At 8:30 in the morning, the hiking lovers gathered at the main venue and did some warm-up exercises. With the sound of the gun, led by Zhang Wangli from Guiyang, the hiking lovers in high spirits set off.

 

The scenery along the Xihe River is beautiful with clean water and green mountains. And the hiking lovers in a long queue stretched for miles along the river, bursting with vitality. 

 

The hiking route was mainly along the Xihe River with a total length of 8.5 kilometers. There were some stations along the route set for replenishing energy and taking photos, including Rainbow Bridge, Starry sky Camp and Hunan Opera. With the natural beauty and cultural beauty setting off each other, the hiking lovers were all impressed by them. Many families chose to enjoy the charm of landscape and parent-child time through the immersive hiking of “treasure hunt”, which was to collect the stamps at theme stations along the way and select a Chinese character from the props of four stations to form an idiom to exchange for a prize.

 

 

In recent years, with the goal of “building Xihe River into a rural revitalization demonstration scenic belt, the most beautiful river in China, and the international rural leisure tourism demonstration zone”, the local government has integrated 100 million yuan of various funds and attracted 170 million yuan of social investment to construct the Xihe River Rural Revitalization Demonstration Zone and make the villages along the Xihe River beautiful and prosperous.

 

“Here, you can experience leisurely camping life, taste special food and enjoy the beautiful scenery with several friends. We sincerely invite you to visit Guiyang, a thousand-year-old county, an industrial hub, a county of champions and one of Top 100 counties in China,” said Zhang Wangli in her speech.

 

 

Guiyang County has made great efforts to develop its culture and sports industries in recent years, with both its mass sports and competitive sports undertakings being prosperous. Guiyang is known as a “county of champions”. It has cultivated a group of excellent athletes such as Olympic champions Hou Zhihui and Yi Siling, Paralympic champion Shi Yiting, world champions Li Ping, Zhang Wangli, Ouyang Jingling and national champions Luo Shifang and Wang Jiali, etc.