Last summer, with the holding of a series of rural basketball matches such as the basketball match in Taiwan village in Guizhou, “village BA” once again aroused attention and even “a circle of fire”. The popularity of “village BA” is not a flash in the pan, and there are “village BA” figures at important moments throughout the year.
During the Spring Festival in 2023, basketball fever was once again blown up in villages all over the country. Children returning home were welcomed in the hometown stadium. The holding of “village BA” added a strong flavor of the new year, it enriches the sports and cultural life of the masses and even becomes a “new ceremony for the new year” in many places “.
Yangdi village, Dongda, Henan
Dongdayangdi village, Zhai Po Town, Xinxiang county, Henan province has held “village BA” continuously since 2015, inviting 8 basketball teams to hold a four-day friendly match from the third day of the new year to the sixth day of the new year. The “village BA” of Dongda Yangdi has become the “signboard program” of Xinxiang county for the new year, which has driven the prosperity and development of farmers’ basketball industry in the county.
Due to the limitation of preparation time and venue conditions this year, the invited participating teams only have 5 Xinxiang high school teams and 3 Xinxiang high school teams, but this is also an attempt and innovation, it aims to encourage junior and senior high school students to stay away from mobile games and virtual worlds and find happiness and beauty in real life.
The “village BA” of Dongda Yangdi is constantly improving its specifications and scale, bringing health and happiness to more people. We welcome and look forward to the participation of basketball fans inside and outside the county, inside and outside the city, inside and outside the province. It is understood that adult groups and student groups will be divided next year, which will be more perfect, lively and exciting!
Longchuan, Yunnan
On the morning of the fourth day of the New Year’s Eve, the “South Cup” basketball challenge of “big beauty Longchuan” in 2023 was held in the sports center of Longchuan county, dehongzhou, with 21 teams, 315 basketball “masters” gathered in Longchuan to compete, and the event continued until January 30.
Each team participating in the competition fully presented a wonderful basketball match with exquisite football skills and high fighting spirit. At the same time, it also ignited the sports atmosphere of Longchuan and pulled the “Sports +” effect, inject new momentum into Longchuan’s cultural travel development.
According to reports, the “South Cup” Basketball Challenge is one of the sports that Longchuan County has carried out extensively and has a large number of participants. It is loved by the broad masses of people and participates in the most abundant sports among the age group. In recent years, relying on its unique location advantages and resource endowment, Longchuan County has actively planned more high-quality local brand competitions, focusing on building the brand of “Da Mei Longchuan, basketball is not only a fitness and entertainment activity especially loved by the masses, but also one of the highlights of holidays and national festivals. It has become an important means to integrate national culture and promote rural revitalization.
Guizhou renmi town
From the third day to the fifth day of the new year, Zumi town held a basketball match of “beautiful countryside” to enrich the cultural life of the people’s festivals and add a strong flavor to the new year of the year of the Rabbit.
Before the game, the wonderful lion dance and the waist drum street performance earned enough attention from the villagers, and the strong flavor of the year came to the face. A whistle rang and the match began. The team members from all villages actively ran, competing for basketball and striving for honor for the village. Fierce competition, passionate commentary, percussion sound, shouting, cheer sound, applause, laughter, the atmosphere of the stadium is warm.
It is understood that the basketball game was held in the administrative villages of mi town, and there were 18 teams from some villages and communities in Guangxi, which were adjacent to others. In the spirit of “friendship first, the sports competitive spirit of the second” competition creates a festival atmosphere of unity, harmony, joy and happiness, and civilization, enriching the festival cultural life of the masses.
Shatang town, Guangxi
On the afternoon of the fifth day of the new year, at the final scene of the Spring Festival basketball match in Shatang town, Xingye county, Yulin city, Guangxi province in 2023, the players of both sides fought fiercely on the court, and the cheers of the audience outside the court came one after another. The basketball match during the Spring Festival is a local characteristic activity, and the excitement and happiness of the match scene are the taste of the year.
It is understood that this competition adopted the form of combining online and offline for the first time, attracting 60000 people to watch offline and 80000 people to watch online live. The fierce competition boosted the villagers’ energy and enriched everyone’s spiritual and cultural life during the Spring Festival.
Xintian county, Hunan
During the Spring Festival, in Xintian county, Hunan province, the new year basketball match between town and town, village and village was in a fierce battle. Villagers met their friends with balls. Many young people went home for the Spring Festival and also participated in the “village BA” event.
In recent years, Xintian county has actively promoted the construction of rural civilization, and the atmosphere of wenmingxing village in various villages and towns has become more and more intense. The “village BA” event is deeply loved by the majority of villagers. It not only meets the needs of sports and fitness, but also enhances the communication between neighboring villagers.
Southern Mountain area of Ningxia
In the southern mountainous area of Ningxia Hui autonomous region and even the villages in the whole region, there are teams in the village in annually, and everyone is a fan.
The peasant basketball tournament has become a well-known and well-known sports brand event in Ningxia, which has ignited the enthusiasm of the majority of farmers for sports. No matter in the simple basketball court in the countryside or in the wider stadium of the county, as long as the whistle of the basketball match rings, a collective Carnival formed spontaneously by fans will be staged immediately.
Nowadays, basketball has become a “family-style” sport in many villages in the southern mountainous areas. No matter how old or young people are in the family, they can always “show their hands” on the basketball court “. In this year’s peasant basketball tournament audition and preliminary match, many teams appeared the scene of father and son and brothers “playing together.
The “village BA” held all over the country showed the hot rural basketball atmosphere and stimulated the new momentum of rural revitalization. Nowadays, “village BA” is not only a folk competition, but also a way of life in the countryside. It is deeply rooted in the countryside, deeply planted in people’s minds and integrated into people’s lives, and builds the emotional identity of people and people, people and villages, people and basketball, we have cultivated our common cultural soil.
Source: Chinese Basketball Association