Hello, everyone. Welcome to Xuzhou to watch the 11th Asian Triathlonchampionship. The competition started in 20__ and moved to Yunlong Lake inXuzhou. This is the third time so far.
Triathlon was first proposed by Brigadier General John Collins in 1972. Itis a new type of sports that conquers nature and self. People are required tofinish swimming, cycling and long-distance running in a row. It not onlyrequires athletes to have excellent physical fitness and speed, but also needsto have considerable skills, so it is favored by more and more sports fans.
Today, there are 14 competitors from 14 countries and regions. What theyare going to do is the Olympic standard distance, namely: 1.5km swimming, 40kmcycling and 10km running. We are now watching the competition next to the moonshadow sail scenic spot in the Lakeside Park. In front of us is the ten thousandpeople swimming pool in the East Lake of Yunlong Lake.
Well, with the starting gun, the iron men jumped into the lake one afteranother, and the calm water of the lake suddenly began to boil. Xuzhou YunlongLake scenic spot is surrounded by mountains in the East and West and faces thecity in the north. The lake is vast and beautiful. It is an excellent place fortourism and leisure. With its wide surface and good water quality, it is verysuitable for swimming, rowing and other water sports.
Yunlong Lake was originally named Shigou lake, but later it was named afterthe mountain. When Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, was themagistrate of Xuzhou, he was fond of this lake and had a fantastic idea: "if wecan draw water from dingtang Lake in the upper reaches The lake is like the WestLake, while Xuzhou is like Hangzhou. However, Su Shi had no such wish. OnDecember 11, 1994, Yunlong Lake and Hangzhou West Lake became "sister lakes".However, the West Lake is charming, while the Cloud Lake is beautiful; the WestLake is gentle, but the Cloud Lake is solemn; the West Lake is thick, but theCloud Lake is light; the West Lake is deep, but the Cloud Lake is magnanimous.Its water area is 5.8 square kilometers. It is divided into East and West Lakesby a willow dike. Around the lake, there are 18 scenic spots, such as "boatingin the Cloud Lake", "water world", "ten mile long dike", "hanging hook on thelakeside", "Fishing Song of lotus wind", "apricot blossom and spring rain","poetry Gallery of lake and mountain" and "charm of strange stones". The scenicspots are decorated with jade beads and colorful in four seasons.
The building opposite us on the island in the middle of the lake is thelargest freshwater fish palace in Asia. There are exhibition halls for rarefish, ecological simulation hall, tropical fish exhibition hall, Crystal Palaceand video broadcasting hall. There are Chinese sturgeon, alligator, giantsalamander and rouge fish, Japanese carp and Egyptian catfish. A group of fishswim freely with thousands of postures, and people walk among them like they arein a fairyland. Well, now some of the swimmers have finished the swimmingcompetition and started to ride bicycles. They will cycle around the lake eighttimes. They are now the first to come to the ten mile long dike "Su dike".Because it was built by Su Dongpo when he knew Xuzhou to prevent the flood ofthe lake and mobilize the people, it has the same name as the "Su dike" of theWest Lake in Hangzhou.
On both sides of the levee, there are rows of willows with peach treesbetween them. In early spring, willows are green and peach flowers are scarlet.On the west lake behind the levee, lotus flowers bloom in midsummer everysummer. It is "peach trees and willows are green on the east bank in spring,lotus flowers are colorful on the south bank in midsummer, maple leaves areburning on the West Bank in late autumn, and pine trees are proud of snow on thenorth bank in winter". However, the most beautiful time of Cloud Lake is night.There is a saying that "summer lake is not better than spring lake, Spring Lakeis not better than snow lake, snow lake is not better than dusk Lake". At thebeginning of the Lantern Festival, Yunlong Lake is extremely enchanting. On thenight of the Mid Autumn Festival, when I boarded the Yunlong mountain viewingplatform, I saw the bright moon in the sky and the bright lights around thelake. The breeze comes slowly, the water waves are rippling slightly, and thelight and moon shadow fluctuate with the waves, as beautiful as gold and brokenjade.
Now the iron men come to the east bank, skim the water park and Jinshantower, and March at the foot of the lush Yunlong mountain. The hillside on theirright is full of apricot flowers, which is called "Apricot Flower Village", andSu Dongpo's poem "apricot flowers are the same color for 30 Li" is describedhere.
In the middle of spring, the breeze blows, the fallen trees are colorful,and the layers of forest are all dyed. It's really charming. Now the athletesare passing by Xuzhou Han Dynasty stone Museum. Han Dynasty stone relief is oneof the three treasures of Jiangsu Cultural Relics and one of the three uniqueHan Dynasty stones in Xuzhou. Xuzhou is one of the places where the Han Dynastystone carvings are concentrated. More than 700 pieces of Han Dynasty stonecarvings have been unearthed. Covering an area of 10000 square meters, themuseum is composed of a group of buildings imitating the Han and Tang Dynasties.It has a collection of more than 500 pieces of Han Dynasty stone carvings. Fromit, we can not only watch the singing and dancing of the immortal world and theluxury of the rich and noble families, but also see the joys and sorrows of thecommon people and the hardships of labor. Visiting Xuzhou Han Dynasty stone artmuseum is like being in a magnificent historical Gallery, which can bring peopleenlightenment of knowledge and enjoyment of art. OK, let's have a look first andcome back to the game later.