Most Dongguan citizens enjoy hiking and they gather during the Hiking Festival once a year. The city’s 16 forest parks provide altogether 200 kilometers of hiking paths.

Hiking

The dragon boat race is a traditional folk sports event. There are other traditional folk exercises such as taiji sword, taiji fan and taiji quan. Since more elderly people are joining these traditional activities, health problems related to the brain, heart and arteries have drastically decreased.

Dragon Boat Race

Taiji by Senior Citizens