The 37 teams of the Greater Bay Area gathered in the South China Sea Jiujiang to build the Dragon Boat Base in the Greater Bay Area

China Sports Daily News The scorching sun could not stop the enthusiasm of the people of the Bay Area. On July 30, the Gongju training base of the Jiujiang Dragon Boat training base of the South China Sea, Foshan, and the fifth time of the Dragon Boat Carnival of Jiujiang Town and the 5th [Jiujiang Double Steaming] Dragon Boat League • The Dragon Boat Finals of the "Weipu New Energy Cup" was staged here.

It is understood that the Dragon Boat Carnival event will be launched until October. Jiujiang will perform a wonderful dragon boat movement every month. In addition to the Fifth Dragon Boat League Finals, there are also the five -person dragon boat race in Sha Tsui in August, the Dungen in September The dragon boat obstacle challenge, October's National Day "Bai Long Jingyan · Tengyao Jiujiang" dragon boat event, presenting the annual dragon boat feast for the masses.

This year's Dragon Boat Race is based on the theme of "Entrusted New Journey · Tide Greater Bay Area". A total of 31 men's dragon boat teams and 6 women's dragon boat teams signed up for the competition. In addition to attracting local villages and enterprises in Jiujiang, there are also teams from the Greater Bay Area. The participating specifications and competitive levels have improved significantly. The teams of the teams have won the puzzle and strived to staged a good scene of speed and passion.

After competition, the Jiujiang Double Steaming Dragon Boat Team, Yannan Junxuan Logistics Dragon Boat Team, and the West Dragon Dragon Lion Club won the first, second and third place in the men's gold cup competition; The Dragon Boat Team and the Dragon Boat Team of the Dragon Boat Team and the Dragon Boat Team in Dongguan won the top three women's groups.

In fact, as the first "Dragon Boat Town" in China, the culture of the Jiujiang Dragon Boat has a long history. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been prosperous after hundreds of years. In recent years, Jiujiang has vigorously promoted the dragon boat culture and the spirit of the dragon boat, promoted the deep integration and development of cultural tourism, and became the most local cultural tourism business card. The Dragon Boat Training Base where the Dragon Boat Carnival is located is an important landmark of the Jiujiang Dragon Boat Culture. It has trained the champion team such as the Jiujiang Dragon Boat Team and won nearly 500 gold medals. Various competitions such as games and other domestic and foreign competitions have achieved great achievements, winning glory to the country, and adding color to the province.

At the event site, a veteran team composed of the first -generation World Dragon Boat Championship of Jiujiang won the warm applause of the audience. Although the average age reached 62 years, the veteran team did not lose in terms of speed. To young people. It is through the old belt and passed down from generation to generation that Jiujiang Dragon Boat has always maintained a world -class level.

Lu Yuanyuan, member of the Standing Committee of the South China Sea District Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, said that Jiujiang, as the first dragon boat town in China, was famous at home and abroad. The traditional dragon boat culture contains a lot of elements, including inheritance of inheritance, sports competition, cultural tourism, etc. It is a business card for the development of the South China Sea sports and cultural industry. The spirit encourages the people of the South China Sea to fight for the first time and stand up.

The relevant person in charge of Jiujiang Town expressed the hope that through the dragon boat carnival activities, the spirit of the dragon boat stimulates Jiujiang to stand up and strive to entreprenelize the entrepreneurial entrepreneurship, to show the development results of Jiujiang's cultural and sports undertakings in all aspects, and strengthen the strong confidence of "doing major events in the town". The South China Sea "grasped reform and promoted transformation" to explore the pioneer.

Mai Liang, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, said that Jiujiang in the South China Sea promoted the excellent traditional culture of the Dragon Boat of China and created a national fitness brand and a dragon boat characteristic town. It is hoped that the dragon boat base of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area can be created, so that more Hong Kong and Macao teenagers will come here to experience the traditional excellent culture of the Chinese nation in the competition and experience of the dragon boat, and promote the deep integration of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area , Promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

Text: Huang Xinhao Figure: Song Yanbing

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