More than 10,000 runners started the Danxia Mountain Marathon. Photo courtesy of the organizer.
Southern ** News (Reporter Tang Yin, Correspondent Liang Jieling, Liu Sheng) "Di ......At 8 o'clock in the morning of December 17, with the sound of a starting gun, the 2023 Danxia Mountain Marathon started happily in the Danxia Mountain Scenic Area of Renhua, Shaoguan, and more than 10,000 runners set off from the main gate of Danxia Mountain and walked along the most beautiful tourist highway in Guangdong - Yuedan Highway, opening a marathon journey of harmony between man and nature.
The event is divided into three groups: marathon, half marathon and happy run, the track is set up with ingenuity, mainly around the world natural heritage, the world geopark, the national 5A-level tourist attraction - Danxia Mountain to build, along the way picturesque, there are unique Danxia landforms, there are ancient villages with a long history, there are rippling blue waves of the riverside, there are winding paths and deep bamboo forests, there are green trees of forest ......
In recent years, Shaoguan City has made full use of the rich cultural tourism resources to create a series of high-quality sports events such as the 50-kilometer hiking race through Danxia Mountain, the bicycle race around Danxia Mountain, and the Danxia Mountain Marathon, promoting the value of ecological resources with the "sports" model, and striving to build Shaoguan into a "back garden", "health care place" and "experience field" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.