The Nantong booth is decorated with huge banyao kites, a national intangible cultural heritage item in Nantong. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

The fifth Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Expo recently kicked off in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.

The three-day expo features exhibitions on cities along the Grand Canal, tourism products with Grand Canal characteristics, intangible cultural heritage, and delicacies.

Nantong booth is crowded with expo-goers at the fifth Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Expo. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

Nantong set up a booth at the expo to showcase local culture, including blue calico, red wood carving, palm fiber weaving, and banyao kites, and tourist attractions.

The exquisite travel brochures and creative and cultural products on display at Nantong's booth attracted numerous expo-goers.

People admire a piece of embroidery at the Nantong booth. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

In addition, counties and districts in Nantong also showcased their local culture with brochures, creative products, promotional videos, and the onsite making of intangible cultural heritage items.

Rugao, a county-level city in Nantong, also set up a booth in the exhibition area for high-speed railway cities in Yangtze River Delta region to introduce the local Wang Family's lanterns, indispensable items for the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival.