On March 21, the first marathon in Chongqing in 2021—Tongliang Yuanxiang Customs Marathon started, and thousands of runners enjoyed the long-lost marathon passion.

  This event has four groups, full marathon, half marathon, mini marathon, and parent-child marathon, with a scale of 10,000 people.

The track connects the local scenic spots such as Huayu Valley, Heheyuan Township, Qicai Dream Garden, and Xuantian Lake of Bayue Mountain. The runners ran all the way, looking at the mountains and rivers, and fully felt the unique local scenery Country style.

  Tongliang is the hometown of dragon dances in China, and Tongliang dragon dance is the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

The Tongliang Dragon Dance was presented at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and went to more than 20 countries and regions including the United States, Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea to participate in Sino-foreign cultural exchanges.

Before the game, the Tongliang Dragon Dance Performance Team brought a wonderful dragon dance performance to 10,000 runners to cheer for the marathon runners.

(Reporter Xiao Jiangchuan)

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]