The 9th Henan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Meet was opened in Zhoukou Sports Center Gymnasium. This National Games has 13 competition events and 33 performance events, attracting 2615 delegations from 32 cities under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, Jiyuan Demonstration Zone, and 14 higher education institutions to participate, including 22 ethnic groups. It has the largest scale in terms of number of participants and competition duration in history. Liu Yujiang, Deputy Governor of Henan Province, attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the sports meet. Zhang Jianhui, Secretary of the Communist Party of China Zhoukou Municipal Committee, attended and delivered a welcoming speech. At the opening ceremony, accompanied by high and exciting music, the flag bearer walked briskly into the venue, holding high the bright five star red flag. Under the guidance of the national flag, the flag, emblem, and referee representative team of this Games entered the venue in sequence. Subsequently, the athletes from each delegation entered the venue in an orderly manner and demonstrated the colorful and colorful nature of this National Games through a 30 second stop performance during the march, leaving a deep impression on the audience. Zhang Jianhui said in his speech that the success of this National Games is a powerful measure to promote the construction of sports in Henan Province with high standards. It is of great significance for the whole province to further strengthen the awareness of the Chinese national community, carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, sing the theme of national unity and progress, show the spirit of people of all ethnic groups holding together like pomegranate seeds, and solidly promote the practice of Chinese path to modernization in Henan. Zhang Ran, Director of the Henan Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, introduced that since 1982, Henan has successfully held eight ethnic sports games. This activity has become an important platform for strengthening the awareness of the Chinese national community, consolidating and developing new ethnic relations, and comprehensively showcasing the development of Henan's ethnic social undertakings and promoting national fitness work. This time, the people of all ethnic groups in the province gathered in Zhoukou to compete and exchange with each other, which is a vivid manifestation of the colorful charm of Chinese culture, an important lever to promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges, and deep integration of various ethnic groups, and a vivid practice of the superiority of the Party's ethnic theory and policy. At the opening ceremony, there was also a wonderful artistic performance. The entire performance consists of five parts: the preface "Common Homeland", the first chapter "Colorful Central Plains", the second chapter "Charming Harbor City", the third chapter "Sailing on the Boat", and the ending "Love China". It perfectly integrates the historical and cultural charm, humanistic charm, and sports spirit of Henan and Zhoukou, vividly showcasing the achievements of exchanges and exchanges among various ethnic groups in Henan, and playing a grand music movement of striving for a new era and the Central Plains becoming even more brilliant. It is understood that this National Games is hosted by the Henan Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee and the Henan Provincial Sports Bureau, and hosted by the Zhoukou Municipal People's Government. The event is themed as "Yu Jian Zhou Kou Concentrating and Realizing Dreams" and will be held in Zhoukou from April 22nd to 26th. The competition is divided into two categories: competition events and performance events. The competition events include pearl ball, shuttlecock, wooden ball, cudgel, top, cricket racing, high foot racing, ethnic martial arts, ethnic wrestling, betting, dragon boat, ethnic fitness exercises, diabolo ball, etc. (New News Agency)