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Niushou Mountain Cultural Tourism Scenic Area is located in the Jiangning District of Nanjing. Known as the “Spring Bull Head,” the mountain’s twin peaks look like ox horns, hence the name. It is one of the four famous places in Jinling and is blessed with beautiful natural scenery and deep cultural heritage. Historically, it is the land of Yue Fei’s resistance to gold, and the place of Zheng He’s dormancy.

With more than 900 years of history, Gaochun Old Street is a national tourist scenic spot and a famous historical and cultural street located in the commercial center of Gaochun. It has been hailed as an “art treasure house of ancient architecture” by Chinese and foreign scholars and a “rich area of Chinese folk culture”. Most of the existing buildings were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and have distinctive local characteristics and typical architectural styles. Gaochun Old Street is full of well-preserved Ming and Qing architectural groups. These ancient buildings are next to the water, coupled with exquisite brick-wood stone carvings and traditional calligraphy plaques, which are simple and elegant.

The Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the great forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution, and its affiliated group of monuments, has been hailed as the first Mausoleum of modern Chinese architecture. Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum covers a total area of over 80,000 square meters. The main architecture includes the arch, ramps, Mausoleum doors, the pavilion, and the tomb of the festival hall etc. Looking down from the air , Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum appears like a liberty bell lying on a green carpet. At the foot of the hills, the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen is like the steeple bell. The half-moon-shaped square appears like the curving arc of the top of the bell, and dome roof of the tomb is like a round pendulum.

Huishan Ancient Town is a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot. It is located in the northwestern slopes of Wuxi, Xishan, and the northeast slope of Huishan. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows close to its north, and Huishan, a tributary of the Grand Canal, reaches the hinterland of the ancient town. Its unique geographical location, beautiful natural environment, well preserved old neighborhood style, long history, rich cultural heritage are like a Jiangnan historical and cultural museum through time.

Tourism resources of Kunshan Tourist Resort consist of the long history, profound culture and unique natural landscape. Kunshan is located at the easternmost tip of Jiangsu and the Shanghai-Nanjing Economic Corridor, bordering the international metropolis Shanghai in the east and adjacent to the historical and cultural city of Suzhou in the west. Kunshan has abundant products and delicious foods. The Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are famous for their popularity. Besides, Aozao Noddles, Zhoushi Duck, Zhangpu Bacon, Qiandeng Lamb, Zheng Yiqing Green Dumpling, Jinxi Crispy Cake, and Zhouzhuang Wansan Dishes are favored by many tourists.

As the only canal cultural tourist attraction in China with the ancient canal across downtown, the Ancient Canal & South Avenue Cultural Tourism Area of Changzhou is located in the South Avenue of downtown Changzhou. Starting from Middle Jinling Road in the east and Huaide Bridge in the west and extending to the ancient canal in the south and West Yanling Road in the north, the cultural tourism area contains five districts, namely, Comb Lane, Xiyingmen Ramparts, Minyuanli, Shuangguifang and Chongfa Temple. It was awarded the title of Class AAAA Tourist Attraction by the National Tourism Administration in 2011.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Gengsang Chu, pro-disciple of Lao Tze, was reluctant to be an official, while he devoted himself to monastic seclusion in a cave and became immortal. The blessed Zhanggong Cave is located in the Mengfeng Mountain, southwest of Yixing. He wrote Cave Spirit Scriptures with 9 chapters, and as a result, the cave was named after him and became one of 72 blessed places of Taoism. Nowadays, the new Zhanggong Cave Scenic Zone was re-opened to the public with delicate up-to-date changes. The mysteries of the Blessed Water for Lovers, the adventure of the 500 meters Underground River, the excitement of 1500 meters Whitewater Floating, the charm of the Water Curtain Movie, the fun of DIY in Ceramic Work Shop and the experience of the profound Taoism atmosphere will show the tourists a brand-new and totally unique cave tour experience.

With very rich humane and natural landscape and very strong Kingdom Wu cultural atmosphere, Shantang Scenic Area has more than 40 types of tourism resources dominated by thousand-year-old streets, folk custom and cultural activities, old building groups left from the Ming and Qing dynasties, guild halls and mansions etc. Shantang Street was first built in 825 with a history of almost 1,200 years and has been reputed as “the epitome of old Suzhou, the window of Kingdom Wu culture”. The whole street is side-by-side with the river way, the buildings are delicate and elegant composed of white walls and black tile, in the style and essence of the old city Suzhou.

Hubushan ancient residence was built in the Ming dynasty. Its mountain dwellings, strewn at random, are cleverly laid out. On display are Xuzhou regional folk life and production supplies and thousands of historical and cultural relics. It features a marriage customs exhibition, exhibition hall, the local opera folk art exhibition hall and folk life exhibition hall, exhibition hall and traditional opera performances.

Shaobo is a key historical and cultural famous town and a demonstration town of national new-style urbanization. Xie An, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, built an earth dam here for controlling water and favored the mass people here. With a history of over 1,600 years, it became more and more prosperous in the Tang and Song dynasties. The famous cultural scholars including Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Wen Tianxiang and Zhu Ziqing, etc. from all generations have left poems here which have won universal praises. Shaobo is a key water transport town, and within its border the ancient canal wharf, ancient transport dike, the ancient path of canal left from the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Huaiyang canal main line have been listed as the significant points and sections in the national application of World Heritage.