He Garden in Yangzhou is a fine example of a traditional Chinese garden, a marriage of nature and architecture.

 

No trip to Huai'an is complete without taking a photo of the former residence of late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

The birthplace of some of the nation's most illustrious sons and that of one of its four classic cuisines are just 140 km apart on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Ye Jun reports

The Chinese believe "a great land is propitious for giving birth to great men".

While Huai'an is a small city in northern Jiangsu province, its long list of celebrity natives - including Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), late Chinese premier, Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) author of the classic Journey to the West, and Guan Tianpei, a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) general - proves this old saying right.