By Li Bo

Ministry of Culture and Tourism and central committee of Chinese Communist Youth League published ‘harvest year in fragrance of rice flower’ national rural tourism boutique routes, in total 128 routes. 1 Nantong route was shortlisted, 6 in Jiangsu.

The route in Nantong which was shortlisted is as follows: Yisheng village, Haimen → Yisheng cultural and expo park → Jiangtian ecological park → Lvsi fishing port → Bencha ancient town → Linkesi hot spring park → Qixing lake ecological park → Zhongyang globefish manor. The best time to travel along the route is from September to November. The characteristic delicacies include globefish, river snail, reeves shad, ‘8 meat delicacies’, ‘8 vegetable delicacies’, ‘8 river delicacies’, ‘8 ocean delicacies’, Yisheng liquor.