Half Matsu River Dragon Boat Race! Putuo Station of China Open Dragon Boat Race starts this weekend | Dragon Boat | Putuo Station

Release time:Apr 13, 2024 21:36 PM

From June 17 to 18, the "Industrial Bank Cup" 2023 China Dragon Boat Open and the 19th Shanghai Suzhou Creek City Dragon Boat International Invitational will be held in the waters of COSCO Liangwan City · Mengqing Garden.

Half Masu River plays "Water Symphony"

This year, the China Dragon Boat Open and Shanghai Suzhou River City Dragon Boat International Invitational Tournament returned to Suzhou River. 52 high-level dragon boat teams at home and abroad competed in the waters of COSCO Two Bay City and Mengqing Garden, playing a passionate "symphony" on the semi Masu River.

After four years, the Putuo Dragon Boat Race once again welcomed high-level foreign teams to participate, and the competition system was further upgraded. Among them, five of the eight teams in the men's group of the 2023 China Dragon Boat Open will participate in the 22 person dragon boat 100 meter, 200 meter and 500 meter straight track races, and four teams in the women's group will participate in the 12 person dragon boat 100 meter, 200 meter and 500 meter straight track races. The public group is also the university group of the 19th Shanghai Suzhou Creek City Dragon Boat International Invitational Tournament, and eight teams will participate in the 12 person dragon boat 200 meter and 500 meter straight track races.

At the same time, the open group of the 19th Shanghai Suzhou Creek City Dragon Boat International Invitational Tournament welcomed the participation of dragon boat teams from the Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, China. A total of eight teams will participate in the 200 meter and 500 meter straight race of 12 person dragon boats. The government, open and middle school teams in the mixed group will participate in the 200 meter straight race of 12 person dragon boats.


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Citizen appreciation, experiencing the urban context

Half Masu River, Butterfly Transformation River, Dream River. In addition to the beautiful ecological environment and pleasant living space in the waters of China COSCO Liangwan City · Mengqing Garden, now on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, there is once again a wonderful traditional dragon boat competition.

The competition deeply implements the important concept of "people build cities for the people, people build cities for the people". In order to give citizens a greater sense of participation in this year's dragon boat race, under the premise of safety, efficiency, and order, some areas on the north bank of the waters of COSCO Two Bay City will be opened for citizens to enjoy the exciting competition together. The newly created mini program "Suhe Dragon Boat Race" opened an appointment channel on June 13th, allowing citizens to enjoy the convenience of "fingertip operation, one click appointment".

"In recent years, Suzhou Creek has been constantly developing and changing. From the connection of Suzhou Creek to the opening of water routes, citizens have more and better experience of this' mother river 'in Shanghai. Now the Dragon Boat Race is held again, so that the general public can enjoy this wonderful international competition together, and can better experience the urban culture and feel the urban context, which is another' topic 'we focus on." Wang Hua, deputy director of Putuo District Sports Bureau, said.

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Shanghai style fireworks scene, Su He's new vitality. In recent years, Putuo District has used sports as a carrier to create a full range of "water", "land", and "air" sports events in the golden waters of the Banmashu River. A magnificent sports picture is slowly unfolding.

With the Shanghai Suzhou River Half Marathon and the Shanghai International 10km Classic, the "Half Masu River" Shanghai Rowing City Classic and the "Industrial Bank Cup" 2023 China Dragon Boat Open and the 19th Shanghai Suzhou River City Dragon Boat International Invitational, which will be held this weekend, are reflected in the two land events, which together compose the "golden water system" of the half Masu River sports competition.

This year's dragon boat race not only invited multiple domestic and foreign dragon boat teams, achieving international sports and cultural exchange and integration, but also focused on creating a series of short videos to make the spread of the event more international. The organizing committee has carefully produced three episodes of the "Foreigners Watching Half Matsu River" series of short videos, inviting "foreigners" living in Shanghai to tell their stories and emotions about the half Matsu River and Putuo dragon boat races with their own personal experiences, helping to further break the boundaries of the "Putuo dragon boat" city's business card.

Among the foreigners who tell the story of the Half Masu River, the Belgian Corus, who has been living in Shanghai for 8 years, lives by the Suzhou River. He said that the environment here is beautiful and full of greenery. "A very beautiful runway has been built here, and I often come here for walks and runs." Chris, who loves running, is very excited about this dragon boat race.

Malaysian Wu Guoduan has lived in Shanghai for 9 years and was once the badminton champion of Malaysia. This time, a dragon boat team from Malaysia came to Shanghai to participate in the competition. Wu Guoduan came early to Suzhou River to "explore the way" and experience dragon boat racing: "I hope that after they finish the competition, they can also come to this beautiful half Masu River to take a walk and see, feel the vitality and fireworks here."


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Ma Xingxing from Armenia not only experienced the traditional custom of making Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival, but also went on a boat to visit the whole section of the Half Masu River from the Half Masu River Park. "The scenery here is pleasant, the air is fresh, and there is a humanized trail for citizens to walk and run. It's hard not to recommend everyone to come here for a walk," said Ma Xingxing.

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