On October 17-18, the 2020 Nanyue Ancient Yidao "Hello 5G Cup" Orienteering Competition (Fifth Stop Guangzhou Conghua) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Night City Orienteering Competition (Fifth Stop Guangzhou Conghua) and guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Night City Orienteering Competition were held in Wenquan Town, Conghua District, Guangzhou Conghua District, sponsored by China Radio and Orienteering Association, Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and hosted by Guangdong Provincial Social Sports Center, Guangdong Outdoor Sports Association, Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, and Conghua District People's Government. This is the third time that the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Orienteering Competition has run into Guangzhou Conghua.
The orientation competition and related activities have demonstrated the new vitality of the old hot springs to the whole country and all sectors of society, demonstrated the rich tourism resources such as ancient yidao and landscape, and strongly helped Conghua District to start the creation of a national all-area tourism demonstration zone and build a world-class tourist destination in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Wu Hanxiong, the second place in the men's foil team at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the men's foil team champion at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Wang Liuyi, the free combination team champion at the 2017 World Synchronized Swimming Championships and the synchronized swimming team champion at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, attended the event, and Chen Peicai, general manager of the Conghua Racecourse of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, opened the competition.
Light up Conghua night economy
At the opening ceremony held on the evening of the 17th, the opening ceremony of the "Township Covenant" Conghua National Photography Exhibition and the "Guangzhou Conghua Village, China" 2020 Impression Conghua Image Contest Collection Ceremony, it is reported that this collection activity will use the power of images to comprehensively display the achievements of Conghua's ecological civilization construction and economic and social development, enhance the image of Conghua City, promote the integrated development of Conghua culture, tourism, sports and industries, and help Conghua build a rural revitalization demonstration zone in Guangdong and even the whole country. In addition, the popular sport of shuttlecock was staged at the opening ceremony as a warm-up program, and the performers presented wonderful skills to the audience and won a round of applause.
On the first night of the event, the professional group, adult group and children's group were held in the hot spring town wetland park at night relay orienteering, and the second day was held in the hot spring town lychee honey park during the day, the professional group, the adult group, the children group and the experience group short distance project competition.
Following the 2020 Nanyue Ancient Yidao "Hello 5G Cup" Orienteering Competition (the second stop, Yangjiang Yangchun), the event once again follows the "night running" form to enrich the form of event competitions, enhance the night event experience of athletes and tourists, and light up the night economy of Conghua.
As one of the back gardens of the Greater Bay Area, Conghua has now become an important tourist destination. During the event, it attracted outdoor sports masses for tourism consumption, among which the food specialties display area was full of people, which was the hot spring Yuechuang Street (Yongfu Man Street) opened on the eve of the National Day mid-autumn festival this year, which is becoming a new landmark of the night economy of the hot spring scenic spot. Relying on the historical and cultural resources and natural conditions such as ancient post roads, ancient villages, ancient ruins, mountains, forests, rivers, etc., integrate and publicize the fruits, food, homestays and scenic spots (points) of hot spring towns and Liangkou towns, song and dance performances, light shows, band/DJ carnivals, juggling, outdoor movies and other programs, to stimulate the "night consumption" of hot spring tourism areas and help the old hot springs to rejuvenate.
Rejuvenate the old hot springs
Wenquan Town is rich in historical and cultural resources, including the hengling ruins with a long history, which have been cleared out from the late Neolithic to early Shang relics around 4,000 years ago; there are also Liuxi Hot Spring Arch, Songyuan No. 1 Villa, the former site of the founding meeting of the first party branch of the CPC Conghua County, Chen Jitang Villa and other famous cultural relics attractions, and the first orientation museum in Guangdong Province is also in the hot spring town.
Conghua District Hot Spring Town is a well-known scenic spot and health resort at home and abroad, not only has a hot spring tourist resort, a provincial nature reserve, but also a provincial ecological demonstration town and a sanitary town in Guangzhou. The town's world-renowned radon hot spring is known as the "world's first spring", and many Chinese and foreign leaders and world celebrities have visited and vacationed here. In addition to the Liuxihe National Forest Park, one of the first ten national forest parks, There is also Shimen Forest National Park in the jurisdiction of Wenquan Town, which has a relatively well-preserved original secondary forest of 16,000 mu in South China, and is also the country's first international forest bathing, known as an oasis on the Tropic of Cancer, the paradise peak at an altitude of 1210 meters is the highest peak in Guangzhou, in recent years, the park has successively won the titles of "Guangdong Top Ten Most Beautiful Forests" and "Guangdong Province's First Four-Star Forest Park".
The main venue of the event held a medal awarding ceremony for the 4A-level scenic spot of Shimen National Forest Park, and Shimen National Forest Park has truly become the best place for leisure vacation, adventure, summer escape and return to nature. In addition, the flag awarding ceremony and the launching ceremony of the directional wedding event in Guangzhou Conghua were also held at the main venue of the event.
