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Enjoying a healthy festival in Zhangjiagang

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Updated: 2013-09-23

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Many residents in Zhangjiagang of Jiangsu province are changing the way they traditionally spend Mid-Autumn Festival. Instead of visiting relatives and having banquets, they are now doing sports.

A large-scale holiday sports event was held at the sports center of the city on September 19. A total of 23 competitions, such as basketball and football, and 21 exercise performances, such as taichi and square dancing, were held at the same time.

Many residents took their families to the center to join in the games.

Anyone can register to take part in holiday sports, said Yang Ronghua, director of the culture and sports center of Zhangjiagang Economic & Technological Development Zone. Holiday sports are designed around people’s daily sports.

Many Zhangjiagang residents are paying attention to health and sports these years, after holiday sports became a regular event, said Meng Bo, director of the Zhangjiagang sports bureau.

A new round of construction of sports centers began in 2010. Sports centers in six districts have been opened to the public. All pieces of sports equipment are certified at the second national level, 80 percent of which are certified at the first city level.

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