Will you exempt tenants from rent if you win? 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 world. On the Internet, various statements about the dragon boat racing competition have been hotly discussed – “Guangzhou landlords practice dragon boat racing in the middle of the night, and they will be fined for losing. “Komiks kneels on the ancestral hall.” “The spectators have to cheer, because the landlords will be exempted from rent if they win.” “Cinema has to compete for the dragon boat racing contestants. This is a high-end sports meeting that rich people can participate in”… Are these popular statements on the Internet true? Will the team that wins the game really exempt tenants from rent? Recently, Red Star News talked to Zhang Weichao, a dragon boat contestant from many 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 in Cinema”
“Dragon Boat Festival and celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival is as important as celebrating the Spring Festival for the people in Guangzhou and even the entire Lingnan region.” 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, the family has been busy preparing for dragon boat racing for many years. “But I have never heard of the selection of a dragon boat team based on who has a higher value and who has more real estate.” Regarding the popular statement 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 a 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 for judgment.” Liede Village once became a well-known urban village in China due to its demolition, and Mr. Li often sees the website CinemaFriends talk about the “Villages of Liede Village worth tens of millions”: “It should be said that no matter how much you are, no matter whether you are a worker or an entrepreneur outside, 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 hard.” “The standards for training contestants in different villages need different competitions.” In Zhang Weichao’s perception, wealth is The statement of selecting contestants lacks factual basis, because it violates the traditional customs of Guangzhou and the original intention of dragon boat activities: “Dragon boat racing reflects the clan culture of Guangzhou in the past, symbolizing the overall strength of a ethnic group and a village, and there will be no such discrimination.” Zhang Weichao told reporters that dragon boat racing is just a link in the dragon boat culture. In the past, the communication between villages and the protection of the village from being “invaded” was relied on the mutual communication between villages, and the demonstration of the strength and sufficient male men in the village. In fact, the dragon boat race has been passed down in Guangzhou for a hundred years and has gradually been officially recognized from the folk competition. 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 WeichaoKomiks explained to Red Star News: “It mainly depends on the players’ endurance, experience, physical fitness and various professional skills.” At the same time, Red Star 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 Cin this year.emaState International Dragon Boat Invitational, including 3 men’s teams and 1 women’s team. He introduced to reporters the selection method of Liede Village contestants. One of the selection criteria for women is to know how to swim, while the man will ask for it as a villager. If he is over 40 years old, each person will still need to compete for a 100-meter rowing competition.
If you lose Babaylan, you will be punished to kneel on the ancestral hall? “There will not be a team that will stipulate that if you lose the competition, you will be punished.” “The landlords in Guangzhou who are worth tens of millions have stopped working these days. They would rather lose money than Cinema lose the dragon boat race. Babaylan“On the Internet, some netizens made similar jokes, saying that if the contestant loses the competition, they may be punished to kneel on the ancestral hall.
“In the clan culture heritage of Guangzhou, the ancestral hall is indeed a very important symbol. To this day, many villages and communities are still retained.” Zhang Weichao explained to Hongxing News that the ancestral hall is a connection between people with the same village and surname. It is often a big festival. People outside will 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, you should not take it seriously.” Zhang Weichao told Hongxing News that there are many non-governmental organizations in Guangzhou, and they are often collectively from the village. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema or the community organizes the preparation, so the selection and reward are formulated separately, but the gap is not big, and there is basically no content that stipulates 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 cultural heritage and the festive atmosphere, so winning or losing is actually not important.”
Spectators cheered for rent reduction? Tenant: Watching the game and sending blessings is not to reduce rent.
These days, Ms. Wang, who rents a living near Zhujiang New City, will also go to the Pearl River to watch the dragon boat contestants when they have time.The competition is doing various training, 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 he participated in will 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 it be waived for a month?” Ms. Wang, who has lived in Babaylan in Guangzhou for many years, described the grand occasion of the dragon boat competition to reporters: “The boats are beautiful in shape and colorful, and 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 very pleased to be able to feel the folk culture of Guangzhou in this dragon boat feast, and to feel the excitement of this festival on the spot. Zhang Weichao said: “Maybe some landlords will share this joy with tenants after winning the game, but the form of sharing is free 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