinghai and Haimen counties, which were under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou. In the Song Dynasty, in the first year of Tiansheng (123), it was once called Chongzhou or Chongchuan, and soon it was renamed Tongzhou, which belonged to Nandong Road and led Jinghai and Haimen counties. Yuan Shizu was promoted to Tongzhou Road in the 15th year of Zhiyuan (1278) and renamed Tongzhou in the 21st year (1284), belonging to Yangzhou Road. He was transferred to Huaidong Road in the north of the Yangtze River to visit our embassy and lead Jinghai and Haimen counties. In the 11th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1672), Haimen abandoned the county as a township and merged into Nantong; In the third year of Yongzheng (1724), Tongzhou was changed to Zhili, and Taixing and Rugao counties were under its jurisdiction and transferred to Jiangsu Municipal Affairs Department. In the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong (1761), it was transferred to Jiangning Municipal Affairs Department. After the Revolution of 1911, the state counties were abandoned and the Nantong County Office was established. From 1914 to 1927, Nantong, Rugao, Jingjiang and Taixing were under the jurisdiction of Su Changdao, while Haimen and Chongming were under the jurisdiction of Shanghai Haidao. In 1934, Nantong Administrative Supervision District Commissioner's Office was established, which governs six counties of Nantong, namely Chongming, Qidong, Haimen, Rugao and Jingjiang. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, an anti-Japanese democratic government was established in Beixingqiao, Nantong County in March, 1941. During the War of Liberation, the administrative offices of Tongdong, Tonghai, Tongxi and Tongru were established, and the Commissioner's Office of the Fourth Administrative Region of Jiangsu was established in Rudong, and the first and ninth administrative regions of Jiangsu and Anhui (Central China) were rebuilt. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nantong County, Gangzha area and its suburbs were designated as Nantong City, and the rest were still Nantong County. Nantong County moved to jing sha and Nantong City and County were divided and ruled. Nantong District of Subei Administrative Office shall be established to govern Nantong City, Nantong County, Hai 'an County, Rugao County, Rudong County, Haimen County, Qidong County and Chongming County. At the end of 1952, Jiangsu resumed the establishment of the province, and Nantong City was a provincial-level city in Jiangsu Province. In 1958, Chongming County was assigned to Shanghai from Nantong District of Jiangsu Province. In 1962, Nantong City was listed as a provincial-level city again and separated from Nantong District. Nantong City was directly under the provincial administration, and Nantong District was under the jurisdiction of Nantong County, Qidong County, Haimen County, Rugao County, Rudong County and Hai 'an County. In 197, the whole province changed the area into a unified area, and Nantong area governed Nantong County, Qidong County, Haimen County, Rugao County, Rudong County and Hai 'an County. In March, 1983, Nantong merged with Nantong, and the system of city governing county was implemented. Nantong has jurisdiction over the city [Chongchuan District, Gangzha District, Langshan Tourist Resort and Fumin Port Office (Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone)]. After 1989, there were four counties in Nantong City: Tongzhou City (county level), Qidong City (county level), Haimen City (county level) and Rugao City (county level). These four county-level cities are still managed by Nantong City. Nantong is one of the earliest 14 coastal cities open to the outside world in China and an important part of Shanghai Economic Zone. In February 29, Tongzhou City withdrew from the city and became Tongzhou District of Nantong City, realizing the joint governance of Nantong City and County-Nantong City, Jiangsu Province.

