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 Guangzhou Dragon Boat Race was not only blowing across the Pearl River, but also attracting high attention from netizens from all over the world. 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, you have to compete for your value. 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 Babaylan exempt tenants from rent? Recently, Red Star News has talked with Zhang Weichao, a dragon boat contestant from several Cinema communities in Guangzhou and Zhang Weichao, 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 choosing a team based on my value.” “Taking dragon boats on the 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, 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 the selection of a dragon boat team based on who has a higher value and who has more real estate properties.” 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 represented Liede Village, Tianhe District, Guangzhou for many years, Mr. Li said: “Cinema has never been KomiksKomiks in which year there was a competition, the organizer would see who had more deposits. Whether it was a folk event or an official event, this would not become a criterion for judgment.”
Liede Village once became a domestic expert due to 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 how much you are, no matter whether you are a worker or a businessman 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, prepare for the battle and work hard. ”
“The standards for training contestants in different villages need different competitions”. In Zhang Weichao’s perception, the statement of selecting contestants by wealth lacks factual basis, because this violates the traditional customs of Guangzhou and the original intention of dragon boat activities: “Dragon boat racing reflects Guangzhou’s past clan culture, symbolizing the strength of a ethnic group and a village as a whole, and there will be no such discrimination. ”
Zhang Weichao told reporters that dragon boat racing is just a link in dragon boat culture. In the past, the exchanges between villages and the protection of the village from being “invaded” are based on the mutual communication between villages, and the demonstration of the strength and abundance of the men in the village.
In fact, dragon boat racing has been passed down in Guangzhou for a hundred years and has gradually been officially recognized from folk racing events.BabaylanIn 1994, Guangzhou people were born in Guangzhou. The People’s Government of Komiks 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 Sport, 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 the selection of dragon boat players? Zhang Weichao explained to HongCinema 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” issued by the Bureau in March 2013 also requiredThe team members must 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 Babaylan women’s team. He introduced to reporters how to select contestants in Liede Village. One of the women’s selection criteria is to know how to swim, while the Cinema man would ask to be a villager in the village. If he is over 40 years old, each person will still need to compete for a 100-meter rowing competition.
If you lose the game, you will be punished to kneel to the ancestral hall? “There will not be a team that will stipulate that if you lose the competition, you will be punished.” “Guangzhou landlords, who are worth tens of millions, have stopped working these days. They would rather lose money from their own companies than lose the dragon boat race.” 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 inheritance of Guangzhou, the ancestral hall is indeed a very important symbol, and many villages and communities are still retained to this day.” 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: “The dragon boat competition will be punished to kneel to the ancestral hall if they lose the Cinema race. This is not a regulation. If there is a spontaneous behavior, it should not be taken seriously.” Zhang Weichao told Hongxing 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 in 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 not actually important.”
Spectators cheered for rent reduction? Tenant: Watching the competition and sending blessings is not to reduce rent reduction.
These days, Ms. Wang, who rented a nearby Zhujiang New City, will also go to the Pearl River to watch the dragon boaters perform various training for the competition when she has time. She also plans to send a blessing message to the landlord via WeChat before the start of the competition, wishing the landlord the victory and triumph of the dragon boat team that the landlord participated in.
Ms. Wang told reporters that her visiting the competition and blessings to the landlord were not to reduce rent reduction. She joked: “Rent is written on the contract. It is paid on a seasonal basis, so how can it be exempted for one 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, and the contestants row the same standards and shouted loudly. It is really magnificent. ”
Ms. Wang told reporters that the closer the Dragon Boat Festival is, the more people will watch on the river bank. In Ms. Wang’s opinion, as an outsider, she can feel the folk culture of Guangzhou in this dragon boat feast, and she feels the excitement of this festival on the spot, which makes her very pleased.
Zhang Weichao said: “Maybe there is a landlord who will share this joy with the tenant after winning the competition, but the form of sharing is free and there are no regulations. “He said that maybe 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