The opening of the Universiade is approaching, and the training of flag raisers at the award ceremony has entered the final sprint. This is a group of college students who face the flag every day and are doing their best to bring out the best in college students.
At the Universiade award ceremony, the flag raisers concentrated at the training base, and the national flag was raised every morning. In doing so, the instructors were not only demonstrating to the flag-raisers of the college students present, but also conveying feelings and beliefs.
Sheng Donglong, chief instructor of the flag raiser at the Universiade award ceremony: The purpose is to inspire and enhance their patriotism and mission through a sacred and solemn flag-raising ceremony.
All students are the strictest among volunteers
The Chengdu Universiade held a total of 269 award ceremonies in 18 sports, with a total of 198 flag raisers at the award ceremony, all of whom were selected from 5 universities including Southwest Petroleum University. Flag raiser training is the most rigorous among volunteers.
Professional volunteers for flag raisers at the Universiade award ceremony: The instructors who came to select would also ask us if we could accept shaving our hair into board sizes, and the training would take up a lot of time. The students who passed the selection and screening were also prepared to endure hardships.
Eight hours of training a day The standard is the honor guard
The instructors are all retired soldiers who have come to the honor guard brigade of the People's Liberation Army, and the movements such as the queue, military posture, and flag raising of the flag raisers are strictly trained according to the standards of the honor guard.
As the opening day of the Universiade draws closer, the training of the flag raisers gradually increases to 8 hours a day. When raising the flag, the flag raiser must always look ahead, barely see the movement of his hand, all by skill and feeling. The most difficult thing for flag-raisers is to hang and untie the rope that raises the flag.
Wei Rui, a professional volunteer of the flag raiser at the Chengdu Universiade award ceremony: After wearing gloves, coupled with the sweat of our training palms, our sensitivity to buttons and flags will be reduced, and I am very nervous, afraid that I will not be able to do well and drag the team. After I went back, I took a similar thing and kept unraveling, buckling, unbuckling, buckling, and repeating the practice. Hundreds of times, surely there are.
Field exercises at the venue to overcome the discomfort of the new environment
Now, the teams in charge of each venue have also begun to practice in the 18 final venues, and they are somewhat uncomfortable with the new environment.
During the Universiade award ceremony, De Gillam, a professional volunteer for flag raisers, turned in the wrong direction twice: "I was a little nervous because there were too many cameras facing me. Today is a very good experience, to further exercise and control yourself. ”
Wei Ziyou, instructor of the flag raiser at the Universiade award ceremony: They are also teenagers, so many cameras are pointed at them, they are more nervous, and they still need to face the camera often to grow themselves.
Each action is detailed and repeated many times a day. The training is more intense and demanding, and the mental state of college students is becoming fuller and more confident.
Wei Rui, a professional volunteer of flag raisers at the Universiade award ceremony: We are facing the national flag. When athletes win their own national honors on the playing field, our job is to help them interpret their own honor.
Yixi Yangzhuo, a professional volunteer of the flag raiser at the Universiade award ceremony: You must have faith in your heart to do this well. Show the world the better youthful demeanor of our Chinese college students.
Source: CCTV News