On April 26, the 2024 Wuyan Ancient Road Hiking Challenge was grandly held on Floodplain Road in the Old Town. More than 300 team members re-walked the Wuyan Ancient Road on foot to witness this thousand-year-old road carrying the heavy salt culture of Wuxi. Tan Renhe, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress, attended the launching ceremony.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, with the sound of the starting order, more than 300 athletes set off from the east gate of the old city floodplain road, and everyone was full of passion and walked forward on the ancient Yanma Road. While walking, the contestants can also enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way and feel the charm of the thousand-year-old witch salt culture.
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The activity is divided into four groups, including men's individual group, women's individual group, unit group group and negative restructuring (30 pounds), the starting point is set at the east gate of the floodplain road in the old city, passing through the mountain road in the forest, the plank road in the scenic spot, and ending at the scissors peak of the Wuyan Ancient Road, with a total distance of about 6 kilometers. After more than 40 minutes of fierce competition, the contestants He Zongbiao, Wang Guangying, and the County Dragon Boat Association won the championship of the men's group, women's group and team group respectively.
Athlete He Zongbiao said: "It is a very rough road and it takes a lot of perseverance to persevere. ”
Athlete Wang Guangying said that first of all, she is very grateful to participate in this event, and she is also honored to be able to win the first place in the women's group, and then hopes to participate in this kind of event more in the future.
It is worth mentioning that the participants of the negative reorganization wore the clothes and items of their predecessors when they carried salt, followed the footsteps of the ancients, stepped on this thousand-year-old salt horse road, and felt the hard work of the ancestors on this road. It is also hoped that through such a move, more people can understand and inherit the history and culture of the Wuyan Ancient Road.
In recent years, our county has attached great importance to the development of cultural tourism, actively practiced "sports on stage, cultural singing", comprehensively promoted the in-depth integration of "sports + cultural tourism", and made "travel with the event" a new hot spot and a new trend. In this spring, the 2024 Wuxi Eagle Tea Cultural Tourism Consumption Festival, the 2024 Wuyan Ancient Road Hiking Challenge, and the "Trekking Hongchiba 10,000 Mu Wild Rhododendron Sea" boutique route were also planned, and Wuxi has become a check-in tourist destination for hiking enthusiasts.
Yu Xiaoyan, director of the County Culture and Tourism Commission, said that this year, the event of following the event in Wuxi was launched, and by holding a variety of mass sports events, more people can participate in the event, be able to strengthen their bodies and enjoy the fun of sports, and at the same time they can appreciate the profound cultural heritage and good natural ecology of Wuxi. In this way, the in-depth integration of culture, sports and tourism is promoted.
Reporter/Luo Wenqiang, Gong Decai, Duan Xiangfei, Xiao Rui
Editor/Li Jing