Asian Games officially announced the opening of tickets, regaining "hard work" from the event
Chao News Client Reporter Shen Tingyu Zhang Mengyue
The dust settled - on July 8, the official ticketing website of the Hangzhou Asian Games was officially launched. This means that tickets for the first round of Asian Games are on sale.
For many people, grabbing tickets for Asian Games is the real start of his Asian Games time.
The Hangzhou Asian Games has a total of 40 major events, 61 sub-events, and 483 small events, including Olympic sports such as athletics and swimming, as well as special sports such as wushu and rattan ball, as well as emerging sports such as skateboarding and e-sports.
With the sale of Asian Games tickets, the enthusiasm of watching the games is inevitable. Earlier, the reporter had seen the viewing strategies shared by netizens on the Internet, and it could be seen that swimming, badminton, tennis, e-sports, etc. were in the forefront of the "most wanted to see". What kind of message is behind these popular events? What love do people have about competitive sports?
01 Which projects are the hottest
100m dash, football, table tennis, e-sports... With the launch of the official ticketing website, many people have made their own must-see list.
The Asian Games are different from the Olympic Games and Championships, first of all, the events are richer -
Competitive competitions include e-sports, athletics, gymnastics, ball games include football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, tennis, confrontational competitions include fencing, boxing, and aquatic competitions include diving, swimming, and so on.
Looking at the "Charm Hangzhou" series of events held successively during this time, you can also feel the preferences of the audience. For example, the Linping Sports Center Stadium hosted two of the just-concluded Chinese Football Association National Youth Football League (U19 Group), attracting nearly 20,000 spectators from inside and outside the province.
The reporter learned from the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee that in the second phase of the "Charm Hangzhou" series of events, football tickets had the highest sales revenue, followed by volleyball and handball, of which women's volleyball tickets were the most sought-after.
Moving back in time, the 2023 Super Cup final of the Chinese Football Association, held at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in early April this year, attracted more than 26,000 spectators from all over the country.
(The scene of the 2023 Chinese Football Association Super Cup final.) Photo by reporter Wang Jianlong)
Swimming is no exception. During the May Day holiday, many Olympic champions and world champions appeared in the "Charm of Hangzhou" National Swimming Championships, which triggered many "fans" to come to watch the competition. In the past 20 years, the achievements of Zhejiang swimming players have built the golden signboard of "China's swimming to see Zhejiang", and also shaped a group of die-hard fans of swimming.
The events of the Asian Games are closer to life and more modern——
This year's Asian Games, there are more fashion trend projects that have attracted attention. For example, e-sports, which is one of the new projects, will rush to the hot search if there is a little movement. The previous "Charm Hangzhou" E-sports National Invitational Tournament publicly sold 6-day viewing tickets, with a sales rate of 98.7%, especially popular projects such as the King Glory Asian Games version and the Peace Elite Asian Games version, and a final attracted nearly 2,000 spectators to watch the game live.
(Esports match site.) Photo by reporter Zhou Yi)
On social platforms, e-sports from the determination of entry to the announcement of small items, from the training list to the final public list, almost every news release will cause heated discussions on the Internet, and even multiple terms dominate the hot search at the same time. It is foreseeable that it will be one of the most popular events of the Asian Games, and although it has not been included in the "starting list" of Asian Games tickets, it will surely become a sought-after popular event in the subsequent sales process.
In addition, tickets for tennis, badminton, athletics and other sports are particularly concerned, apparently related to the large number of people who participate in such sports on a daily basis. This also reflects the city's sports type preferences and trends from one side.
02 Why are they so hot
If you want to classify these popular events, they can probably be divided into football, basketball, volleyball and other old sports that are ranked among the "three balls" and are familiar to Chinese people, as well as swimming, diving, badminton, weightlifting and other sports that Zhejiang and even China are quite confident in, as well as emerging sports such as e-sports and breakdancing that have joined the "Asian Games family".
From this, it is not difficult to understand why they are sought after.
Someone came because of the athletes.
Elite athletes have unimaginable social influence and appeal. From the current list of participants in some projects announced by the State General Administration of Sports, we see many "star athletes": Wang Shun, Zhang Yufei, Quan Hongchan and so on.
People are fanned for their hard work on the field, the accolades they have received, and the persistence behind them. For example, Wang Shun, who won the men's 200m individual medley championship at the Tokyo Olympics, is proud of the moment he appeared on the podium wearing the five-star red flag, and we are also moved by his tempering journey, and we look forward to him being able to challenge new challenges at the "home" of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Some people come because of the hard work that never gives up on the field.
