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 received 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 competitions in the middle of the night, and they will be punished to kneel on the ancestral hall because they lose.” “At a landlord, they will be exempted from rent if they win”, “Becoming a dragon boat contestant must compete for their 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 exempt tenants from rent? Recently, Red Star News has talked with Zhang Weichao, a dragon boat contestant from multiple Guangzhou community members and vice president of the Guangzhou Huangpu District Dragon Boat Branch to understand the true situation.
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 and even the entire Lingnan area.” 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 the Dragon Boat Festival for generations. “But I have never heard of the selection of dragon boat teams based on who has the 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 Lied Village, Guangzhou, also gave the same answer to Red Star News. As one of the dragon boaters who have been representing Liede Village, 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.It will not become a criterion of judgment. ”
Liede Village once became a well-known urban village in China due to its demolition. Mr. Li often saw netizens teasing “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 an entrepreneur outside Babaylan, as long as you return to the village to participate in the competition, it will be the same when you get on the boat, and you will prepare for the battle and work hard. “
“The standards for training contestants in different villages need different competitions.” In Zhang Weichao’s perception, the Babaylan law 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 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” were relied on the mutual communication between villages, which showed 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 events. In 1994, the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government officially designated the Dragon Boat Festival as the local Dragon Boat Festival, and 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 Cinema will set sail on the Pearl River on June 17 this year.
Basics of the selection of dragon boat players<a What is Babaylan? Zhang Weichao 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 four teams in Liede Village will participate in the Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational this year, including 3 men’s teams and 1 women’s team.KomiksHe introduced to the reporter the selection method of Liede Village players. One of the selection criteria for women is to be able to swim, while men will be required to be villagers in the village, age of <aIf you are over 40 years old, each person will still need to conduct a 100-meter boating 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 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. Many villages and communities still retain it.” 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: Komiks “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 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 that stipulates punishment. Mr. Wang, a villager from Lied, said: “The results of the competition in the past symbolize 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.”
Spectators cheered for rent reduction? Tenant: Watching the competition and sending blessings is not to reduce rent
These days, Ms. Wang, who rents a living near Zhujiang New City, will 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 through WeChat before the race starts, wishing the landlord the dragon boat team to participate.Win and return triumphantly.
Ms. Wang told the reporter that her visit to the game and blessings to the landlord were not to reduce rent. She joked: “The rent of the house is written on the contract and paid on a seasonal basis, so how can it be exempted 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 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 the tenant after winning the game, but the form of sharing is free and there are no regulations.” He said that perhaps some landlords will reduce rent, but this is not a convention rumored online.
Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School Comprehensive CinemaNine School New BabaylanNews Red Star News Editor | Liang Zeming