Beijing News (Reporter Geng Ziye Li Muyi) On October 15, Beijing's autumn harvest came to an end, and Daxing Weishanzhuang, known as a sports town, opened the annual autumn harvest "village games", and competitions such as tug-of-war, rope skipping, dryland dragon boats, and frisbee nine-square grids were fiercely competed in Weishanzhuang Middle School. It is reported that this year's competition project is an online selection initiated by Weishanzhuang Town, more than 6,000 people participated in the vote, and new projects such as frisbee were added, with a total of more than 100 events and will last for one month.
At the opening ceremony of the Sports and Culture Festival, villagers perform a bamboo shake performance. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Muyi
At the Fun Games, the 10-member dry land dragon boat tested the team's cooperation, the Frisbee nine-square grid tested the accuracy of the thrower, the coordination of sandbag throwing, and a variety of creative and interesting competitions, attracting more than 2,000 athletes from 44 village communities, 24 enterprises and institutions in Weishanzhuang Town, and more than 2,000 athletes to participate in 10 team events and 15 individual events.
Villagers compete in a "dryland dragon boat" race. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Muyi
Mr. Zhang, an "athlete" from Weishanzhuang Village, participated in the rope skipping project on behalf of the village, and Mr. Zhang jumped more than 150 times in one minute. Although it was the first time Mr. Zhang had participated in such a sports meeting, he said that the village organizes people to participate in the sports meeting every year, "It is a good opportunity for the villagers to exercise." ”
Villagers participate in the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" fun project. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Muyi
It is worth noting that during the sports and cultural festival, Weishanzhuang Town also mobilized villages to organize colorful sports meetings. Zheng Yuwen, secretary of the party branch of Nantian Gezhuang Village in Weishanzhuang Town, introduced that the Nantian Gezhuang Village Games have been held for 9 sessions so far, with more than 400 villagers participating every year, which is an important platform to celebrate the autumn harvest and enhance the physical fitness of villagers.
"Weight Estimation" is one of the characteristic events of the Nantian Gezhuang Village Games, which has been widely welcomed by the villagers, and this project has continued since the first Games. Shang Junxiao, a villager from Nantian Gezhuang Village, who participated in the competition, said, "After decades of farm work, I know how heavy it is when I weigh it."
Bai Yu, member of the Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of Weishanzhuang Town, said that the town will hold a sports meeting after the autumn harvest every year, and use the form of joy to let the masses integrate into the beautiful atmosphere of celebrating the harvest, which has both local flavor and cultural charm, which not only narrows the distance with the masses, enhances cohesion, but also further promotes Chinese farming civilization and excellent traditional culture, fully demonstrates the new development and new achievements of the "three rural areas", and enhances the sense of gain and happiness of the peasant masses.
Edited by Zhang Shujing
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