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In the past, the ancient canal was a prosperous commercial road, and now the people are healthy and green corridor. This weekend, the ancient canal in the center of Wuxi was very lively, "stirring the ancient canal, four dares to welcome the National Day" Liangxi District's first ancient canal dragon boat race started hotly, 12 dragon boat teams and hundreds of team members used the 200-meter straight race to chop waves and compete on the ancient canal. The competition venue was chosen to be held in the open water between the ancient canal Yangjiewan Road Huaigu Bridge and the slow crossing bridge across the ancient canal, the dragon boats on the river were like dragons out of the water, splitting waves forward, dragon flags fluttering, gongs and drums shaking the sky, the team members were in high spirits, racing hard, the movements were in one go, neat, and in the sound of gongs and drums, shouts, cheers, one dragon boat after another rushed to the end.
According to reports, Liangxi will take the dragon boat race as an opportunity to further explore and utilize the resources of the ancient canal, accelerate the integrated development of Liangxi's culture, commerce and sports tourism, take the construction of functional facilities such as sports, tourism and leisure, and health care as an important fact of people's livelihood, provide a natural environment for outdoor fitness sports, and help create a fitness and sports corridor integrating ecological leisure sports culture along the ancient canal.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Ji Nana
Proofreader: Li Haihui