Zhumadian Network News (Correspondent Guo Haijun) On April 30, sponsored by the Shangcai County Health and Sports Committee, the Shangcai County Patriotic Health Campaign Committee, the Shangcai County Federation of Trade Unions, and the Shangcai County Veteran Cadres Bureau, Shangcai County People's Hospital, the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the County Senior Sports Association, and Sinopharm Holding Shangcai Co., Ltd., the 2024 Shangcai County Health and Health System Health Qigong Baduanjin Exchange Competition was successfully held in Cai Mingyuan Square. A total of 13 teams and more than 270 people participated in the competition.
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the competition kicked off with the passionate and majestic "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China". Zhang Pengfei, deputy head of the county government, delivered a welcome speech for the opening ceremony. He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the party and the government have attached great importance to health and sports, and have elevated national fitness to a new height of maintaining health, promoting development, and strengthening the people and rejuvenating the country. The "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)" plan also clearly puts forward the concept that everyone is the first person responsible for their own health. It is hoped that the cadres and workers of the county will take this Baduanjin competition as an opportunity to actively participate in the traditional excellent fitness cultural activities, form a practice upsurge, promote national fitness, promote the construction of healthy Shangcai, and make positive contributions to the construction of a modern new Shangcai.
In a warm atmosphere, the classical drum corps and the ribbon dragon dance team presented a wonderful opening performance for the audience. The drums of the drum corps are loud and powerful, as if telling an ancient story. The dancers of the Ribbon Dragon Dance Team danced with their hands and feet, and the ribbons fluttered, like colorful dragons flying in the air, bringing a visual feast to the audience.
Immediately afterwards, the team of the county health and sports commission performed eight sections of brocade for the audience. During the performance, the team members wore uniform costumes and acted in unison, showing the unique charm of Baduanjin.
In the warm cheers of the audience, the 12 participating teams performed wonderful performances one by one. The movements of each team are stretched and generous, flexible and coherent, the expression is calm, natural and relaxed, and the team members are to achieve the ultimate in every action and strive for perfection in difficult actions such as "shaking their heads and tails" and "accumulating fists and angry eyes". After the competition, all the contestants lined up for a collective performance.
After an afternoon of fierce competition, the team of Shangcai County People's Hospital won the first prize, the team of Wolong Street Health Center and Maternal and Child Health Hospital won the second prize, the county CDC, the first team of the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the AIDS Prevention Office won the third prize, and the team of Renai Hospital, Chongyang Hospital, Health Supervision Institute, County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine No. 2 and Hengchun Hospital won the Excellent Organization Award.
Li Huixian, director of the County Health and Sports Commission, pointed out at the closing ceremony that the teams showed a positive and enterprising, energetic and courageous spirit in the competition, and the level of the competition, the style of the competition, and the friendship of the competition, which not only enhanced the communication between cadres and workers, contacted each other's feelings, but more importantly, united people's hearts, invigorated their spirits, and stimulated their fighting spirit. She hopes that in the days to come, the contestants will not only become propagandists, but also be good coaches, take this event as an opportunity to devote themselves to learning, in-depth exchanges, and continuous improvement, so as to become the inheritor and promoter of fitness qigong and Baduanjin, and make due contributions to promoting the vigorous development of the county's national fitness movement.
During the competition, the county health and sports committee set up publicity tables on both sides of the event site, and carried out publicity activities such as disease prevention knowledge, health laws and regulations, and health education by placing publicity boards, distributing publicity materials, and hanging banners. At the same time, the county level and above medical institutions were organized to set up free clinics on both sides of the square, providing free medical consultation and diagnosis and treatment services for the masses on the spot, and conscientiously answering the difficult questions related to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common and frequent diseases and their recovery, which was widely praised by the masses.
In recent years, fitness qigong, as a unique physical and mental exercise method, has attracted more and more people's attention and love. The Shangcai County Health and Sports Committee, together with the County Patriotic Health Sports Committee and other departments, jointly organized the Health Qigong Baduanjin Competition, which passed on the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation and scientific fitness methods to the hearts of the people in the form that the people like to see, which not only popularized scientific fitness knowledge and fitness methods, but also attracted more people to join the ranks of national fitness, making the integration of sports and medicine in Shangcai County to a new level.