2026 Yangzhou Gaoyou Dayunhe Half Marathon（2026扬州高邮大运河半程马拉松）

Dongquanmen is an old street in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. It runs east-west, from Guoqing Road in the west to Guan Lane in the east, and is about 700 metres long, parallel to Wenchang Middle Road, the main east-west artery of Yangzhou. It is known for preserving a large number of Ming and Qing dwellings, especially the residences of salt merchants, and is one of the historic districts protected by Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Its population was 4,559,797 at the 2020 census and its urban area is home to 2,635,435 inhabitants, including three urban districts, currently in the agglomeration. Historically, Yangzhou was one of the wealthiest cities in China, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, artists, and scholars. Its name (lit. "Rising Prefecture") refers to its former position as the capital of the ancient Yangzhou prefecture in imperial China. Yangzhou was one of the first cities to benefit from one of the earliest World Bank loans in China, used to construct Yangzhou thermal power station in 1994. Yangzhou is also a major city for scientific research outputs, appearing among the world's top 200 cities as of 2024.