Original Linxia Prefecture Rong Media Center
From May 1 to May 5, 2024, the 5-day 2nd Farmers' Basketball Invitational Tournament of the Nine Provinces (Regions) of the Yellow River Basin was held in Linxia Prefecture. This competition not only provided a platform for farmers basketball enthusiasts from the vast yellow earth to show their skills, exchange and learn, but also played a positive role in promoting the development of rural sports and enhancing cultural exchanges between regions.
The scene of the opening ceremony
It is understood that a total of 9 teams from Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Gansu and the host Linxia Prefecture participated in the event. After 5 days of fierce competition, the first, second and third places in the competition were won by Shandong, Linxia and Henan teams, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Ningxia teams won the Excellent Organization Award, and Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Gansu teams won the Sports Ethics Award. The top three teams won Linxia intangible cultural heritage bone carvings, Linxia intangible cultural heritage brick carvings and intangible cultural heritage gourds worth 30,000 yuan, 20,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan respectively.
Finals of the National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA).
The prizes of the first "Nongxin Cup" Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA) held in Linxia Prefecture at the end of October 2023 are also based on Dongxiang Gong Sheep, Kangmei Steak, Jishishan Honey and Sichuan Pepper, as well as Dongxiang County's agricultural specialty "Dongxiang Eight Treasures", which fully reflects the local flavor of the Village BA prizes.
"With the 'basketball' culture as a lever, we will leverage the big 'cake' of the integration of culture, tourism and other industries, and promote the deep integration of basketball events with traditional national festivals, rural tourism, public welfare activities and rural agricultural product sales, and become a new economic growth point." Han Jingjing, chief of the new rural construction section of the Linxia Prefecture Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said.
Finals of the National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA).
The event not only set off a wave of "basketball fever", but also set off a national "love of sports" upsurge. The event was full of people, attracting countless basketball fans to watch the live webcast, with millions of views! The cultural needs of the masses have been fully satisfied, and it has become a cultural and sports feast shared by the whole people.
The participating athletes also said, "Linxia has a strong basketball atmosphere, and the Linxia team is a very good team. At the same time, the hospitality of the people of Linxia also impressed everyone!
Athletes entered
The development of various basketball activities has set off a basketball fever in the vast rural areas of Linxia Prefecture, greatly boosted the spirit of farmers, formed a new style of cohesion of national culture and sports culture, showed national unity and hard work, polished the basketball brand and basketball influence of Linxia, and contributed more to the development of farmers' sports and rural revitalization.
Henan team VS Shaanxi team
In recent years, counties and cities in Linxia Prefecture have continuously improved the construction of sports facilities, boosted the quality of basketball events, and integrated basketball and other sports culture into rural planning and construction. In 2023, the basketball team of Chuimatan Town, Jishishan County, represented our state to participate in the Gansu Division, Northwest Division, and National Finals of the Hemei Rural Basketball Tournament, and achieved excellent results.
The Shandong provincial team won the championship
The Linxia Prefecture team won the runner-up
The successful holding of the Farmers' Basketball Invitational Tournament in the nine provinces (regions) of the Yellow River Basin fully demonstrated the spirit of farmers in the new era, promoted the extensive development of national fitness events in the Yellow River Basin, promoted basketball to take root and blossom in the vast rural areas, and helped rural revitalization with sports.
Live audience
Wang Yanhui, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Linxia Prefecture Sports Bureau, told reporters: "Under the focus of major media across the country, Farmer Basketball and Linxia have become high-frequency words on the Internet, which have received a high number of clicks and successfully come out of the circle. The event coincided with the 'May Day' Golden Week, and the exciting and fierce game not only became a holiday feast for basketball fans across the country, but also attracted tourists from all over the country to come and play, which effectively stimulated and drove the state's cultural tourism consumption and stimulated greater vitality of the tourism economy. ”