Enhance unity in competition and fun.
Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, September 11th (Reporter Li Wenzhe) On the 4th day of the 11th National Minority Traditional Sports Meeting, an autumn rain came unexpectedly, but it didn’t affect the warm atmosphere inside and outside the venue at all. Swing, dragon boat race, cigarette box dance … Over the past few days, colorful competitions have not only feasted the audience, but also closely linked compatriots of all ethnic groups like pomegranate seeds.
On September 10th, at the 11th National Minority Traditional Sports Games, the Xizang delegation brought a wonderful performance "Holding Stones", which won applause from the audience. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mi photo
Different events are full of fun.
Just listen to the referee’s command, the swing on the field will swing into the sky like the swing arm of a pendulum clock, and the higher it swings, the wonderful "high-altitude competition" of playing the swing will evoke many people’s childhood memories.
"When I was a child, I used to swing, but it was really the first time to watch the swing competition at the sports meeting. I heard that athletes can swing to 10 meters high, which is still very thrilling." At the scene of the competition, citizen Shi Pengbo watched it with relish.
Seeing the swing is not enough, and there are many traditional ethnic sports such as "water lightness skill", "tug-of-war" with one person lying on his head, and high-legged racing on "bamboo horse". You can compete and perform, and the performance event is one of the biggest attractions that distinguishes the National National Games from other sports games.
On September 10th, Chongqing team Ma Qijin/Wang Rong was in the swing competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao photo
Dance movements are used to imitate the shapes of various animals in nature, such as ants walking, frogs turning over, monkeys breaking corn, etc. The performance project "Gan Simi Duo" brought by the Guangdong delegation won applause from the audience.
"We performed the Yi people’s cigarette box dance, named’ Gansimiduo’, which means happiness and auspiciousness in Yi language." Li Deshu, director and coach of Gansimiduo project, said that the Yi people’s cigarette box dance is the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, and its simple, beautiful and lifelike bionic action skills convey the Yi people’s love and yearning for a better life.
With the help of the stage of the National National Games, the traditional sports culture of the Chinese nation is blooming brilliantly. Different from the Olympic Games, the competition performances of this sports meeting come from the production and lifestyle and festival celebrations of various ethnic groups for thousands of years, with strong national and regional characteristics.
The tradition of unity goes back to ancient times.
Paddles rise and fall neatly. With the beat of drums and the high-pitched trumpets of athletes, a thrilling dragon boat race kicked off at Longhu Water Base in Zhengzhou.
In order to commemorate the sages, pray to the gods or ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, many ethnic minorities living by rivers and lakes in southern China have had the custom of dragon boat races since ancient times.
Although there are different dates and reasons for dragon boat races in different places, no matter where they are, they will dress up as dragons in dragon boat races, and help out with gongs and drums and shouts.
Known as the "living fossil" of national culture, national traditional sports, in the process of its popularization, on the one hand, spread joy for mass fitness, on the other hand, it has also become a "natural carrier" to inherit and carry forward the unity tradition of the Chinese nation.
On September 10th, Yu Yang (middle), a shuttlecock player of Henan team, attacked in the match. Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Yuanshe
Zhang Laicheng, coach of Hubei Cuqiu team, was very calm at the last moment of the final of the mixed double-kick event. "Nothing happened, I played very well." After the game, when the athletes and coaches of both sides shook hands, Lu Jinhua, a Hubei athlete, smiled and said to the opponents of the Fujian team, "You played well, so you have to treat yourself to dinner tonight."
"Because we often play games, we have a good relationship with teams such as Hubei, Anhui and Henan." In the view of Li Shenghui, an athlete of Fujian Cuqiu team, the national sports meeting is not only a competition, but also a platform to make friends, and it is also an opportunity to pass on minority sports.
Sports events build a bridge of communication, and the results of the games are no longer so important. According to the relevant person in charge of the Organizing Committee of the Games, there will be no gold, silver and bronze medals in this Games, but only the first, second and third prizes, which will dilute the competitive consciousness and focus on showing the sports style of all ethnic groups and promoting national unity.
A sports event shared by 56 nationalities.
The Pearl Ball Team in Beijing is composed of players from Han, Hui, Mongolian, Uygur, Manchu and Korean nationalities, and it is a truly multi-ethnic family.
The 21-year-old Uyghur boy Mukaider Tulsun has not been in the team for a long time and is a defender. Although there are not many opportunities to play, his positive performance has won the recognition of his teammates. After the game, his teammates clapped and shook hands with him.
"It’s really exciting to participate in the National Ethnic Games, especially the performance at the opening ceremony. Seeing so many ethnic groups gathered together, everyone learned from each other and enhanced their understanding, which gave me a deeper understanding of the’ Chinese National Community’." Mukaidel Tulson said.
The picture shows Mukaidel Tulson, a player of Beijing Pearl Ball Team, in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Geshe
From the first few hundred participants, there were only five competitions, to more than 7,000 athletes, and the number of competitions increased to 17, with more than 100 performances. This unique national comprehensive sports meeting has spanned 66 years.
In the past 66 years, the national national sports games have played down the rankings and competed in the same field, highlighting the spirit of sports; The performance items have various forms, each with its own characteristics, and highlight its cultural connotation. Competition and performance are equally important, and athletes from 56 ethnic groups compete fairly, exchange and learn, which vividly reflects the basic orientation of national unity and mass sports events.
Wu Cuiying, director of the Cultural Propaganda Department of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, said that holding national sports games, through the unique cultural form of sports, can continuously promote learning and communication among ethnic groups, display and inherit culture, enhance national unity, and build up the sense of community of the Chinese nation.
Text Editor: Ji Ye
New Media Editor: Intern Su Congrong
Issued by: Peng Dong
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