增城龙舟场

Zengcheng Dragon Boat Course lies on the Zengjiang River along Binjiang East Road in Licheng, Zengcheng District, with the racing stretch beginning 1,800 metres south of Yanta Bridge. It was the dragon boat venue of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. The competition water covers 583,600 square metres and is divided into six lanes, each 1,000 metres long, on a calm stretch of river; the grandstand seats 668 spectators. The Asian Games dragon boat events were held from 18 to 20 November 2010, with men's and women's 400, 500, 600, 800 and 1,000 metre straight-course races. The course runs along the Zengjiang, flanked by riverside parks, greenways and the Zengjiang Gallery water-park scenic area, and its wide, slow-moving water suits straight-course sprinting. After the Games it has continued to serve dragon boat training, the traditional dragon-boat festival gatherings and the Dragon Boat Festival races that Zengcheng still holds each year in Xintang, Shitan and Licheng. It is one of Guangzhou's main open-water venues for dragon boat sport and folk culture. The course lies a short distance from central Zengcheng, with Yanta Bridge, Binjiang Park and the Zengjiang Gallery greenway framing both banks, so that during regattas the grandstand and the embankments together form the spectator area. It is administered by the district sports authority, has no permanent ticket office, and opens its stand according to each event plan. The start, finish and lane markers are laid out for six boats to race side by side on calm water. Enquiries: Zengcheng District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, 020-82752526.