Envoys of the Asian Games from Guangzhou will visit Mount Taishan to promote the major sporting event on March 27.

The group, organized by the volunteers department of Asian Games Organizing Committee, will hold large promotion activities on Tianwaicun Square, delivering invitation letter with the personal signature of Zhangning, Mayor of Guangzhou.

They will also hand out mascot souvenirs of the 2010 Asian Games as gifts and release a carrier pigeon to wish the country’s prosperity and a peaceful life for the people.

The promotion tour, also involving a torch relay, is aimed at highlighting the games to the world.

Renowned as top of the five famous mountains in China, Mount Taishan has been the symbol of Chinese culture since ancient times, with the proverb that if Mount Taishan is in peace, then the whole world is in peace; if Mount Taishan is stable, all the earth under heaven is in stability. Therefore, Tai’an, at the foot of Mount Taishan, is also an important stop of the Asian Games promotion in Shandong province.

By Liu Dongxian( China Daily Shandong Bureau)

Editor: Li Jing