On the morning of August 19
2023 "Bright Cup"
Cross-Strait Slow Softball Friendly Invitational Tournament
Kick off in the light
A story of slow-barrier friendship across the strait
Slowly unfold
620 slow base enthusiasts from both sides of the strait
Attend the fifth anniversary of the "Bright Cup"
Compete and exchange feelings
Hand in hand to hit a shot
Cross-Strait Exchange Fusion "Home Run"
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At 9 a.m., the gong and drum of "Bang Bang Bang" sounded, and four heroic and sassy lions appeared. As soon as the gong and drum were beaten, the male lion jumped, and a series of difficult churning jumps were completed tacitly, and the vivid "lion" instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Accompanied by the cheerful drumbeat, the athletes from all walks of life held the mascot of this tournament "Leibao", walking in front of the rostrum with their heads held high, showing the sassy demeanor of the slow baseball athletes on both sides of the strait.
At the opening ceremony
Various cultural exhibitions were held
5 Taiwanese "Third Prince of Dianyin", dressed in traditional costumes, with five-color flags on their backs and large pacifiers on their chests, turned the audience over as soon as they appeared;
With a musical dream, the Taiwanese original band that went to the mainland to pursue a broad stage presented 3 songs on skewers, and the passionate and inspirational songs were inspiring;
The cool bicycle stunt performance brought by Xidesheng Professional Team fully demonstrated the charm of cycling technology, power and speed, and launched the "first shot" for another one-to-one exchange "national brand" event in Guangming District, Shenzhen in November this year.
With the theme of "Softball Connects the Two Sides of the Strait, Hand in Hand to the Light", this year's invitational tournament attracted a total of 9 teams on the island of Taiwan and 24 mainland teams (including 16 mainland Taiwan compatriot teams), with a total of 620 participants, of which more than half were Taiwan compatriots and 324 people. The competition is divided into 5 categories: Student U10 Group, Student U15 Group, Guangming Group, Hope Group and Future Group, and will be held in 7 venues including March Wind Softball Stadium, Gongming Middle School, Zhongke High School, Shenzhen Experimental School Guangming Department, and Louchun Primary School for a period of 2 days and a total of 66 fierce competitions to compete for the final championship.
Since its inception in 2019, the event has always used slow softball as the medium to promote compatriots on both sides of the strait to close the distance, enhance understanding, harmonize feelings, establish friendship, and derived a series of promotional activities such as softball campus trips and softball summer camps from the event, which has played an important role in exploring new paths for cultural and sports exchanges between Shenzhen and Taiwan and creating a bright sports strong area. In the past five years, a total of 210 wonderful competitions have been held, attracting nearly 2,000 players from 90 cross-strait teams, and carrying out more than 50 event exchange activities with nearly 5,000 participants. Young people on both sides of the strait take the bright and slow barrier as a bridge, cultivate friendship, walk hand in hand, seek common development, talk about the future together, and create a new pattern of integrated development of youth on both sides of the strait.
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"Treasure" is coming
Become a cross-strait friendship messenger and preserve the beautiful memories of the event
In this event, the cute "Baseball" is the popular "top" outside the arena. This mascot, which is based on slow softball and "crazy call" and "sticker help" for athletes on and off the field, is a special IP launched on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the event.
From the design point of view, on the one hand, "Leibao" highlights the elements and bright characteristics of the strait, runs through the theme of "softball connects the two sides of the strait, hand in hand to the light", and pins on the beautiful vision of young people on both sides of the strait working together to create a better future. On the other hand, the facial concept of "Leibao" refers to the expressions of cheering and cheering characters, and the posture modeling refers to professional actions such as dashing pitching, preparing to hit the ball, and catching the ball, vividly conveying the passion and vitality of the slow softball event, and fully demonstrating the unique charm of slow softball in promoting cross-strait exchanges and building an urban brand.
A variety of cultural and creative IPs such as dolls figures, check-in devices, and original emojis launched around the theme of "Treasure Lei" have been widely popular among players and their families on both sides of the strait, and online and offline check-ins have been non-stop, fully extending the brand value in exchanges with Taiwan and emotional ties between compatriots on both sides of the strait.
The "first family" landed
The exchange activities are exciting, and the deep friendship between Taiwan continues unceasingly
This year's competition specially set up student U10 and U15 groups, and invited 3 team members who have been to the mainland Taiwan team to compete on the same stage with the youth of 4 Shenzhen teams and interact with each other. Among the 324 Taiwan compatriots who participated in the event, nearly half were Taiwanese youths who had never been to the mainland.
In order to attract more Taiwanese youth from "first" to "often come", and continue to inject more fresh blood into the exchanges between Shenzhen and Taiwan youth, in addition to the intense competition, the organizers have arranged a series of wonderful exchange and experience activities for Taiwanese youth, including the most trendy Guangming City Walk, as well as Guangming characteristic rowing experience activities, as well as indispensable Shenzhen landmark visiting activities, measuring with both feet and observing with both eyes, so that the "first people" youth can deeply feel the development process and great achievements of Shenzhen's reform and opening up for more than 40 years. Personally perceive the green beauty and bright charm of "Shanshui Science City and Poetic Habitat", and effectively enhance the cultural identity and national identity of compatriots on both sides of the strait with the same roots and origins.
"Light" exploration
Integrate resources to promote by Taiwan and build a slow barrier science popularization platform
After five years of hard work, the fruit of "baseball", slow softball, a niche sport that was first popular among Guangming Taiwan businessmen, has increasingly become a fashion and leisure sport loved by the Guangming masses. Over the past five years, under the strong guidance of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Bureau, Education Bureau, Cultural and Sports Bureau and other units in Guangming District, Shenzhen, and under the active promotion of Shenzhen Guangming District Taiwan Business Association, Shenzhen Guangming District Baseball and Softball Association and other organizations, Taiwan's relevant professional teams have fully participated in the preparation of the "Guangming Cup" slow softball event, popularized science to promote the slow softball sport, and have carried out more than 30 activities such as citizen science popularization and youth public welfare training, campus experience courses, softball summer camps, etc., driving more than 1,000 people to participate in the experience. Promote the normalization of training and competition activities in 7 schools.
After this competition, through the distribution of popular science albums such as "60 Minutes to Teach You to Learn to Play Slow Softball" and "Talking Softball", we will carry out slow softball learning experience public welfare courses for community residents in Guangming District, Shenzhen, effectively build a slow softball science popularization platform, and comprehensively promote slow softball sports to gradually become a national fitness sports project in the form of "grounding and gathering popularity", and integrate into the life of the bright masses.
Content source: United Front Work Department of Guangming District Committee Guangming Media
Editor: Mai Yongyu
Proofreaders: Liu Yue, Chen Yuanyuan, Xie Yanli
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