"Herders ride horses to raise the national flag to send winter Olympic athletes out" video brush screen Xinjiang press conference told the story behind it

On 27 July, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held the 68th press conference on Xinjiang-related issues in Beijing, and when asked by reporters about the video of "Xinjiang herders riding horses and holding up the national flag to send Olympic athletes on horseback" that had been "brushed on the Internet a few days ago," Yilijiang Anayti, spokesman for the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, told the story behind it.

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Yiljan Anaiti said that the touching video occurred in Wenquan County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, where the winter time is long, the ice and snow resources are abundant, and the potential and advantages of the development of ice and snow sports are good. "The national cross-country skiing team has been training here for more than a month, and has formed a deep friendship with the people of all ethnic groups here, and they have ended their training mission and embarked on the journey of the Olympic Games." After the local 22 herdsmen learned about it, they spontaneously lined up on the way back from the national cross-country ski team, rode horses and carried the national flag, rushed to catch up, and sent off the members of the national cross-country ski team, expressing their joy and good wishes for the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics in this way, which also reflected the common voice of more than 25 million people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. ”