Guangfo dragon race, vigorously promote Loong Boat culture
2024-06-12
Hundreds of barges fight for the upper reaches of the river, and Loong Boat races are held every Dragon Boat Festival. On June 11, the 2024 Liwan District Loong Boat Invitational Tournament and the 59th Loong Boat Scenic Activity of Longxi Shaxi, held by the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Liwan District, Guangzhou, was held in the Shaxi section of Huadi River (Foshan Waterway). The purpose of the activity is to carry forward the sports spirit, inherit the Loong Boat culture, help the rural revitalization, and promote the integrated development of culture and tourism in Guangzhou and Foshan. The Loong Boat race attracted many citizens to watch the Loong Boat race. The dragon races in Huadi River and the banks of Huadi River are full. The two sides of Huadi River are full. It is understood that a total of 29 Loong Boat teams from Haibei South Village, Dongshi Village, Bujiao Village, Longxi Fengchi Village, Panlong Village, Nanbian Village, Haizhong Village, Gaoqiao Village, Julong Village, Baohua Village, Foshan City and other Guangzhou and Foshan cities gathered in Huadi River. In addition, the event also invited the women's Loong Boat team and the women's Loong Boat team of Liwan District Daxing Benz Cooperation to participate in the standard dragon race for the first time. The women's team competed with the men's team on the same stage to show the beauty of women's Loong Boat. The two women's Loong Boat teams showed their heroism with a starting order, and each Loong Boat team successively competed on the Huadi River. This Loong Boat Race has two events: traditional dragon boat race (referred to as "traditional dragon" for short) and standard dragon boat race (referred to as "standard dragon" for short), which are divided into preliminary and final. Among them, the "Traditional Dragon" adopts a 500 meter straight track round-trip form, while the "Standard Dragon" racing project adopts a 500 meter straight track one-way form. After more than 4 hours of intense competition, the top eight teams of "Traditional Dragon" and the top four teams of "Standard Dragon" were finally won. The "Dragon King" laurels of "Traditional Dragon" and "Standard Dragon" were won by the Loong Boat Team at No. 2 Haizhong Village, Liwan District, Guangzhou and the Golden Dragon Flying Loong Boat Team at Longxi Fengchi, Liwan District, Guangzhou. The top two teams of Liwan District team of Shaxijing "Traditional Dragon" project will participate in the 2025 Guangzhou International Loong Boat Invitational on behalf of Liwan District. Award Ceremony of "Standard Dragon" Competition Award Ceremony of "Traditional Dragon" Competition In this event, the Golden Dragon Flying Loong Boat Team of Fengchi Village, Longxi won the championship of "Standard Dragon" Competition and the third place of "Traditional Dragon" Competition. Lin Zhiyong, the leader of the team, told the news agency reporter, "Our team members are very excited and happy to win the championship this time. In the future, we will constantly update technology, work hard to train, and strive to defend the championship." Lin Zhiyong (middle), the leader of the Golden Dragon Flying Loong Boat Team of Fengchi Village, Longxi In recent years, with the strong support of the Liwan District Government, the specifications of the Dragon Boat Festival Loong Boat Competition have become increasingly popular With the improvement of the team, more and more people are watching the race. Shaxi Loong Boat Race has already broken through the regional boundaries, and gradually upgraded from a folk race between Guangzhou and Foshan to a close link linking the cultural exchanges between Guangzhou and Foshan. More and more Loong Boat teams from Guangzhou and Foshan have joined the Shaxi Loong Boat race. The "Shaxi scenery" has also become a ceremony for Shaxi villagers and even the people of Guangzhou and Foshan to maintain their feelings. According to the introduction of the dragon race on the Huadi River, the culture, broadcasting, tourism and sports system in Liwan District will transform the Loong Boat spirit of indomitable struggle and striving to be the first into a strong driving force for high-quality development, seize opportunities, compete for the first, earnestly implement the "high-quality development project of hundreds of counties, thousands of towns, and thousands of villages", show their achievements in the construction of the Guangzhou Foshan pole, and fully promote the work and project construction of culture, broadcasting, tourism and sports, cultural construction and prosperity, cultural industry continues to grow, cultural and tourism integration continues to deepen, and the sports industry is reported frequently, helping Liwan to make new contributions in accelerating the realization of new vitality of the old city and "four new and brilliant". (Lai Xin She)
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