Cultural characteristics

During the Five Emperors period in ancient Chinese legend, tribes in northern Jiangsu often fought against tribes in the Central Plains. Dongyi tribe, who lived in Huai and Yi areas, was defeated by tribes in the Central Plains. In order to avoid the war, Dongyi tribe had to move, and Guqingdun people were one of them. They were the earliest ancestors and immigrants in Nantong, and they planted the seeds of northern culture at the earliest time. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, destroyed Xing (the west of Hai 'an, the northwest of Rugao belonged to Xing) and conquered the Central Plains in the north, thus "sealing off the Jianghuai area". In 56 BC, Wu Chu went to war, and Wu defeated Zhengcheng (northeast of jiangling county, Hubei Province). The adherents of Yun State took part in the patriotic struggle under the instigation of Wu State. Soon after Chu defeated Wu, Yunmin withdrew with Wu Jundong and later settled in Lifa Township, Hai 'an County. In 473 BC, the more Wu was destroyed, the capital moved north to Langya (now Jiaonan County, Shandong Province) and immigrated to the north on a large scale. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the King of Dongou migrated to Jianghuai. Some of the immigrants were scattered in Hailing (called Haiyang Taizhou today), and they brought Wu and Yue culture here, forming a trend of southern culture going north. During the war in Jin Dynasty, the population of the north moved to the south on a large scale, and moved to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties. At that time, the immigrant population in Hailing area soared by dozens of times, and the northern culture and the southern culture met here. During the reign of Emperor Liang Yuan in the Six Dynasties (A.D. 552), Hudouzhou (also known as Hudouzhou) appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there were people who boiled salt. These people mainly came from Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River (now Changzhou, Wujin, Yixing, Wuxi, Xishan and Jiangyin), and these people basically retained the characteristics of Wuyue culture. Hudouzhou belonged to Hailing in Sui Dynasty, and Langshan became a military stronghold under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province's Western Road and Changzhou, Zhejiang Province, due to military needs in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Xing Wu (now Huzhou, Zhejiang Province) Yao's family ruled Hudouzhou (called Jinghai) and Dongbuzhou for half a century, with tens of thousands of troops and their families, mostly Wuxing people. At that time, southern culture dominated. In the third year of Xiande in the late Zhou Dynasty (AD 956), Zhou Shike took Huainan, taking the area north of the Yangtze River in the southern Tang Dynasty, and promoted Jinghaidu Town to be a static navy, which belonged to Yangzhou. Soon it was changed to Tongzhou, and two counties, Jinghai and Haimen, were set up. Because Jinghai Island and the mainland were connected and changed to Hailing County, Jinghai people had increasingly frequent contacts with residents in Rugao and other places, and at the same time a large number of Hailing people traveled between the two places or settled down. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, another prisoner from the north was exiled to Tongzhou, and the influence of southern culture seemed to gradually weaken. However, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng rose to the south of the Yangtze River, and at the beginning of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Jiangnan residents moved to Rugao. During the Opium War and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, many merchants and craftsmen from the south of the Yangtze River came to Rugao to settle down. Rugao was a county in Tongzhou in 1724. Haimen Island, which was formed by Dongbuzhou, was originally a place for convicts, and migrants also came from Changzhou. Due to the cultural isolation caused by the rise of Jinghai County after more than 13 years, Haimen people always maintained the characteristics of Wu culture. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, some scholars from the south of the Yangtze River who had supported Zhang Shicheng were forced to move to Lvsi Port punitively. They gathered in Bailu Port in Changshu and crossed the river to Lvsi. This is what the people call "Bai Ru pumping Ding". They also retained the customs of Jiangnan culture. By the early 18th century, Chen Chaoyu (1688-1761), a Chongming native, led his wife to Haimen to cultivate along the river bank, and led a large number of Chongming people to move to Jiangbei. They worked hard to cultivate, and the newly cultivated land along the river gradually became a village. At that time, there were more than 1, people in Haimen and nearly 3, Chongming people. In the next 2 years, Chongming people moved to Haimen continuously. The formation and rise of textile industry in modern times attracted more and more industrial and commercial households and others from Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhenjiang to settle down, do business and conduct cultural exchanges in Nantong. The influence of southern culture has almost continued. Southern culture has a great influence on Nantong. Among Nantong dialects, Wu dialect is spoken by the most people. Nantong Peking Opera belongs to the Southern School of Peking Opera, and the people generally worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. Northerners often regard Nantong people as Jiangnan people, while southerners often regard Nantong people as northerners (Jiangbei people). This dislocation just shows the cultural characteristics of Nantong as a transitional zone between the north and the south, with both north and south cultures-southern wind and northern rhyme.

