Read the Guangzhou Pearl River Tide watching | the dream chasing power on a jump rope

When the good news that the Guangzhou Huadu Jump rope dream team won the World Jump Rope Championship 17 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze results came recently, people once again set their sights on the city of Guangzhou, and a group of cute and admirable children who have since gone to the World Championship.

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Guangzhou is a city that respects and encourages strivers. The inspirational story of "a jump rope changes destiny" takes place here. A small jump rope team from a mountain village, a physical education teacher who can't jump rope, and a group of children of varying levels formed a jump rope team. The "original intention" of forming a jump rope team is also very simple, that is, I hope to help these children improve their physical fitness. At the same time, jump rope sports can be participated by everyone, and jump rope is also the most readily available teaching aids. For this simple dream, pedigree teacher Lai Xuanzhi and his team members must first do their best to let the jump rope team stay. To this end, with the help of social enthusiasts, they unremittingly trained and improved technology, and finally in a few years, the jump rope team achieved many good results, grew dozens of world championships, broke a number of world jump rope records, and won hundreds of medals.

To be proud of winning medals, to win life is even more remarkable. The inspirational story of the children of the jump rope team was later made into the movie "Dotted Starlight". There is a detail in the film that tells the audience that this unintentional luck is actually already predestined: the children get up before dawn, one follows the winding mountain road, and the light of the flashlight in the darkness is like a little starlight, moving slowly in the direction of the school, and they start the day's training. Why fight so hard? Because for these children, it's not just about winning a game, it's about changing their lives. Luckily, the kids struggled to get their chances. Not only did they go abroad and win world awards, but they also won a broader future. Introverted children gain recognition and become cheerful from competitive sports, children who have been denied by their fathers find self-confidence, children who are estranged from their families regain support, and this once faltering school team has become the dream team in Guangzhou and the dream team in China. This also allows more talented children to be encouraged and seen, so as to broaden their horizons and better learning conditions. The jumping rope teenagers are like a little starlight in the sky, one after another on the road of trying to chase their dreams, shining a dazzling light.

A casual move can change the fate of a child. Teacher Lai Xuanzhi said that many of the team are the children of migrant workers. Coming to Guangzhou, these children are undoubtedly lucky. Guangzhou has a strong atmosphere of openness, inclusiveness and encouragement of struggle. The dazzling achievements of the children must be inseparable from the atmosphere of "Guangzhou people who come here" and "everyone who has a dream is great". The film "A Little Starlight", which brings the inspirational stories of children to more people, is also the story of Guangzhou told by the local team in Guangzhou, which uses a distinct southern film style and delicate and warm expression to let more people feel the spiritual connotation of "everyone can succeed by struggling". From the physical education teacher who does not give up in the face of "unloved children", to the film directors who are obsessed with shooting for the dream, and more people who silently support, they may "inadvertently" relay and finally present the warmth of the city. I wonder if these young parents, when they embarked on a dream-chasing trip to Guangzhou, did they ever think that they would encounter so many enthusiastic and encouraging forces?

Jump, boy! Jump out of youth and dreams, let the spirit of not giving up and unremitting struggle become the brightest starlight in the sky above the city.

Text/Guangzhou Daily commentator Liu Ranran

Photo/ Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng reporter Su Junjie correspondent Sui Wenming

Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor Hu Jun