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Blossoming Beauty: The Jiangxi Anyi Marathon Among Golden Flowers

Original title: Jiangxi Anyi Marathon began with 6,000 runners running in a sea of ​​golden flowers

China News Service, Jiangxi Anyi, March 11 (Wu Fayang) At 8:00 on March 10, Nanchang Anyi Door and Window · 2024 Nanchang Half Marathon began. 6,000 people from 29 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) Famous runners gathered in Anyi County , Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. After fierce competition, Wang Peilin from Ningyang County, Tai’an City, Shandong Province won the men’s championship with a time of 1 hour, 06 minutes and 13.989 seconds. Deng Chunyan from Xinjian District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province won the women’s championship with time of 1 hour, 22 minutes and 16.162 seconds Champion of the group.

The photo shows the start of Anyi China·2024 Nanchang Anyi Door and Window Half Marathon. Photo by Wang Baomeng

The event is understood to have two events: a half marathon (21.0975 kilometers) and a happy and healthy run (5 kilometers). Among the 6,000 runners, there are old people with silver hair, young people who run and broadcast live, and there is also the heartbreaking sight of a whole family taking part in the race.

The road from Anyi County to Shibi Town is the “golden runway” of the marathon, and it is also the runway of Internet celebrities in the hearts of runners. The spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and you are running on the Anshi Highway. Camphor trees on both sides form a green arcade, and hundreds of flowers and plants are planted on the shoulders of the both sides On the ridges of fields on both sides of the highway, thousands of acres of rapeseed flowers surround the highway and the villages.

The picture shows the participants of the China Anyi Door and Window Cup·2024 Nanchang Anyi Half Marathon running in a sea of ​​rapeseed flowers. Photo by Wang Baomeng

Although the temperature is low and the spring chill is hitting, the runners are full of enthusiasm and interest. Many runners use their mobile phones to take pictures of the sea of ​​rapeseed flowers on both sides of the track. some even “deviate” from the path and come to the rape seed fields to check in. .

The runners said that with the sea of ​​rapeseed flowers and the smell of golden flowers all the way, running a marathon in Anyi is not only a healthy exercise, but also a rare flower viewing trip.

Good mountains and rivers make the countryside even better. At the end of last year, Anyi County officially released the IP “People Are Good at Anyi”. Anyi County quickly broke out of the circle and became a place for new Internet celebrities to check in. Liu Juan, a runner from Shanghai, said: “Anyi is a good place for people with mountains and rivers” is really deserved, and the marathon has added many points to Anyi. Starting a new trip in the spring in Anyi is especially memorable. I wish Anyi a brighter future!”

Photo shows Anyi County Party Committee Secretary Tan Bole (first from right) presenting prizes to the winners. Photo by Wang Baomeng

On the same day, the 13th Golden Flower Cultural Tourism Festival opened in Anyi County in 2024. 13 flower viewing activities and excursions were launched in different towns and villages in the county, and nearly 74,000 people enjoyed this spring carnival in Anyi County the that day. “Flower events + events” and “tourism + sports” wonderfully interpreted the “spring story” of “landscape and people’s peace and justice”.

In recent years, Anyi County has revitalized rural resources through market-oriented operations and created 11 typical IPs such as Shuiyun Baisha, Shuitianbu Art Village, Ingenious Lei Family, and Liu Yin’s hometown, which not only combines the results of building villages, but also increases the number of village groups Economic gains turn “scenes” into “money scenes” and continue to inject new significance into “landscapes and people’s peace and justice”.

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