Students pose for a photo in front of the Hai'an Qingdun Relic Site Museum. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Nearly 100 students in Hai'an, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, went on a one-day tour of museums on Aug 26 to learn about local culture.

The one-day tour is a move by Hai'an to reduce excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for students undergoing compulsory education.

Their first stop was the Hai'an Qingdun Relic Site Museum.

Covering an area of 70,000 square meters, the Qingdun relic site in Qingdun village is the most well-preserved site from the Neolithic Age－defined in China as between 10,000 to 4,000 years ago – in the eastern part of the Jianghuai Plain.

These students were amazed at the jade ware, pottery, and stone implements on display at the museum.

Students learn how to perform the Hai'an flower drum dance at the Hai'an Culture and Art Center. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The Hai'an Museum, which was established at the former residence of Han Guojun, governor of Jiangsu province for two terms, is their second stop. Here they not only learned about local culture, but also tried out paper cutting, a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage item in Nantong.

They also visited the Hai'an Culture and Art Center to learn how to perform the Hai'an flower drum dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage item, and visited Hai'an Senior School, where they were impressed by models of wooden locks, step-on trash cans, and mobile phone holders.