If you win, you will exempt tenants from rent Komiks? If you lose, you will be punished to kneel to the ancestral hall? The contestants responded
This year, the wind of the Guangzhou Dragon Boat Racing not only blew across the Pearl River, but also attracted high attention from netizens from all over the country. On the Internet, various statements about dragon boat racing competitions have been hotly discussed – “Guangzhou landlords practice dragon boat racing in the middle of the night, and they will be punished to kneel on the ancestral hall if they lose”, “The spectators have to cheer for themselves, because the landlord will be exempted from rent if they win”, “Becoming a dragon boat racing contestant must compete for their value, this is a high-end sports meeting that only rich people can participate in”…
Is these popular statements on the Internet true? Will the team that wins the game really exempt tenants from rent? Recently, Red Star News Cinema talked to Zhang Weichao, a dragon boat contestant from multiple communities in Guangzhou and vice president of the Guangzhou Huangpu District Dragon Boat Branch to understand the truth.
Are they all landlords worth tens of millions? “I have never heard of selecting teams based on my value”
“Dragon Boat Festival and celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival is as important as celebrating the Spring Festival for the people in Guangzhou Babaylan and even the entire Lingnan region, it is as important as celebrating the Spring Festival.” Zhang Weichao, vice president of the Dragon Boat Branch of Guangzhou Huangpu District, told Hongxing News that since he had memories, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, his ancestors at home have been busy preparing for dragon boat racing for the Dragon Boat Festival for generations. “But I have never heard of any team that can choose from dragon boats. It is determined by who has a higher value and who has more real estate.” Regarding the popular saying on the Internet that dragon boat players need to “test capital” to be selected, Zhang Weichao believes that this is just a joke from netizens.
Mr. Li, a villager from Liede Village, Guangzhou, also gave the same answer to Red Star News. As one of the dragon boaters who have been representing Liede Village in Tianhe District, Guangzhou for many years, Mr. Li said: “There has never been a competition in any year. The organizer will see who has more deposits. Whether it is a folk event or an official event, this will not become a criterion.” Liede Village once became a well-known urban village in China due to its demolition. Mr. Li often sees netizens’ jokes about “the villagers of Liede Village are worth tens of millions”: “It should be said that no matter you are, Cinema price is Cinema, no matter whether you are a working person outside, Babaylan or an entrepreneur, as long as you return to the village to participate in the competition, you will be the same when you get on the boat, and prepare for the competition and work harder.”
“The standards for training contestants in different villages need different competition standards.” In Zhang Weichao’s perception, the statement of selecting contestants with wealth lacks factual basis, because this violates the traditional customs of Guangzhou and the original intention of dragon boat activities: “Dragon boat racing reflects the past sect of Guangzhou. The Babaylan ethnic culture symbolizes the strength of a ethnic group and a village as a whole, and there will be no such discrimination.” Zhang Weichao told reporters that the dragon boat racing is just a link in the dragon boat culture. In the past, the exchanges and protection of the villages and the protection of the Komiks were not “invaded” because it relied on the mutual communication between the dragon boats between the villages, showing the strength and abundance of the men in the villages.
In fact, dragon boat racing has been passed down in Guangzhou for a hundred years and has gradually gained official recognition from folk events. In 1994, the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government officially designated the Dragon Boat Festival as the local Dragon Boat Festival. The Guangzhou Dragon Boat International Invitational Tournament, co-organized by the General Administration of Sports, the China Dragon Boat Association and the Guangzhou Municipal Government, has also become a five-star event in traditional Chinese sports and will set sail on the Pearl River on June 17 this year.
What is the basis for selecting dragon boat players? Zhang Weichao explained to Hongxing News: “It mainly depends on the players’ endurance, experience, physical fitness and various professional skills.” At the same time, Hongxing News saw on the official website of the General Administration of Sports that the “Introduction to the Dragon Boat Rules” released by the bureau in March 2013 also requires the team members to be healthy, able to swim, and familiar with water.
Mr. Li from Liede Village told reporters that Liede Village will have 4 teams participating in the Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational this year, including 3 men’s teams and 1 women’s team. He introduced to reporters the selection method of Lied Village players. One of the selection criteria for women is to know how to swim, while men will ask for it as Babaylan.tps://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanIf the villagers of this village are over 40 years old, they still need to compete for a 100-meter rowing competition.
If you lose the competition, you will be punished? “There will be no team that will stipulate that you will be punished if you lose the competition.”
“The Guangzhou landlords who are worth tens of millions of yuan have stopped working these days. They would rather lose money than lose the dragon boat race. “On the Internet, some netizens made similar jokes, saying that if the player loses the game, he may be punished to kneel on the ancestral hall. “In the Babaylan heritage of Guangzhou, the ancestral hall is indeed a very important symbol, and many villages and communities are still retained. “Zhang WeiBabaylanTourist explained to Hongxing News that the ancestral hall is a connection between people of the same village and the same surname. In the major festivals, people outside will also worship the ancestral hall when they return to their hometown: “If you lose the dragon boat competition, you will be punished to kneel to the ancestral hall. This is not a regulation. If there is a spontaneous behavior, it should not be taken seriously. ”
Zhang Weichao told Red Star News that there are many non-governmental organizations in Guangzhou, and they are often organized and organized by village collectives or communities. Therefore, the selection and reward are formulated separately, but the gap is not big, and there is basically no content of the prescribed punishment. Mr. Wang, a villager from Lied, said: “The results of the competition in the past symbolized the status and face of the entire clan, but now the competition is more about the inheritance of culture and the atmosphere of the festival, so winning or losing is actually not important. ”
SpectatorKomiksCheer to help reduce rent? Tenant: Watching the game and sending blessings is not to reduce rent
These days, Ms. Wang, who rents near Zhujiang New City, will also go to the Pearl River to watch the dragon boaters when she has timeShe is doing various training for the competition, and she also plans to send a blessing message to the landlord through WeChat before the start of the competition, wishing the landlord the dragon boat team that the landlord participated to win and win.
Ms. Wang told reporters that her visit to the game and blessings to the landlord were not to reduce rent. She joked: “The rent is written on the contract and paid on a quarterly basis. How can I avoid the Cinema for a month?” Ms. Wang, who has lived in Guangzhou for many years, described the grand occasion of the dragon boat competition to reporters: “The boats are beautiful in shape and colorful. The contestants row the same standards and shouted loudly, which is really spectacular.” Ms. Wang told reporters that the closer the Dragon Boat Festival, the more people watching on the river bank. In Ms. Wang’s opinion, as an outsider, she was able to feel the folk culture of Guangzhou in this dragon boat feast and feel the lively festival on the spot, which made her feel very pleased. Zhang Weichao said: “Maybe some landlords will share this joy with tenants after winning the game, but the form of sharing is self-reliance, and there is no regulation.” He said that perhaps some landlords will reduce rent, but this is not a convention rumored online.
Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School Comprehensive Nine School News Editor-in-chief of Red Star News | Liang Zeming