Conghua District Hot Spring Town red cultural heritage, hot spring town relying on red cultural resources, in series of surrounding provincial scenic spots, to create a red history experience tour, of which Guangdong Hot Spring Hotel will be the original bowling alley transformed into "Cuixi Binshe Document Art Museum", the museum combined with the older generation of party and state leaders left behind in the hot springs, carefully planned the hot spring red cultural history exhibition, rich in content and detail, very rich in scientific and educational significance; the old hot spring new vitality practice hall showed conghua's first party group and the establishment of the first party branch, The liberation of Guangzhou's last battle, the Battle of Yuntai Mountain and other hot spring red history and culture, and the simultaneous display of red movies such as "Shining Red Star" in the lens of Conghua Hot Spring, is a platform to provide a diversified red culture mission display. During the event, the audience visited the Red History and Culture Exhibition, the Orientation Museum, experienced the hot spring Hakka mountain song culture, tasted the hot spring boiled eggs, tea tasting music... Feel the charm of Conghua Hot Spring Town in all directions.
Promote conghua global tourism and sports base
In recent years, Conghua District has vigorously promoted the protection and development of the Nanyue Ancient Yidao, and at the same time, through the promotion of events, the revitalization and utilization of the resources of the Ancient Yidao has been held since 2016, and has successively held the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Orienteering Competition, the Automotive Venue Off-Road Race, the National Caravan Assembly Race, the Guangdong Provincial Bicycle Competition, etc., to help build the ancient Yidao tourism route and the ancient Yidao sports and cultural activity brand. The results of the event activities driving global tourism and sports bases are obvious, and Conghua is also indirectly promoting these events to a new stage of cooperation in cultural and sports tourism in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Conghua District is the largest administrative district in Guangzhou, with a superior ecological environment, abundant mountain water resources, and more conditions and venues suitable for outdoor sports, known as the "Pearl River Delta Natural Sports Field". In June and September 2020, Conghua District was awarded the "Guangdong Provincial Global Tourism Demonstration Zone" and "Guangdong Sports Industry Demonstration Base".
The unveiling ceremony of Guangdong Zhengzhou Weima Base was held at the event site. Micro horse refers to the 5 km mini marathon, which is a new way to advocate a healthy life for the whole people to run. Zhengzhou micro horse radiation in all provinces and cities across the country, and gradually establish micro horse bases throughout the country to jointly realize the new ecological layout of national fitness. The completion of the Guangdong Weima Base will further standardize the development of micro-horse sports, promote the organic integration of sports + tourism, culture, education, Internet, environmental protection and other fields, widely carry out national fitness sports, and promote the development of national fitness.
The hong kong jockey club exhibition area was also set up at the event site. Officially put into use in August 2018, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Conghua Racecourse is the only racecourse in the Mainland that has the conditions to hold international equestrian competitions, with perfect conditions to support the development of a world-class horse industry in the Mainland, to promote the integration of the horse industry into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to seize the opportunity, and to help the Club, as a world-class horse racing organization, maintain the world-class level of Hong Kong's horse racing industry. At present, Conghua Racecourse has about 300 horses stationed there, and transports horses to and from Guangdong and Hong Kong in a weekly frequency of "two in and two out".
Conghua Ancient Yidao is an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and Lingnan. The ancient Yidao Cultural Route located in the Conghua area, which consists of two parts: tangible cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage, is an important part of the Guangdong Ancient Yidao System "Beijiang-Zhujiangkou Ancient Yidao Cultural Route". Located in the Lizhi honey park park of hot spring town, the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Research and Learning Base, jing takes "display learning" as the carrier and "activity experience" as the means to build a multi-dimensional research space that combines dynamic and static, connects the entire hot spring town with the park building complex as the center, and radiates the Conghua area. On the same day, an orienteering wedding event was also held in Lychee Honey Park, and a small orientation classroom booth was also set up in the wetland park venue of this event for orienteering teaching, and many orientation beginners and orienteering enthusiasts came to visit and learn.
Normalization of epidemic prevention and control
This year, we will adapt to the normalization requirements of epidemic prevention and control, fully implement the overall prevention and control strategy of "external prevention of import, internal prevention and rebound", prudently, safely and orderly organize this event, combined with the epidemic prevention and control situation and requirements of the host area, control this event as a provincial event, with people in the province as the registered participants.
This tournament has taken many measures in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic and strengthened the construction of the safety system during the epidemic. Athletes participating in this station need to register in the event registration system, fill in the participation information and provide a screenshot of the personal "Yue Kang Code" and a personal communication big data "Itinerary Card". Athletes are required to present a paper version of their personal COVID-19 nucleic acid test results at the registration desk, and only normal people can receive the event equipment. The event does not charge the cost of food and accommodation for those who successfully book the "event accommodation quota", as a nucleic acid test subsidy for athletes. At the event site, you can also see that the organizing committee is equipped with disinfection and sterilization supplies such as hand sanitizer.
Guangdong Telecom has become a strategic partner of the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Orienteering Competition for 4 consecutive years, and in 2020, with the exclusive title of "Hello 5G Cup", Guangdong Telecom's 5G technology will allow users to enjoy a maximum Internet speed of 1000M, and the use experience is more perfect. Guangdong Telecom will, as always, provide optical fiber network support, communication support guarantee, and communication business services for this event to ensure the smooth holding of the event. The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Telecom said that the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Orienteering Competition has achieved good social effects, and Guangdong Telecom will, as always, support the event, further promote national fitness, rural revitalization and revitalization of the Nanyue Ancient Yidao, help fight the battle against poverty, highlight the purpose of the enterprise to repay the society, and further polish the Guangdong Telecom brand. In addition, the Guangdong Sports Lottery Center has always given strong support to the Nanyue Ancient Yidao Orienteering Competition.
Journalist Bloomberg
Photo Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau
【Author】 Bloomberg
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