On April 18, the Launching Ceremony of the “Yongshi Cup” China (Ningbo) Women’s Half Marathon 2021 & Ningbo Community Games was held in the Zhangshui Town with up to about a thousand runners setting out in the lucid waters and lush mountains in Haishu to enjoy the charming scenery of Siming and come to realize the red spirit.

At 8:30 a.m., at the firing of the starting gun, contestants set out from the Jiaokou Reservoir, running all the way through the open space in the waters and mountains, the interlaced bamboo forest and tea fields, ancient villages and roads of a long history, and many precious red historical remains. A relevant person in charge of the Haishu District Culture, Radio, TV, Tourism and Sports Bureau said that Haishu will further promote, popularize and publicize outdoor sports by way of “setting up stages” of sports events and “integrating” culture and tourism, and cultivate brand events in Haishu characterized by “sports plus tourism”, “sports plus culture” and “sports plus services”.

(Photo by Zhang Haohua and Shi Yuan)