Life丨A place with a sense of history

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A century ago, the tall clock tower's bell rang out, signaling the shifts for workers at Dasheng Cotton Mills. ▲ An art exhibition at a century-old building in the "Year 1895" cultural and creative industrial park in Nantong, Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Adjacent to the clock tower, on the bank of the canal connecting Nantong to Yangzhou in Tangzha ancient town, Nantong city, Jiangsu province, the bustling Dasheng Wharf facilitated the unloading of raw cotton and the dispatch of finished products to Shanghai, Sichuan and Jiangxi provinces and beyond. Today, the clock tower, built in 1915 and once the highest point in the area, still stands proudly, with its bell ringing on the hour, every hour, just as it did 100 years ago. The Tangzha area originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) when a local official had a floodgate, or zha, constructed on the canal. As the floodgate was near a family surnamed Tang, so came the name Tangjiazha — Tang family floodgate — l ………………………………