"Enjoy the green water and green mountains, and travel with the event". On the evening of April 20, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Lush Mountains Games and the launching ceremony of the Anhui Provincial Sports Event "Into the Scenic Area, Into the Block, and Into the Business District" were held in the Qiyun Mountain Ecological and Cultural Tourism Resort in our county. He Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Qin Xu, Deputy Director of the Provincial Sports Bureau, Shao Haiwei, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Huang Ying, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, Zhang Yaqiang, Deputy Mayor, Huang Haisong, Deputy Director of the Group Division of the Shanghai Sports Bureau, Zhu Xiaobo, full-time secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Community Sports Center, Xu Jing, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu International Sports Exchange Center, Xuan Hongyan, Director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, Wu Yunzhong, Secretary of the County Party Committee, and Tang Jin, Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee and County Magistrate, attended and jointly launched the 2024 Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Green Mountains Games. Tang Jin presided over the opening ceremony.
Sun Wansheng, Deputy Secretary-General of Wuhu Municipal People's Government, Jiang Hong, Deputy Secretary-General of Tongling Municipal People's Government, Huang Dechun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Physical Education of Anhui Normal University, Li Zhixian, winner of three gold medals in women's dragon boat in Hangzhou Asian Games, Fang Ying, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC and Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Huang Jie, Director of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Ye Jun, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and county leaders Hong Jie, Ma Xuehua, Hu Fen, Li Shunbao and other leading guests attended the opening ceremony.
On behalf of the Provincial Sports Bureau, Qin Xu first extended a warm welcome to all the leaders and guests, extended his best wishes to the athletes from Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to people from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the development of sports in Anhui. In his opening speech, he said that the Provincial Sports Bureau will continue to promote the in-depth integration and development of sports, business and cultural tourism, promote "travel with the event" and "consume with the event", and convert the "flow" brought by the event into an "increment" of the economy. Together with the sports departments of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we will continue to work together to hold the Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Green Mountains Games, hold a high level, influence and popularity, and show the beauty of Dahuangshan and sports. I hope that all athletes will work hard, enjoy the fun of sports, and burn the passion of youth. The Provincial Sports Bureau and Huangshan City will provide you with dedicated service and thoughtful guarantee, and jointly make this Games a green, economical, safe and wonderful sports event.
Entrusted by He Yi, Zhang Yaqiang delivered a welcome speech. First of all, on behalf of the municipal government, he expressed warm congratulations on the opening and holding of the Games, expressed his sincere welcome to all the leaders and guests, participating athletes, coaches, referees and news media friends, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to friends from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the development of sports in Huangshan City. He pointed out that in recent years, relying on the rich tourism, culture, ecological resources and location advantages, Huangshan City has actively built original brand events and undertaken various sports activities at all levels based on ecology, anchored internationalization and world-class benchmarking, and promoted sports events into scenic spots, neighborhoods and business districts, forming an industrial chain integrating sports, tourism, culture and entertainment, and promoting the high-level development of the sports event industry. In the next exciting schedule, it is hoped that the athletes will climb in the mountains and mountains, travel among the sparkling waves, from "mountain" to "water", from "village" to "night", to create a grand event that integrates ecology and sports, cultural tourism and sports.
The opening ceremony kicked off with the beautiful display program "Tai Chi Flowers" and "Rhythm of Landscapes". The leading guests stood up and sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China and watched the trailer of the "2024 Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Green Mountains Games".
On the night of the opening ceremony, a large-scale immersive experience activity of "Joyful Qiyun Sports Huangshan" was launched. Under the guidance of retro elements such as champions and fish dragon lanterns, everyone shuttled through Xiangyuan Town, participated in the Tai Chi Heroes Meeting, and enjoyed traditional sports such as boxing and releasing youth (Tai Chi boxing), Mulan fan rhyme (Mulan fan), sword dance and dragon (Tai Chi sword), chivalrous tenderness (soft ball), Jingwu Youth (martial arts); Activities such as the merchant's parade interpret the unique charm of the deep integration of "sports + cultural tourism" in Zhuangyuan County.
The 2024 Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Lush Mountains Games is co-sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, Anhui Provincial Sports Bureau, and Huangshan Municipal People's Government, and undertaken by Huangshan Sports Bureau, Tunxi District People's Government, Huangshan District People's Government, She County People's Government, Xiuning County People's Government, and Qimen County People's Government Implement the national strategy of national fitness, create brand events through the integration of sports + tourism + culture, and promote the high-quality development of sports integration in the Yangtze River Delta. This year's Yangtze River Delta Lucid Water and Lush Mountains Games will last until June, with 3 theme series of 5 sub-competitions of "Green Water", "Green Mountain" and "Green Water and Green Mountain", including Qiyun Mountain Xiake Ancient Road Climbing Race, Qimen Golden Boot Hiking Race, She County Cross-River Xianghu Paddle Board Race, Huangshan District Taiping Lake Little Triathlon, Tunxi District Xin'an River Dragon Boat Race.
The responsible comrades of the sports departments of Wuhu, Tongling, Chizhou and Xuancheng City, the responsible comrades of the people's governments of the three districts and four counties in the city, the reporters of the main news media of the central and provincial and municipal governments, and the athletes who participated in the Qiyun Mountain Xiake Ancient Road Climbing Race attended the opening ceremony.
Source: Xiuning Cultural Tourism