Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the world's longest and largest ancient canal. It is one of the oldest canals and one of the symbols of China's cultural status.
Beijing, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Zaozhuang... Countless cities along the river have prospered because of it, and to this day, this canal, which was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, still nourishes the canal sons and daughters and canal cities along the river.
In order to carry forward the culture of the Grand Canal and tell the "canal story", on July 14, the Five Cities of Zaozhuang, Jining, Tai'an, Dezhou and Liaocheng jointly established the Grand Canal (Shandong) Urban Sports Development Alliance was established.
As one of the alliance cities, Zaozhuang jointly launched the 2023 City Marathon Invitational along the Grand Canal (Shandong) on the occasion of hosting the 2023 Zao Horse, inviting runners from 23 cities including Beijing, Tianjin and Langfang to participate in the name of cities along the Grand Canal.
This will promote the innovation and leadership of sports work along the Grand Canal (Shandong) Urban Sports Development Alliance, regional linkage, sharing and cooperation, comprehensive integration and coordinated development into a sports development community along the Grand Canal (Shandong) cities with distinctive characteristics, complementary advantages and common improvement, build an interactive platform for sports and cultural exchanges in the Grand Canal cities for runners along the Grand Canal, and provide opportunities for runners from all cities along the Grand Canal to compete together.
Come and run the jujube horse and tell a special story related to the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal"!