On September 30, on the river surface of Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, the participating dragon boat teams rowed hard in the competition. (Photo by Tan Kaixing)
A few days ago, the Sports Culture Development Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China issued a notice that the Rong'an Dragon Boat Race was selected as an outstanding project of Chinese sports culture in 2023. In 2023, a total of 148 dragon boat teams and more than 3,000 athletes will participate in the Rong'an Dragon Boat Race, creating the largest number in the history of the Rong'an Dragon Boat Race. The successful holding of the Rong'an Dragon Boat Race has continuously enhanced the brand influence of the event, inherited and carried forward the traditional culture of dragon boats, promoted the integrated development of "sports + tourism", and played a positive and effective role in promoting national unity.
On September 30, on the river surface of Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, the participating dragon boat teams rowed hard in the competition. (Photo by Tan Kaixing)
Rong'an Dragon Boat Race is an event undertaken by the People's Government of Rong'an County, through the holding of the Guangxi Rong'an Dragon Boat Cultural Tourism Festival, effectively promote the development of tourism in Rong'an County, and vigorously promote the national fitness movement. The competition has been successfully held for 22 years.
Dragon boat racing is one of the favorite water sports activities of people of all ethnic groups on both sides of the Rongjiang River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River Basin. The Rong'an Dragon Boat Race is the largest and most influential, and it is also an important event for extensive exchanges between the masses of all ethnic groups in Liuzhou and even Hunan, Guizhou and Guizhou provinces (regions).
On September 30, on the river surface of Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, the participating dragon boat teams rowed hard in the competition. (Photo by Tan Kaixing)
According to historical records, during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Chang'an Ancient Town, one of the four famous towns in Guangxi, began to hold dragon boat races. The blue waves like a mirror of the Rongjiang River pass through the city from the county seat, the river surface is wide, the river level is gentle, the unique natural conditions have given birth to a hundred years of dragon boat races, after a year of continuation, the dragon boat race has been the ancient town of Chang'an folk traditional sports activities of the largest, the most influential, the people's favorite activities.
According to the news released by the Sports Culture Development Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, a total of 338 projects recommended by 25 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have been selected since the selection was launched, and 49 outstanding Chinese sports and culture projects have been launched nationwide, including 9 festival projects, 18 outstanding ethnic and folk projects, and 12 outstanding ethnic projects.
On September 29, the dragon boat team members paddled hard in the dragon boat race in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, in the upper reaches of the Pearl River. (Photo by Tan Kaixing)
The recommendation of outstanding projects of Chinese sports culture is one of the important supporting activities of China Sports Culture Expo and China Sports Tourism Expo, which aims to promote and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese sports culture, excavate and sort out the Chinese sports culture, excellent festival projects, folk customs and folk projects, and ethnic projects to better promote the protection, promotion and innovative development of Chinese traditional sports culture.
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