What world heritage sites do the three mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games represent? How many cities are there to co-host the Hangzhou Asian Games?

Hangzhou is the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou. The 19th Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Hangzhou in 2022, currently has 40 major events, including 31 Olympic events and 9 non-Olympic events. While keeping the 40 major events unchanged, the Hangzhou Asian Games will add two more events, e-sports and breakdancing. E-sports is an intellectual event, and breakdancing is a sports dance. Welcome to the sports event and see what world heritage the three mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games represent.

Contents of this article

1. What world heritage sites do the three mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games represent?

2. How many cities are there to co-host the Hangzhou Asian Games?

3. Where will the 2022 Asian Games be held in Hangzhou?

What world heritage do the three mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games represent?

The three robot-shaped mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games are: Congcong represents the Liangzhu Ancient City Site, a World Heritage Site, and its name comes from the jade cong, a representative cultural relic unearthed from the site. Lianlian represents the West Lake, a World Heritage Site, and its name comes from the endless green lotus leaves in the West Lake. Chenchen represents the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a World Heritage Site, and its name comes from the Gongchen Bridge, a landmark building in the Hangzhou section of the canal.

On April 3, 2020, the mascots of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 were officially released to the world, and the Hangzhou Asian Games mascot group "Jiangnan Memories" met with netizens on the Internet cloud.

The three robot-shaped mascots are Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen. The sports design of the mascots for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 was released online on April 13.

How many cities are there to co-host the Hangzhou Asian Games?

There are five co-hosting cities for the Hangzhou Asian Games, namely Ningbo, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Jinhua and Wenzhou. There are a total of 55 competition venues for the Hangzhou Asian Games, 14 of which are located in co-hosting cities. There are 40 major events in total, including 31 Olympic events and 9 non-Olympic events.

The Hangzhou Asian Games is the 19th Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The slogan is "Heart to Heart, @Future" (pronounced "Heart to Heart, Love to the Future"), written in English as "Heart to Heart, @Future".

While keeping the 40 major events unchanged, the Hangzhou Asian Games added two new competition events: e-sports and breakdancing. E-sports is an intellectual event, while breakdancing is a sports dance.

The competition events of the Hangzhou Asian Games include swimming, archery, basketball, boxing, equestrianism, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, sailing, shooting, martial arts, sepak takraw, karaoke, chess, roller skating, kabaddi, squash, etc.

Where will the 2022 Asian Games be held in Hangzhou?

The Asian Games will be held in the Olympic Sports Expo City on the south bank of the Qiantang River in Hangzhou in 2022. The 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China in 2022 will mainly have the following venues: Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing and Huzhou.

The 19th Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Hangzhou in 2022, currently has 40 major events, including 31 Olympic events and 9 non-Olympic events.

Hangzhou is the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou. The slogan of this Asian Games is "Hearts in Harmony, @Future".