Seeing the profound meaning behind the torch relay route in Wenzhou, the Asian Games are here | Following the "firewood"
On September 15th, Wenzhou Station of the 19th Asian Games Torch Relay in Hangzhou was announced. The relay route is approximately 9.2 kilometers long, starting from Songtai Square in Wenzhou, running along Xinhe Street, Chan Street, Wuma Street, and Gongyuan Road, then entering Oujiang Road from Huancheng East Road, and finally stopping at the city balcony in Wenzhou. Along the way, the humanistic charm, vitality soul, and development beauty of "Millennium Commercial Port and Happy Wenzhou" are fully visible.
The closing ceremony of the Wenzhou Station of the 19th Asian Games Torch Relay in Hangzhou was held on the city balcony
The reporter learned that the Wenzhou Station carefully arranges locations around various elements such as culture, history, and society contained in the transmission route, closely combining the torchbearer locations with iconic road sections, allowing people with stories to run in places with stories, telling Wenzhou stories in all aspects, spreading the voice of Wenzhou, and showcasing Wenzhou's charm.
Wenzhou Songtai Square
Wenzhou with a rich history
The starting point of the route is located at Songtai Square. Songtai Mountain is one of the Jiushan Doukui in Wenzhou and a gathering place for the millennium old Doucheng culture in Wenzhou. Passing through characteristic historical blocks such as Xinhe Street, Cicada Street, Wuma Street, and Gongyuan Road, which have a strong cultural heritage of Ouyue, there are witness to Wenzhou as the ancient examination hall site of "Southeast Zoulu", Wuma Street, which is known as "a microcosm of Wenzhou's business model", and Yongjia County School, which was built in the early years of Taining in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Wenzhou Wuma Street
From Gongyuan Road to Huancheng East Road, you can see the "Red Sun Pavilion", which is known as a banner of national spiritual civilization construction. As a national cultural and moral landmark, "Red Sun Pavilion" brings warmth to countless people.
Wenzhou Jiangxin Island
Looking at the Anlan Pavilion near the intersection of the northern and eastern city walls of Wenzhou, one of the four famous islands in China - the Island of Chinese Poetry, Jiangxin Island, faces each other across the river. Here, you can see the stunning scenery of the "Oujiang Penglai".
Wenzhou, the world of commerce
The former grandeur of a bustling sea has been vividly portrayed on the Oujiang Road - as the best historical symbol of a "millennium old commercial port," the Shuomen Ancient Port Site is an important point on the torch relay route.
Wenzhou Shuomen Ancient Port Site
After thousands of years of changes, it showcases the prosperity and survival of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Behind it, since the reform and opening up, the people of Wenzhou have inherited the cultural genes of "practicality, righteousness and profit", and created the famous "Wenzhou model" with the spirit of daring to be the first in the world, laying a historic position for Wenzhou as an important birthplace of China's private economy.
During this torch relay, outstanding representatives of Wenzhou's innovation and entrepreneurship, such as Nan Cunhui, Zhang Huamei, and Xie Bingzheng, also brought their respective legendary stories to showcase the timeless spirit of the "Four Thousand" and the progressive spirit of Wenzhou people to the world.
Wenzhou City Balcony
Vibrant Wenzhou
Currently, Wenzhou is focusing on building a modern coastal garden city along the Ou River, accelerating the construction of a "one axis, one belt, one zone" urban spatial pattern, with the "one axis" being the development axis along the Ou River.
One of the clever ideas behind this torch relay is that it has been traveling along the Ou River since Anlanting, with a length of 6.4 kilometers, accounting for two-thirds of the entire relay route. The scene of "embracing the river for development" is fully captured. At the balcony of the destination city, the headquarters building of the Binjiang Business District in the core area of Oujiang New City has sprung up, accelerating the construction of Wenzhou's new industrial highland, urban landmark, and development engine, becoming the "cover work" of Wenzhou's urban construction.
Wenzhou Urban Scenery
It is reported that the determination of the route for the Wenzhou Station of the Hangzhou Asian Games torch relay took more than three months. The Torch Relay Working Group Office of the Wenzhou Event Command of the Hangzhou Asian Games revealed that this route is the development trajectory of Wenzhou city, which can concentrate on showcasing Wenzhou's urban style, history and culture, commercial and economic development, and the process of reform and opening up.
Starting from the "source of traditional Chinese opera", passing through the "millennium old city" and connecting to the "Oujiang New City", today's continuous journey condenses the touching picture of "millennium old commercial port and happy Wenzhou" into 170 points, allowing the world to understand and fall in love with Wenzhou.