Lang Ping once said: "The spirit of women's volleyball is not to win the championship, but sometimes know that you can't win, and will do your best." Even if it is shaky along the way, but stand up and shake the dust on the body, still have a firm look, as long as you can't kill me, I will fight with you to the end. "That's exactly what sportsmanship is all about.
(Wu became the first Chinese mainland player to lift the ATP Tour singles title.) Source: Xinhua News Agency)
Remember, in this year's ATP250 Dallas men's singles final, Wu Yixiang won the first ATP Tour singles title in individual and Chinese mainland men's tennis. Behind the scenes, even though European and American players have an absolute advantage in the world men's tennis scene, the Chinese men's tennis has never given up, constantly accumulated experience, and finally successfully took this big step forward.
Also remember that in the badminton women's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei was pulled back by her opponent, and even chased the point difference to 1 point by her opponent, she was not soft and unambiguous, and scored continuously at key moments to win the thrill of victory. It was nine years after the Chinese badminton team won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the Olympic Games.
Someone comes because of the self-confidence of a great power.
Since 1982, the Chinese delegation has continuously topped the gold medal list of the Asian Games. In this Asian Games, weightlifting teams, table tennis teams, diving teams, shooting teams, etc. will also continue to defend the glory of the "Golden Medal Division". Among them, the Chinese diving team can be called the "trump card of trump cards", and has never let the gold medal in the Asian Games fall by the side since the competition.
(In the 2022 Diving World Cup women's double 10m platform final, Chen Qianxi/Quan Hongchan won the championship.) Source: Xinhua News Agency)
A sports enthusiast told reporters: "When you see Chinese athletes wearing national team uniforms fighting the field, when everyone is cheering for the team members, it is easy to be moved by such an atmosphere." In particular, when you see athletes standing on the podium, raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, there will be a strong sense of belonging, and the original love will rise to love, and even common belief. ”
03 Who can be inspired by the struggler
The Hangzhou Asian Games remind people again and again of those who struggle and the scenes of hard work. Whether it is the heartiness of the winner or the discouragement of the loser, it is arousing the blood of the viewers.
At this time, the young man who often lays flat and hangs salted fish on his lips instantly comes to power; Those little brothers and sisters who have applied for a fitness card and have not been there a few times until it expires remember the dream they once had.
Watching sports is magical, and it often inspires enthusiasm and enthusiasm.
"We hope that the holding of this year's Hangzhou Asian Games will allow more people to re-understand the positive stimulating effect of hard work on people's psychology." According to Ma Yongchun, director of the second department of psychosomatics of Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital, in recent years, words such as "lying flat" and "Buddhism" have become popular words, releasing signals that some people need to decompress and be understood. By watching competitive sports events on the spot, from the fierce confrontation between winning and losing, you can experience the pressure, and with the ups and downs of the event, you can experience that victory is not arrogant and defeated and not discouraged, which can also play a role in adjusting the attitude of life and thinking habits for viewers.
In the age of the Internet, people are used to enjoying instant success and short-term pleasure. And we can understand more rationally than the results of sports events that victory is not easy to achieve.
Ma Yongchun said that exercise is a good way for everyone to adjust their mood and rebuild their attitude towards life when they face the pressure of life. Large-scale multi-sports events like the Hangzhou Asian Games often increase people's attention to sports. Go to the scene to watch a game, let the negative energy in work or life be fully released in the immersive scene, or start sports, exercise and so on because of the impact of the game. It can be said that these are the positive effects that the Asian Games can bring.
Gao Ronfeng, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Zhejiang Normal University, agrees. "At present, there are some phenomena in society that make people only care about the result of winning and forget the meaning of hard work. For example, people seek immediate rewards rather than put in the effort; For example, some people are only willing to stay in their comfort zone for a long time, and when facing difficulties and challenges, they first choose to escape rather than face them head-on..."
Gao said that there is a famous theory in psychology called social learning theory, which emphasizes that people's behavior can be formed by observing the behavior of role models. And people are often infected with emotions when watching the games, which may come from the athletes, or other spectators. When people see athletes going through difficulties, facing setbacks but still persevering, they are inspired by positive emotions and motivation, prompting themselves to show similar perseverance and effort in life.
Song Changwei, General Manager of Zhejiang Branch of South China Fund Management Co., Ltd. and Executive President of Hangzhou Horse Sports Club, has been running for nearly 30 years since junior high school, and he enjoys the speed and passion brought by sports. In his view: "In the busy work and life, we often have a functional period other than sports: exercise, stress relief, entertainment, etc.; When watching sports matches, whether the eyes are on the event itself or people, it will eventually gather the spiritual power that bursts out of it, which is the motivation that many people need the most. ”
So, start by buying a ticket, walking into the Asian Games venue, getting to know those fresh fighters, witnessing those vivid fighting scenes, and picking up your fighting power again.
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