[News Essay] Climbing the Peak of Competitive Sports with the Beauty of Chinese Culture | China | Climbing Competition with the Beauty of Culture
News Essay
Author: Hou Keke
At the 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Spain, the Chinese team, consisting of Guo Qiqi, Hao Ting, Wang Lanjing, Pu Yanzhu, and Ding Xinyi, won a collective gold medal in 5 individual laps with a score of 36.550 in the music repertoire "Water Dragon Song" and "Breaking Formation Music" full of Chinese elements. This is the first time that the Chinese artistic gymnastics team has won a world championship.
Artistic gymnastics is not only gymnastics, but also a combination of gymnastics and art. Art is not just dance, but a style that combines power, wisdom, and culture, showcasing unique beauty. At this year's World Championships, five Chinese girls were as graceful as a startled swan and as graceful as a wandering dragon, showcasing the beauty of Chinese culture, ancient Eastern style, and profound patriotism. They fully demonstrated the confidence of the Chinese nation and created the best results in history.
Artistic gymnastics started relatively late in China. The Chinese artistic gymnastics team once won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, but then encountered a downturn. In the collective event of the 2018 World Championships, they only finished eleventh. Subsequently, the Gymnastics Center of the General Administration of Sport of China decided to reorganize the team and set the goal of "winning the comeback battle and reshaping the new image of Chinese art and sports". After years of hard work together, the team quickly regained recognition on the international stage. Behind the re understanding of Chinese artistic gymnastics by the world is the creation of programs by local coaches and athletes who have a better understanding of Chinese culture, including selecting repertoire, designing movements, and designing clothing. By highlighting Chinese characteristics and strengthening infectiousness, the competitiveness of completing complete sets of artistic movements can be improved. On the field of strength and beauty, the expression techniques that integrate Chinese cultural elements reflect the poetic aesthetic pursuit of Chinese people immersed in classical culture, as well as the cultural confidence of "Chinese style romance".
In fact, in recent years, the new generation of Chinese athletes has become excellent spokespersons showcasing China's image and culture at world competitions. More and more athletes are showcasing a profound "Chinese style" in their struggles on the field, allowing the world to understand and understand China from them——
At the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chunyu, who tied a red bow to write history on the women's 800 meter track and field track, Zhong Angel and Bao Shanju, who bravely won gold medals in the women's team cycling race with a phoenix helmet printed with a pattern of rebirth from the ashes, and the Chinese flower tour team, who won a silver medal with the song "Heroes of Women"
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing, dressed in a dragon patterned battle robe, was invincible. With the accompaniment of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Jin Boyang, a male figure skater who constantly broke through, and Wu Dajing, a short track athlete who wore a "Sun Dasheng" helmet to win gold
Every athlete integrates this most sincere original intention into the competition, with the deepest love for their motherland, unleashing the power of China, striving to achieve their dreams, and climbing to the top of competitive sports.
What belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world. The historic breakthrough of the Chinese artistic gymnastics team, as well as the "Chinese style" that has swept every international arena, undoubtedly represents the world's respect for Chinese culture. Chinese athletes, shining with the vitality of young people and reflecting the spirit of striving for a new era, confidently and proudly showcase and inherit Chinese culture on the international stage, making Chinese culture more vivid and three-dimensional in "going out". As a result, the spirit of sports and Chinese culture continue to blend and flourish.