A blue calico qipao (a traditional Chinese one-piece dress) show is staged at the Dinggujiao Pedestrian Street in Chongchuan district, Nantong on Nov 14. It attracted numerous spectators and was part of the street's weekend fun. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

The Nantong blue calico dyeing technique is included in the first group of national intangible cultural heritages, and Nantong is considered the "Hometown of Blue Calico". [Photo/ntfabu.com]

With investment valued at 30 million yuan ($4.6 million), the renovation project of Dinggujiao Pedestrian Street started in August 2019. On Sept 26, the renovated street was officially open to the public. The intangible cultural heritage elements of Nantong, such as folding fans with a blue calico pattern, oiled paper umbrellas, and banyao whistling kites decorated the pedestrian street with a special atmosphere. [Photo/ntfabu.com]