The county mayor extended an invitation to the whole country, with Han Qiaosheng and Huang Jianxiang praising it. Guizhou's "Village Super" became popular in Rongjiang | Village Super | Han Qiaosheng

After the village BA, Guizhou's "village supermarket" has recently become popular again.

The so-called "Village Super League" actually refers to the currently popular Guizhou rural sports event on the internet - the Rongjiang Hemei Rural Football Super League, which is commonly referred to as the "Village Super League".

As for the popularity of the scene, sports celebrity Han Qiaosheng sighed after commenting on the scene, "This is a football carnival deeply rooted in the soil!" Famous sports commentator Huang Jianxiang also praised the "village supermarket", "national style, local flavor, sense of joy

It is understood that the participating players in the "Village Super League" are mainly villagers from various industries, including those selling fish and pork, those operating excavators and doing odd jobs, as well as teachers, students, and civil servants, ranging in age from 15 to over 40 years old. Among them, there are many contestants who have rushed back from other places.

"The boss is also a local of Rongjiang, and he loves football very much, so he let me come over." Wei Yajun, who works at a construction site in Hainan Province, told the media in an interview. When he learned about the football league held in his hometown, he couldn't resist his love for football and immediately took leave to go home. He formed a football team with the villagers to participate in the competition.

The players on the field are working hard, and 40000 to 50000 spectators off the field are cheering and cheering for their respective teams and players. Among the cheering audience, there are children aged five or six, as well as grandparents in their sixties or seventies wearing traditional ethnic costumes. During the competition break, local villagers can also be seen performing their talents in ethnic costumes, interacting with the audience. The Dong ethnic song, Miao Lusheng dance, and ethnic costume display have repeatedly pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. Some netizens believe that the atmosphere on site is no less than that of a professional league.

So, how intense is the atmosphere on site? On June 3rd, the match day of "Super Saturday", when sports "celebrity" Han Qiaosheng went to the live commentary, he could only climb the ladder to complete it. "The scale and atmosphere of the scene were really unexpected and very hot. Traveling around the world, reporting on many different matches, including the World Cup, Olympics, and so on, is really different from the Rongjiang 'Village Super League'. The matches here are so down-to-earth!" Han Qiaosheng also exclaimed, "This is a football carnival deeply rooted in the soil!"

"Village Supermarket" continues to be popular. Huang Jianxiang, a well-known sports commentator, also commented that everyone enjoys the happiness brought by football with national style, local flavor and sense of joy. "Just like the World Cup, the football played is also exciting, and there are also world waves." Many netizens expressed their desire to go to the scene and experience the "exciting atmosphere". "I really want to go to Guizhou and experience the charm of the 'Village Super' venue, it's so atmospheric..."

Local department:

After "Village Super" became popular,

Many parts of the country want to come to play games and prepare to hold invitational tournaments.

"Our team members are mostly farmers and come from various industries." On June 6th, the relevant person in charge of the Rongjiang County Football Association told Red Star News reporters that some of these team members also work in other places and only come back during matches. The pig feet awarded to the winning team and the champion's prize in each competition of "Village Super" are local agricultural products sponsored by some enterprises in rural revitalization.

According to media reports, after the popularity of the "Village Super" in Rongjiang, Xu Bo, the county mayor of Rongjiang, stated that the "Village Super" will hold a national invitation competition.

"Because County Mayor Xu has sent an invitation to the whole country, we may have to hold an invitation tournament after the competition ends." On June 6th, the relevant person in charge of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau of Rongjiang County said in an interview with Red Star News that after the invitation was sent out, many fans across the country wanted to form teams to come to Rongjiang and play a grassroots game. For this reason, the department is also preparing to discuss with the Chinese Football Association and others to "organize a private competition."

The person in charge also stated that because many parts of the country have called Rongjiang and expressed their desire to come and compete, they are preparing to establish an organization to coordinate. "Our idea is to continue to unleash the positive energy of Chinese football." The person in charge said that they are still thinking about the plan after its popularity.

Red Star News reporters noticed that the Rongjiang County Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism stated in the opening message of the "Village Super" that it will further promote national fitness, create rural football IP competitions, and promote the high-quality development of rural sports and fitness through hosting rural football competitions.

"The people of Rongjiang do indeed love football." The person in charge also introduced that Rongjiang is one of the first typical counties for county-level football in China and also a pilot county for campus football in Guizhou. There are 14 campus football schools in China alone. Every year, in addition to the sports department organizing matches, the Rongjiang County Football Association also holds matches, and the County Sports, Sports, