Saved the Environment and Stayed Healthy by Walking 100 Times!

The 100th Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] “History continues even amid COVID-19!”

Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) will hold the 100th Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest.

Guro-gu announced on the 8th, “The ‘Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest’ has reached its 100th event amid the COVID-19 situation,” adding, “Although a grand offline commemorative event was originally planned, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the contest will be held in an ‘online certification’ format.”

The ‘Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest’ began in 2003 with the purpose of keeping Anyangcheon, the region’s representative stream, clean and promoting residents’ health.

About 2,000 residents gathered on Sunday mornings of the first week from March to November to walk a 4km course and participate in environmental cleanup activities.

Once known as a symbol of polluted streams, Anyangcheon has recovered to a Grade 3 water quality thanks to various environmental improvement activities such as the walking contest, the active participation of Guro-gu Office and local residents, and efforts from neighboring local governments. It has now transformed into a resting space combining a clean natural environment and sports facilities, loved by many residents.

Originally, Guro-gu planned to skip March and April due to the National Assembly elections this year, hold the 98th contest from May, and host a special 100th event in July.

However, to prevent COVID-19, the contest was temporarily postponed, and a new plan combining online and offline methods was prepared to hold the event without gathering people, resuming the 98th contest in July.

The 100th walking contest, held throughout September, will operate by certifying visits to designated points via smartphones.

Participants can visit Anyangcheon at their convenience, access the ‘Guro-gu Smart Tourism Electronic Map’ website, and when passing within 20 meters of a designated point, their visit will be certified. If they visit at least 7 out of the 11 designated points, they can receive a completion certificate.

To commemorate the 100th event, Guro-gu has prepared 100 completion prizes. Among these, 95 will be provided through an electronic lottery of completion certification numbers, and the remaining 5 will be awarded through an ‘Excellent Photo Award’ contest. For the Excellent Photo Award, completers submit photos taken at Anyangcheon to the district office’s website, and outstanding works are selected after review.

A photo exhibition commemorating the history of the ‘Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest’ will also be held. In the commemorative space created at Field A, photos from the walking contests and environmental cleanup activities from 2011 to 2019 will be displayed.

A Guro-gu official said, “We hope the 100th ‘Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walking Contest’ will be a time to look back on Anyangcheon’s past and recognize its proud changes,” adding, “Although the event is held outdoors, we ask everyone to strictly follow quarantine rules such as wearing masks for safety.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.