local culture

Tongju: Tongju is a local opera in Nantong. Originally a boy drama, it originated from Shangboy. The so-called "boy wizard" is a folk professional wizard. The wizard who originated in Chu and Yue blended with the local dialect, culture, customs and people's feelings, and gradually formed another branch of the ancient wizard with distinctive Nantong local color-Nantong boy. In the process of engaging in superstitious activities in the countryside, Tongzi processed the rap and ghost words with a certain story, the seven-character tune and the ancient children's book, put on makeup and staged a series of performances. It is loved by farmers with its singing accompanied by gongs and drums, rough singing and easy-to-understand lyrics. Although the boy's acting of "persuading" (advising the world) is too simple and rough, it is really a typical folk drama, which has hundreds of thousands of audiences and lasts for a long time. Like Nantong, a city with developed economy and culture in the coastal area, Nantong boy still retains its original and simple features. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tongzi abandoned his superstitious content of worshipping gods and exorcising ghosts, and used his rap form to perform modern dramas, bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, and gradually transformed them into general dramas, which improved in terms of choreography, performance, music and dance beauty. In recent years, Nantong Tongzi has not only been listed as a key research topic, but also attracted more and more attention and interest from scholars at home and abroad. Nantong Dongzi Club: Once upon a time, after Nantong suburbs appeared in autumn every year, there was always a "Dongzi Club", also known as the "Weitang Club", which was presided over by the venerable elders in the Weitang. They chose to watch the sun in the middle of the month and invited Dongzi to perform and seek happiness with the help of "sky lanterns". The "Dongzi Club" began, with the Yellow Dragon Flag held high, and the host lit incense to open the altar, and invited the Dongzi paddock to perform acrobatic performances: "attacking the fire circle", "drilling the fire knife" and "rowing the tiger" ... It's really the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, showing their magical powers. If you have this skill in the pond, you can also perform for fun. In the afternoon, led by the host, an activity called "disaster collection" was held to celebrate the bumper harvest. At night, the bright moon is used as a lamp, and lotus palace lanterns are hung to help the Ming Dynasty, and Dong Zi acts. Most of the plays are based on folk oral rap or seven-character songs, and most of them are persuasion plays that suppress evil and promote good. It is said that during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a Dongzi in Tongzhou, with a golden tongue and a loud voice, seized the patient's psychological rap "Bao Gong Li Liang" and "cured" the depression of the county official's mother. The old mother took her son to listen to the songbook together, and his son woke up like a dream, reducing taxes for the people. Since then, Dong Zi's value has increased. Dong-zi Association also appeared, and there was a performance between Weitang and Weitang. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the custom of "Dong Zi Hui" ceased to exist, and Dong Zi also turned into a drama artist.

Important Event

Bloody Tears Beach Tragedy On March 17th, 1938, the Japanese invaders occupied Nantong City and burned and killed it for several days. On May 8th, the Japanese aggressors burned and killed along the way from Yijiaqiao to Maxiazha, shot and killed 25 of my compatriots in Gejia Old Garden, and then burned and killed them in Renjiayuan and Zhangjiayuan. The local people fled at the sound, and a group of old, weak women and children hurriedly hid in the reeds in the west of Sichuan Maoer River. When the Japanese invaders found out, they concentrated on shooting with machine guns, and then stabbed them with bayonets. Suddenly, the bodies crossed the river beach and the Maoer River in Sichuan was bloody, killing 18 people. Of Ren Yukun's family of twelve, only I and my five-year-old son survived the injury, and the rest were killed. His wife is pregnant for a full term, and the baby under one year old in the hands of his sister-in-law is not spared. This appalling bloody massacre aroused people's great hatred for the invaders and their revolutionary fighting spirit of "saving China". After liberation, in order to never forget this tragedy, people called Chuanmaoer River Beach "the beach of blood and tears".

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Recently, Nantong adopted a competitive mechanism in urban planning, fully liberalized the planning and design market, and attracted foreign experts from famous foreign design companies such as the United States, France, Japan, etc. The construction of Nantong New District and Sutong Bridge is the top priority of the city's urban construction in recent years. The city has carried out conceptual planning for the core area of the new district and the north bridge head area of Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, and collected conceptual planning schemes from the international community for the first time. Well-known design companies at home and abroad, such as UVA Architects in the United States, INA Architects in Japan, PA Architects in France, and Weixin Company in China and Hongkong, bid in succession. In 26, Nantong was recognized as a "national environmental protection model city" by the State Environmental Protection Administration. In 27, Nantong was rated as "National Health City" by the state, and at the same time, Nantong was also rated as "the best leisure and tourism city in China". In 28, Nantong was rated as "National Garden City" and "National Historical and Cultural City" by the state. In 29, Nantong won the "All"