[2025 Nantong Attraction] Travel Guide for Nantong Printed Blue Nankeen Museum (Updated May)

Nantong Blue Calico Museum: A Complete Guide Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than the plant itself. Blue calico is an intangible cultural heritage of Nantong. The small indigo plant can unleash natural colors after being soaked and fermented. In addition to marveling at the magical power of nature, one cannot help but admire the wisdom of the ancients. 🌟The Blue Calico Museum was founded in 1997 by Master Wu Yuanxin and is China's first professional blue calico museum. 🌟Admission to the museum is free, and no booking is required. The museum has five exhibition halls, which not only display the long history of blue calico, but also introduce its complex production process. 🌟Walking into the Blue Calico Museum is like walking into a blue and white world. The beauty of blue calico is instantly captivating. Here, you can see all kinds of exquisite blue calico products, observe the superb skills of the craftsmen up close, and even experience the process of making blue calico yourself. 🌟The architecture in the museum is like a Jiangnan garden, complementing the blue calico. 🌟On the square outside the museum, all kinds of blue calico are hung, making it a popular spot for tourists to take photos and check in.

Nantong Blue Calico Museum is the first professional blue calico museum in China that integrates collection, display, research, inheritance, and productive protection. Here, you can not only appreciate more than 30,000 pieces of blue calico relics and pictures of intangible cultural heritage from the Ming and Qing dynasties collected by the museum over the past 20 years, but also experience the making of national intangible cultural heritage blue calico. 🌈 Exhibition Hall Introduction: The museum is divided into 5 exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall: the origin and development of blue calico; the second exhibition hall: ancient and old blue calico masterpieces in Nantong; the third exhibition hall: the process of making blue calico in Nantong; the fourth exhibition hall: the expansion of Nantong blue calico; the fifth exhibition hall: the innovation and development of Nantong blue calico. 📍 Location: The museum is located at No. 81, Haodong Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province 🎫 No reservation or ticket required ⏰ 9:00–17:00

Nanjing | One-day Tour 📍Futuon (Closed for Mid-Autumn Festival) 📍Tiangu (Lunch - Average 70 yuan) 📍Panda Sister's Sundries Shop (Necklaces are very beautiful, vintage styles are unique) 📍Old Paris (Closed for Mid-Autumn Festival) 📍8.1tang Coffee (Afternoon tea - Average 30 yuan) 📍Yi Garden 📍Nanjing Indigo Printing Museum

After resigning, the first stop of my Gap year is Nantong! A friend from Nantong says it's a D-tier city for tourism. I walked all the way from the Nantong Museum to the Blue Calico Museum: 1. The people are affluent and have good taste. 2. The streets are empty, with vast spaces and few people. 3. There are super many temples. 4. The prices are touching. 5. There are rivers and streams. 6. Coffee is free. 7. Surprisingly, Nantong is the first modern city (Mr. Zhang Jian is amazing). 8. Education is extremely competitive (as narrated by a friend). Such temples, such streets, and these small shops If they were in Shanghai or Suzhou, they would definitely be overcrowded.

Nantong can be said to be a severely underestimated city in Jiangsu. Here, there is a mountain, a river, a person, and a city. This time we didn't go to that mountain, but we experienced the people and the city by the water. The scenery on both sides of the Hao River is endless. Although it is not as elegant as the gardens in Suzhou on the opposite bank, it is not lacking in charm. The Hao River in Nantong is one of the most well-preserved ancient moats in China. It is recorded in the history that in the fifth year of Xian De of the Later Zhou Dynasty (AD 958), the five pavilions of 'Long Rainbow, Moon Viewing, Fish Joy, Hao Pu, and Xun Wind' floated on the blue waves, dreamlike. Located on the bank of the Hao River is the first public museum independently established by the Chinese, the first batch of national first-class museums, and the national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, founded by Zhang Jian, a pioneer of early modernization in China and a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. The museum has long-term exhibitions on Mr. Zhang Jian's integrity thought, and currently there is a Nantong furniture making skills exhibition on display. In addition to this, I am more interested in the Jianghai Cetacean Biological Resources Special Exhibition Hall. There is a lot of knowledge and specimens about whales, which is very interesting and good for taking pictures. The exterior of the museum is like a small park, with many locals relaxing and strolling here every day. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday) Address: No. 19, Haonan Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Nearby, there are also very characteristic theme museums such as the Blue Calico Museum, the Audit Museum, and the Abacus Museum, especially worth mentioning is Zhang Jian's former residence, which is very characteristic. Hao River Scenic Area