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The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

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The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

On May 13, the press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held at the Pingyao Convention Center. Liang Jie, deputy head of Pingyao County People's Government, heads of relevant member units of the organizing committee, representatives of sponsors and support organizations, representatives of running groups and media friends attended the press conference.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

This event is the first half marathon held in Pingyao County, will start at 7:30 a.m. on May 26 at the Pingyao Ancient City Visitor Center, the event with the theme of "running Pingyao, connecting the world", will run from the ancient city of Pingyao to Pingyao Wetland Park and ancient villages, and start a historical, cultural and ecological journey of urban and rural integration.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

Liang Jie, deputy director of the Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon Organizing Committee and deputy head of the Pingyao County People's Government, said, "Pingyao has a world-renowned world cultural heritage, the spirit of Jin merchants that continues to be inherited, and the development potential of accumulation. The Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon, for Pingyao, is an important opportunity to show the city's style, highlight the cultural heritage, and promote tourism development.

Pingyao will use the competition as a medium to create a new scene of integrated development of culture, sports, tourism and commerce with the competition to promote tourism, lead business, and promote culture with the competition, so as to provide a different experience for the majority of runners, so that everyone can come to Pingyao, understand Pingyao, and fall in love with Pingyao.

Highlight 1: Unlock the horse racing track in the ancient city

The scale of the event is 4,800 people, including 3,800 people for the half marathon, 500 people for the Gucheng Health Run, and 500 people for the Gucheng Happy Run. The half marathon route is: (starting point) Pingyao Ancient City Visitor Center - Kangning Road - Shuanglin Avenue Viaduct - Shuanglin Avenue (East) - Binhe Road - Liugen Road - Luo Zhewen Road - Wang Jinghui Road - Zheng Xiaoxie Road - Liugen Road (West) - Shuncheng South Road - Shuanglin Avenue (West) - Xingping Road Intersection Turnaround - Shuanglin Avenue (East) - Courtyard Community - Yinhui - Yinhui Reservoir Dam - Pingyao Wetland Park - Pingyao Yuan Happy Valley (Finish). The whole route is planned and designed around the ancient city of Pingyao, one of the four ancient cities, and Liangcun, a famous historical and cultural village in China, and runners will run from the ancient city to the ancient village, and enjoy the thousand-year-old style of Pingyao along the way.

Highlight 2: Unique folk performances

The event invited the Pingyao performers to perform in the warm-up link on the day of the race, and the flying dragon performance and the majestic gongs and drums helped on the spot. In addition, the event also recruited 20 Jinshang cultural cosplay runners, who will play the roles of shopkeeper, young grandmother and eldest lady with Jinshang characteristics to accompany the whole race.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

Highlight 3: Safe and powerful event guarantee

Gong Qitai, director of the competition department of the Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon Organizing Committee and director of the Pingyao County Sports Development Center, introduced, "The event will fully do a good job in safety, medical security and service guarantee. More than 800 police and security personnel will be arranged to escort the contestants at 21 major intersections, 306 small intersections, and 32 remote control points; The event set up 11 fixed medical points, 21 AEDs, 6 ambulances, 2 designated hospitals, 105 medical personnel, and hired a marathon professional rescue agency Swan Rescue to be responsible for the first aid coordination of the event.

Highlight 4: Warm and thoughtful event service

The event is equipped with 40,000 bottles of mineral water, 10,000 bottles of functional drinks, 8,000 bananas, 8,000 cucumbers, 400 kilograms of cherry tomatoes, 800 kilograms of watermelon, 20,000 pieces of bread, 40,000 paper cups, 16,000 cooling sponges, and 8,000 energy gels. 1,021 volunteers were allocated to provide warm and meticulous services for the contestants; Equipped with a professional stretching area to help players recover as soon as possible and avoid injury. In addition to the free tour benefits of one city and two temples in the ancient city of Pingyao, the contestants will also have Guanyun beef, Gushilou wine, Zhaohui oil tea, Siqing vinegar and other Pingyao specialty finishing gifts.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

Subsequently, Xia Rui, the person in charge of Yuesen Sports, the operating organization of the event, introduced the brand concepts such as the theme slogan, logo of the event, medals and clothing of the event.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights
The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights
The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

With the theme of "Running Pingyao, Connecting the World", the 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon combines the culture of Jinshang with the spirit of the marathon, allowing runners to fully experience the style of Jinshang "spanning 9,000 miles across Europe and Asia, dominating the business world for 500 years". The LOGO of the event integrates the city wall, gatehouse and copper coin shape, showing strong Pingyao elements, simple architectural aesthetics and unique artistic style. The medals of the event are based on the ancient city building of the ancient city of Pingyao and the ticket number of Rishengchang, with Pingyao related decorations, and the circular area can rotate 360 degrees.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

The Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon has been sponsored and supported by nearly 30 enterprises and institutions such as Guanyun Beef, and the organizing committee awarded honorary plaques to the sponsoring and supporting institutions.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

Li Zengfu, chairman of Shanxi Pingyao Beef Group Co., Ltd., said on behalf of the sponsors, "Guanyun will actively help the event, promote the event, serve the event, create a positive national fitness atmosphere, and contribute to Pingyao to accelerate the construction of an international tourist city with high-quality development"!

The event has been enthusiastically supported by running groups from all over the country, with a total of hundreds of running groups participating in the competition, and the organizing committee awarded the honorary plaque of "Official Cooperative Running Group" to more than 20 running groups such as Liming Footsteps Linfen Running Group.

The press conference of Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon was held today with many highlights

On May 26th, the heavy city gate will be slowly opened for runners for the first time, and the beautiful wetland park will also make a stunning appearance, and the thousand-year-old ancient village and castle will usher in the feast of the marathon, let us look forward to the Guanyun Beef 2024 Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon on May 26. Witness the passionate collision of world heritage culture and competitive sports, and look forward to the wonderful presentation of the first Pingyao Ancient City Half Marathon. (Du Liyong, Zhang Nenggai, Zhang Shuang)

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