Where is Long Life Hometown in Jiangsu?

Nantong's county-level city of Huozhou is also a historic and ancient city. On the banks of the Yudai River, the Yuezhai Temple, built during the Sui Dynasty, differs from northern temple's red walls, here it is built with yellow walls.

The ancient city actually has water wells still in use; nearby residents come to the wells to wash their clothes to save water fees, of course, they will not carry the water back home.

With a history of over 2,000 years, Huozhou still retains a circular old block in the northeastern corner of the ancient city, with nearly half of the houses and yards on East Street not renovated by old for new.

These smooth stone slabs and broken brick roads, which have accumulated historical vicissitudes, shine together with the fluttering merchant flags of the shops facing the street in the evening sunlight.

East Street, which existed in the Southern Song Dynasty, was the main commercial street in the old city during a period of developed water transport, and many old houses are still preserved in the old lanes, but few tourists visit.

The renovated and rebuilt blocks now basically have characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and it is difficult to restore the original historical appearance of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Some idle elderly people over 70 and 80 gather on the banks of the moat, and 80-year-old Mr. Li still refuses to enjoy life and continues to do physical labor.

A 103-year-old birthday star proudly told outsiders about her longevity, and her 70-year-old son said that except she cannot walk, other things like eating and sleeping are normal.

Landscape bonsai is Huozhou's soft power output; the bosses of the bonsai shops on the commercial street desperately encourage tourists to take pictures and help them post to WeChat. Unfortunately, there are very few tourists.

Huozhou attaches great importance to education, which can be preliminarily judged from the hardware of the schools. Although the schools are not as good as the government buildings or police stations, they are at least not dilapidated.

Perhaps due to the small population base of the entire city, the food halls in the shopping malls feel too desolate; half are due to Zhang and his shop closing down, and half are deserted.

The Huozhou Railway Station has poor hardware and software. Black taxis illegally park all over the station, and 'volunteers' with red armbands don't maintain order.