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Langshan Scenic Area
"The First Mountain by River and Sea" on the north bank of the Yangtze estuary, one of China's Eight Lesser Buddhist Mountains. Guangjiao Temple crowns the 107-meter hill, river ferries and sea breezes frame the climb, and the multi-hill combo ticket links Jianshan, Junshan and Huangnishan nearby.
Hao River Scenic Area
The ancient moat encircling Nantong's old town in an inverted-gourd loop, nicknamed the "Jade Necklace of the River City." The banks are free day and night; evening cruises (about 60–80 CNY) drift past museums, pavilions and lit bridges — the classic way to see the modern city Zhang Jian built.
Yuantuojiao Resort
The headland at the mouth of the Yangtze — the first place in Jiangsu to see the sunrise — inside a national resort zone in Qidong. Golden Beach (about 25 CNY) adds mudflat walks and a Dawu statue; free to enter the resort, best at dawn when river and sea meet.
Xiaoyangkou Scenic Area
The core scenic zone of a national resort area in Rudong County, famous for its "sea disco" — barefoot dancing on tidal flats while digging for clams — a one-of-a-kind coastal experience shaped by daily tides on the Yellow Sea.
Nantong Forest Safari Park
A 3,000-mu forest safari in Xingfu subdistrict, among Jiangsu's top-rated family attractions. Safari trains and drive lanes pass giraffes, pandas and white lions; the park adds amusement rides, circus shows and summer night sessions that run to 21:00. Regular hours 9:00-17:00; adult tickets from about CNY 180.
Nantong Museum
Founded in 1905 by industrialist Zhang Jian as China's first public museum, set in its own garden by the Hao River. Grounds open 06:00–18:00, halls 09:00–17:00 (closed Mondays) with free real-name booking — a landmark of Chinese museum history and of Zhang Jian's modernizing vision.
Red 14th Army Memorial Hall
Within Rugao's martyrs cemetery, this free memorial honors the Red 14th Army, founded here in 1930 as the only regular Red Army force on central Party rosters active in Jiangsu during the agrarian revolution. Halls with a forecourt, shrine and gallery display its history and local martyrs' stories; open Tuesday-Sunday mornings and afternoons, closed Mondays.
Central Jiangsu Seven Victories Memorial Hall
Built in 1986 and opened in 1988 beside Hai'an's Yangtze Middle Road, this free museum commemorates the 1946 Central Jiangsu Campaign in which Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin led 30,000 troops to seven victories over 120,000 in forty-five days. A needle-shaped monument, exhibition hall, national-defence park and plaza frame the story; open mornings and afternoons, midday closure.
Shuihui Garden
A "garden without walls" in Rugao famed as one of the finest of the late Ming, where scholar Mao Bijiang and concubine-calligrapher Dong Xiaowan lived their storied romance. Water threads pavilions and penzai bonsai gardens — the rugao penjing tradition lives on here, about an hour from central Nantong.
Jianghai Museum
A museum of river-and-sea culture in Haimen's Jianghai Culture Park (about 180,000 m² of parkland), free with ticketed entry. Summer hours run to 17:30, winter to 17:00, closed Mondays; the江海 exhibits trace the coastal delta's reclamation, fishing and Zhang Jian-era industry.
Zhouji Green Expo Park
A 390-mu botanical park in Tongzhou near Nantong airport, national 4A-caliber: Taishan stone screen, musical fountain, tropical fruit valley, rainforest house, "Life Ark" cacti garden and flower terraces. Entry from about 75 CNY, 3–5 hours for families; the official site posts current hours.
Seyuan Garden (Zhang Jian Cemetery Park)
The cemetery park of Zhang Jian (1853-1926), the top Qing scholar who built Nantong into China's model modern city. His tomb anchors the central axis beside the 1927 Zhang family hall, surrounded by the largest botanical garden in Nantong — ginkgo avenues, lakes and seasonal flower seas; open 7:30-17:30 with entry CNY 15-20 and frequent free periods.
Zhang Jian Memorial (Haimen)
A memorial rebuilt from the former residence of Zhang Jian (1853–1926), the industrialist-educator whose enterprises and schools shaped modern Nantong, in his hometown Changle of Haimen. Free with ID; open Tue–Sun 09:00–16:30, closed Mondays.
Hanguangguan (Han Guojun Residence)
The former residence of Han Guojun (1857-1942), Republican-era Governor of Jiangsu, a late-Qing architectural complex and national key heritage site in Hai'an. Free with reservation, closed Mondays.
Tangzha Ancient Town
A canal-side town founded by industrialist Zhang Jian at the end of the 19th century. The Dasheng Cotton Mill workshops and the 1895 cultural block preserve China's early modern industrial heritage, with red-brick plants and canal water towers; the riverside quarter is free to explore.
Liyashan National Marine Park
An oyster-reef islet some four nautical miles off Dongzaogang in Haimen, upgraded from a national marine special reserve to a national marine park. Boat tours land visitors at low tide to walk the living oyster reef and dig for clams; the visitor center opens 8:00-17:00 and tour packages run from about CNY 220.
Dinghui Chan Temple
An ancient monastery in the heart of Rugao's old walled town, its gate plaque bearing four raised gilded characters. The temple keeps classic Ming-Qing halls around a central pagoda courtyard and remains an active place of worship; entry about CNY 20, open through the day until 18:00.
Bencha Ancient Town
A thousand-year-old salt town on Rudong's coast, its canals and grey-brick lanes recently renewed through a "townspeople co-build" programme of some 1,200 mu. Unhurried and little-commercialised, it pairs hot-spring projects with famously photogenic "pink sunsets" over the water; entry is free.
Qingdundu Museum
A museum built over a Neolithic archaeological site in Hai'an — one of the most important discoveries in the Jianghuai region, revealing 5,000-year-old settlements with pottery, jade and wooden artifacts. Free with reservation, closed Mondays.
Junshan Scenic Area
The easternmost of the five Langshan hills rising from the Yangtze floodplain in Nantong. Junshan holds the Putuo Annex temple and the site of China's first civilian meteorological observatory, and is toured on the Langshan five-hill through ticket.
Oriental Longevity Star Park
A longevity-culture park in Rugao — one of the world's famed longevity cities — whose 49-metre bronze Longevity Star statue towers over about 180 mu of garden paths, folk displays and birthday-culture halls. Open 8:00 to 17:00; adult entry about CNY 50.
Jianghuai Cultural Park
A 260-mu classical garden park on Fengshan North Road in Hai'an, threading pavilions and bridges around 30,000 square metres of lake and four zones devoted to Jianghuai history and folk arts. Ticket tiers start at about CNY 60 for the main zones with a CNY 108 through ticket; open 8:30-17:30.
Golden Beach (Qidong)
A national 3A beach beside the Yangtze mouth at Yinyang town, where rare firm "iron-plate sand" meets the Yellow Sea and clam beds stretch to the horizon. Visitors dig for clams, ride the mudflats and watch sunrise over the sea; entry CNY 20-30 with clam-digging gear extra, best at low tide.