Nantong, the "first city in modern China", is a city near the river and the sea, and is known as "the pearl in the river" and "the first window of the Yangtze River". It has beautiful scenery, outstanding people, a long history and a large number of celebrities.
From an early age, I listened to my grandparents' parents telling the story of Nantong. After school, I have a better understanding of my hometown. There are seven firsts in Nantong, including the first normal school, the first folk museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first school for the blind and the deaf run by China people and the first weather station. It is one of the earliest 14 coastal cities in China, one of the cities with the best living environment, and the famous "hometown of education", "hometown of architecture" and ".
With the spring breeze of reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in Nantong. Cities are getting bigger and bigger, roads are getting wider and wider, people's living standards are constantly improving, the economy is taking off, and living conditions are improving. Everyone is proud to be Nantong people!
You see, Haohe River, which is 30 Li Long, surrounds this ancient city. After transformation, Haohe Scenic Area has become a national 4A-level tourist attraction, and is praised as "the emerald necklace around the girl's neck" by domestic and foreign tourists. The museums along the Haohe River endow us with a deeper cultural connotation in Nantong. If you visit Haohe River by boat, you can enjoy the wonderful artistic conception of the city sitting in the water and people traveling in a painting world.
Look again, with the opening of Nantong Xingdong Airport, the connection of Tong Ning, Tongqi, Tongyan and Coastal Expressway, and the passage of Xinchang Railway and Ningqi Railway, the traffic in Nantong has undergone tremendous changes. On June 18, 2007, the completion of Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, a world-class bridge, completely ended Nantong's history of being impassable to the south. With the real south gate and the real support to connect Shanghai and integrate into southern Jiangsu, Nantong fundamentally changed its long-term unfavorable position in the transportation network layout. The completion of the bridge also marks the leap of China from a world bridge power to a world bridge power.
If you go into Nantong and have a look, you will be surprised! The bustling south street is full of traffic, and the new city with high-rise buildings is clean and tidy. The Langshan Scenic Area, the first of the eight famous Buddhist mountains, is famous for its pastoral scenery, natural ecology and human history ... Do you know? Nantong is a national environmental protection model city, a national health city, the best leisure and tourism city in China, a national garden city, a national historical and cultural city and a national civilized city.
Zhao Dan, a contemporary performing artist, Wang Geyi, a master of Chinese painting, and Yang Le, a famous mathematician, are all from Nantong. Out of the world champions Zhao Jianhua, badminton, Li Ju, Chen ...; There are "Jianghai volunteers" who are famous all over the country, "Mo Wensui" who helps others without leaving a name, and "bosom grandma" who loves others. ...
After 30 years of reform and opening up, Nantong, which has been brilliant for a hundred years, has regained its confidence and moved towards greater glory. As a native of Nantong, I love my beautiful hometown, and I am even more proud of the great achievements my hometown and motherland have made in the reform and opening up!