On October 29th, the second floor of the Merlin Cultural and Sports Center was full of excitement, and the 2021 Futian Super League Tai Chi Qigong Exchange Competition was held, and 352 elderly people fully demonstrated their sports style and conveyed their love for a better life.
The event was sponsored by the Publicity Department of Futian District Party Committee, Futian District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, and hosted by Futian District Elderly Sports Association.
Wu-style Taiji Sword, 42-style Taiji sword competition routine, 42-style Taijiquan, Kulei Taijiquan 28-style, 28-style Taijiquan, Taiji Hunyuan Fan... The 19 teams of Tai Chi chuan took turns to perform a number of wonderful programs, and as the music of the song sounded and the rhythm changed, the contestants interpreted the softness and strength of tai chi one move at a time. The Xiangmihu Street Elderly Association Taijiquan Team won the only 9 points in the whole field and won the first prize; the Shenzhen Huaqiang North Street Elderly Association and the Civic Center Service Station won the second prize; the Taijiquan of the Farmers Community Elderly Association, the Chiwei Community Taiji team, the Mintai Community Taiji team, the Fifth Garden Community Taijiquan Counseling Station, and the Mingyue Community Taijiquan Counseling Station won the third prize.
In the fitness qigong competition, 9 representative teams brought performances such as Yi Jian Jing, fitness qigong dance, baduanjin, etc., and huaqiang North Street Elderly Association won the first prize with 9.10 points; the health qigong team and citizen center service station of the Farm Community Elderly Association won the second prize; the Huanggang Taiji Team, the Xiangmihu Street Elderly Association Fitness Qigong Team, the Silver Lake Community Elderly Association Taiji Counseling Station, the Caitian Park Taiji Counseling Station, and the Fubao Street Yitian Community Team won the third prize.
"Judging from the performance of the contestants, everyone's faces were full of bright smiles, fully demonstrating a positive and upward spirit." Zhao Hailong, vice president of the Futian District Sports Association for the Elderly, said that the holding of this exhibition and performance activity aims to build a platform for fitness qigong enthusiasts and tai chi enthusiasts in the whole district to exchange experience and show their style, cultivate sentiments, strengthen physical fitness, cultivate healthy and upward life interest, and enrich amateur cultural life.
Shenzhen Evening News reporter Zheng Zhipeng