/ Chaowen News/August 23, 2022 Guangzhou -- Taste the thousand-year-old charm along the Grand Canal, and add vitality to the national fitness craze! In the morning of August 20th, the national "Grand Canal Walking" national fitness walking main venue activity (Hangzhou · Gongshu) was held grand Canal bank in Gongshu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The activity site attracted 1500 hiking enthusiasts to "travel thousands of miles of health road, taste thousands of years of canal charm". This activity is sponsored by the General Administration of Sport of the State, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and organized by Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Hangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, Hangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Hangzhou Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, Hangzhou Gongshu District People's Government.
In order to implement the spirit of the National Fitness Plan (2021-2025), the Outline of the Plan for the Protection, Inheritance and Utilization of the Grand Canal Culture, the Plan for the Construction of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Long March National Cultural Park and other documents, vigorous walking activities are carried out to let the public understand the history and culture of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and feel the charm of the sports culture of the Grand Canal. Feeling the significance of protecting, inheriting and utilizing the Grand Canal culture, leaders from the relevant departments of the state, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City, Gongshu District and Olympic champions attended this activity, and became the witnesses, witnesses and guardians of the canal culture together with citizens friends.
The opening ceremony of the event is colorful and colorful, and the highlights continue to be inherited.
The opening ceremony of the event is colorful and the highlights emerge in an endless stream, which continues to polish the "canal name card" of the city culture. The opening performance is divided into three chapters: the beginning of the road, the continuation of the inheritance, and the future, which gradually depicts the deep love between Hangzhou and the canal. Among them, the folk music version of "Meeting the Canal" performed by Hangzhou Xizi Music Band has a long and graceful melody, which fully demonstrates the initial surprise between the road and the canal, and the thousand-year old charm and customs of the canal. The martial arts performance performed by Hangzhou Wushu world champion Dai Dandan conveys the spirit of tenacity, courage and perseverance in Grand Canal Wushu, showing the martial arts ecology on both sides of the canal. The line dance performance "Waiting for You", which was led by the world champion gymnast He Ning and composed the original song of the Asian Games, conveyed the sports elements with enthusiasm and vitality, implying that the host of the Asian Games coming from the Grand Canal sent a warm invitation of "Waiting for you in Hangzhou" to Asia and the world. After the performance, the scene was connected to the northernmost end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal through the big screen. Dongping County, Tai 'an City, Shandong Province, also carried out the national "Grand Canal walking" national fitness walking main venue, to experience the northern venue of the walking event!
At the opening ceremony, Olympic champion Lou Yun and Ye Shiwen together issued a proposal to the people to understand the canal, protect the canal and inherit the canal on foot. With the 12 theme words "travel thousands of miles of health road, taste thousands of years of Canal charm" rising slowly on the starting device, the 2022 national "Grand Canal Walking" national fitness and strong walking event officially kicked off in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, which means that protecting, inheriting and making good use of the Grand Canal culture will become the mission and responsibility of every Hangzhou people and even the whole Zhejiang people.
In addition, a carnival booth integrating fun, interaction and participation was set up on the site. Zhang Tongtai, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors, disc clasp inheritor Song Yuezhen, clay sculpture, Yueqing boxwood carving, Xidbo silk, and micro-kite non-genetic inheritors were invited to jointly create "intangible cultural heritage tide Operation and cultural creation" to help the rebirth of the ancient canal, and Hangzhou Medical Association Physical Health Integration Branch Popularize health care knowledge on site, effectively enhance the health consciousness of the masses; The live broadcast room is also set up to invite guests to explain the background and highlights of the activities along the way, as well as the history of the Grand Canal and the cultural customs along the canal, so that more people can follow the live broadcast to walk the Grand Canal and taste the new villa.
The atmosphere of national fitness is strong, and the vitality of the ancient canal bank
This activity has a total of 1500 participants, which is divided into the group of Gongfu Forward - the half course of 7 kilometers and the group of Chen Qi Future - the whole course of 14 kilometers. The starting point and the whole course of the end are located in the West Lake Cultural Square of Gongshu District, and the half course of the end and the whole course of the return point are located in the Canal Square of Gongshu District. Bandao Chunhong, Fuyi Cang and Beixinguan ruins were set up along the way as clock-in points and medical/supply stations.
On that day, a strong and enthusiastic atmosphere of national fitness was created along the canal. Line dancing, tai chi and roller skating performances together formed the big stage of the people, showing the wonderful summer vitality. As the starting whistle sounded, the players took the "tide play canal" postcards, along the canal green road while enjoying the beautiful scenery, while on foot in the collection of canal characteristic seals, immersed in the exquisite and elegant Yue opera performance, the quintessence of traditional Chinese music Jiangnan silk and bamboo performance, Taiji sword performance, and Gongshu District cultural center of the Grand Canal theme of the original song, rich along the way The activity content and the featured group photo punching area make the players more enthusiastic about sports. At the end of the walk, the runners received the "transfer" MEDALS and completion certificates carefully customized by the organizing committee, hoping that the Grand Canal journey will make all the runners more "lucky" and "lucky".
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< P > The Grand Canal is the river flowing the history and culture of the Chinese nation, a river connecting Beijing and Hangzhou, a pulse through the ancient and modern, the Grand Canal of China is the world cultural heritage, but also China's national culture card. It connects the north and the south, not only as a transportation channel, but also as the lifeline of economic connection between the north and the south, as well as a bond of cultural exchange and integration along the coast. As the end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Zhejiang not only breeds the "Qiantang prosperity", but also becomes the "bright name card" of cultural Zhejiang and the window to display the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal cultural brand".
One of the main venues of this activity will be set in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to fully demonstrate the outstanding contribution Hangzhou has made in the process of protecting, inheriting and utilizing the historical and cultural resources of the Grand Canal, implementing the sports tourism demonstration project in depth, and building the brand of the sports tourism demonstration activities of the Grand Canal. In recent years, Gongshu District has always inherited the "common rich cultural context" of the millennium Canal and continuously polished the happy background color of the "canal pearl". This "immersive" cultural and travel event along the canal of Gongshu District is also the punchline of Gongshu District to promote the construction of the Grand Canal cultural belt and create a series of brand activities of canal culture.The original intention of this activity is to hope that citizens can understand the canal, protect the canal and inherit the canal civilization during the hiking process, and also to promote the whole society to strengthen the consciousness of thought and action of protecting, inheriting and utilizing the Grand Canal, mobilize the whole country to tell the story of China's Grand Canal to the world, and show the ancient canal in the new era to the world It will help build the Grand Canal into a beautiful business card showing Chinese civilization, highlighting cultural confidence and shaping the image of China.
