Xinhua News Agency, Hohhot, January 10 (reporter Ding Ming, Wang Chunyan) ice flowers flew over, ice brazed together, drumming and shouting. A dragon boat on ice skated across the ice and rushed to the end…… On the morning of the 10th, the 14th National Winter Games on ice dragon boat competition held in Duolun county, Inner Mongolia autonomous region was very lively.
The dragon boat on ice, as its name implies, is the dragon boat competition on the ice. The helmsman, drummer and rower form a team of 5 or 12 people, and race in a straight line in groups. This sport innovates on the basis of traditional water dragon boats, retains the technical skills of traditional dragon boats in team cooperation, but breaks the factors that the dragon boat race is limited by seasons and waters, it is suitable for the northern region to promote in the long ice and snow season.
This ice dragon boat race is one of the mass events in the 14th Winter. A total of 10 competitions have been set up, attracting more than 500 players from all over the country to sign up for the competition. Many of these players are from the provinces passing along the “Wanli tea ceremony”, and the host of this competition, Duolun county, is an important station on the “Wanli Tea Ceremony.
In the history of Duolun county, the economy was prosperous and people were gathering together. It was known as the “Monan commercial port”, which was known as “South to China Huafu, north to Mongolia finance”, it is also an important road for people-to-people communication and business travel cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
“Wanli tea ceremony” is a commercial avenue that spans the Eurasian continent and takes tea as the carrier from the 17th century to the early 20th century. It started in Fujian and passed through Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Jiangxi, henan, Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia entered Mongolia and finally went to St. Petersburg, Russia.” He Mingjian, executive deputy county magistrate of Duolun county, introduced.
In history, South, North and Asia and Europe were connected through the “ten thousand miles tea ceremony”, opening up a road of commodity and cultural exchange; now the ice dragon boat race brings together ice and snow sports enthusiasts from many provinces on the “Wanli tea ceremony” to create a hot national ice and snow event.
“Dragon boats on ice have strong participation and high appreciation, with strong Chinese traditional culture and characteristics, and are loved by global enthusiasts and participants.” He Mingjian said that more and more ice and snow lovers around the world have loved this ice and snow sport which is full of cooperation and fighting spirit and has rich Chinese cultural characteristics.
“We envy our friends who will Dragon boat rowing in the south very much, and we also want to experience the dragon boat race. This time combining dragon boat and ice and snow sports, we also have the opportunity to feel the spirit of dragon boat sports.” Huang Haiyu, a member of the Inner Mongolia team, said.
Tan ou, the leader of Hunan delegation, said: “There is a difference between water dragon boats and ice dragon boats, but the spirit of the two is the same, and both are a kind of spirit of courageously moving forward. The paddling action is similar to that of the ice drill, which requires tenacity and explosive force.”
He Mingjian said: “This ice dragon boat competition has given a new connotation of sports and cultural exchange to the ‘Ten Thousand Li tea show, it will play a very good role in promoting the joint declaration of the world cultural heritage of the” Ten Thousand Li tea ceremony “by China, Mongolia and Russia.”