Chinanews.com, Guiyang, June 7th: Sports with the word “Village” make people see the charm of the countryside and the wanderers who return home feel full of happiness
Author Yuan Chao
“Now many villages, including small cities, have very few young people. How does Guizhou keep these young people?” On June 6, a netizen wrote this under a news article about the “Village Super” competition and published by reporter Sylw. For questions from netizens, you may be able to find answers in the “BA Village” and “Super Village” competitions in Guizhou.
Between the summer of 2022 and the summer of 2023, from the “Village BA” field to the “Village Super League” field, the reporter interviewed countless young players. Why did they return to their home town? Faced with such a question, 80% of the young people interviewed answered this way: “Nowadays, you can make money on your doorstep, and there is entertainment and rich cultural activities, so why go out?”
Wang Zaigui, who is 27 years old this year, is an assistant police officer of Taijiang County Public Security Bureau in Guizhou Province. He also has another identity: “BA Village” commentator. Since the start of the “BA Village”, Wang Zaigui drove from the county seat to Taipan Stadium to commentate after work and his funny commentating style has won him a lot of fans. In the words of Wang Zaigui, “BA Village” has a cohesive force, which can bring together young people who like basketball from every village. “People who work outside, during the game, will find ways to return to the team to take part in the game even if their salary is deducted.”
Although Taijiang County Public Security Bureau is 27 kilometers away from Taipan Village, and it takes 40 minutes by car, for Wang Zaigui, this is full of happiness. He has a job in the county, and he can comment on a few after games By the way, I can go home to see my family and have a meal with my family. Standing on the court, Wang Zaigui eloquently shared the story of his father and son on the court with reporters: My father was also a village game commentator. When I was young, I stood at the court, listening to how my father explained. every pitching step, and learn how he moved the field. The feeling of the audience…
With the support of Taijiang County People’s Government, Taipan Village also established the “BA Village” offline experience hall, and created a number of “BA Village” detailed experience tour routes according to the holidays The basketball court has become a place where many tourists have to “check in” when they come to Guizhou. Relying on this basketball court has also driven the tourism development of the surrounding towns.
Seeing the opportunity to travel in Taipan Village, in March 2023, Yang Xiucai, a young man working in Taipan Village in Guangdong province, quit his job. He determinedly returned to his hometown and opened a milk tea shop . The first “BA Village” in Guizhou Province The finals began in Taipan Village, and tens of thousands of people poured into Taipan Village. During that time, Yang Xiucai’s milk tea shop was almost open until about two o’clock o’clock in the morning. “There is no competition now, and I can still earn more than 200 yuan a day. Although a month’s income is similar to the income of working outside, it is much easier in comparison. “Yang Xiucai said.
In recent years, Taijiang County has built a homecoming business park and an industrial park, providing opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, and more young people choose to return to their hometown for development. Whenever there are festivals and competitions, this group of young people has become the “main force” to inherit the national culture and compete for honor for the village.
On the night of June 3, the Guizhou “Village Super League” was held in Rongjiang County with nearly 50,000 people watching. 20 football teams formed by local villagers were sweating on the field. What surprised the reporter was that, on the outskirts of the stadium, a row of young people from ethnic minorities in ethnic costumes had set up mobile phone holders, had launched live broadcasts on various social platforms, and were giving live commentary, watching the ” Village Super League” with netizens. . Some of these young people are local Internet celebrities, some are e-commerce leaders, and some are village spokesmen…
Rongjiang County is vigorously developing the new media industry, and has established a talent training base, live broadcasting center, e-commerce public service, warehousing and logistics and other industrial chain supporting Rongjiang New Media to help the rural revitalization of the e-commerce industrial park, and has introduced more than 40 enterprises to settle down settle in. “Young people have a lot of access to the Internet, and it’s easy to get started with new media when returning home to start a business.” said Tang Shengzhong, a young entrepreneur who returned home.
At the location of the “Village Super League”, Tang Shengzhong led his team to spontaneously record the wonderful details on and off the field with mobile phones and cameras, and post them on the Internet in time. Tang Shengzhong told reporters that in addition to covering the game, many netizens are very interested in the national cultural performances in the middle of the field. “We will also increase the creation of the content of ethnic elements such as local embroidery, batik, singing and dancing, so that netizens can see the ‘colorful Guizhou’.”
In March 2022, Tang Shengzhong returned to his hometown of Xiaodanjiang Miao Village in Rongjiang County, using the new media knowledge he learned abroad to empower tourism development in his hometown. With the dividends of local policy development and my continued creativity, this Miao village hidden deep in the Guizhou mountains has been known to the world. In just one year, through the efforts of the team, Xiaodanjiang Miao village tourism collection has become popular, reached second place in southeast Guizhou. In addition, he also sold local products from the mountains to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area through live streaming.
Chen Xingyang, a player from Chejiang No. 1 Village, Rongjiang County, to his hometown after graduating from university in 2019. Seeing the strong football atmosphere in his hometown, he established a sports company related to football and billiards in Rongjiang the company has be making a steady profit so far. Today, “Village Super” is popular all over the Internet, which greatly encourages him. Chen Xingyang told reporters that in the next step, he will conduct public welfare football training through the strength of the company, and let professional football coaches teach students in schools in counties and villages Get regular training.
“Now the living conditions are getting better and better. After work, we have a good meal, and friends of three or five can play basketball and football on the field. There are cultural and sporting activities of’ so pleasant!” Chen Xingyang said, the football field has become essential for Rongjiang people every weekend. Going to the happy place to register, everyone spontaneously designates every Saturday as Guizhou “Village Super” Night Super Saturday Country Football.
After getting rid of poverty, Rongjiang County attaches great importance to the development of sports with national characteristics, strengthens the training of reserve sports talents, establishes reserve talent training centers of youth sports such as football, gymnastics, rock climbing, and badminton , continuously improves sports infrastructure, and hosts or hosts various sports events, to promote the overall development of national sports Currently, there are 27 football pitches in the county, which are open to the world outside for free. In 2021, Rongjiang will be named among the first batch of typical counties for national county football.
“Sporting events are originally a group activity, and the sense of presence of sporting events can stimulate people’s inner passion and form a carnival atmosphere.” According to Xu Feng, a researcher at the local high-end think tank Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences national governance system and governance capacity modernization, Sports with the word “village” unite the hearts of the villagers, and it is an honor to “play” on the field on behalf of the village.
Xu Feng believes that the overall victory in poverty alleviation has greatly improved the appearance of Guizhou’s rural areas and created conditions and environments suitable for living and working. The tradition of nostalgia gives young people a natural nostalgia for their hometown. , attracting them to return to their home town. hometown to build their hometown.
Nowadays, in Guizhou, rural sports events that begin with the word “village” are not limited to a specific place, but also given to more rural events, with “earth” out of the circle, and behind this “earth” flavor is There is no “soil” in the countryside, so that the world can see the charm of the countryside, and it is even more nostalgic without “sadness”, so that the wanderers who returns home full of happiness. (over)
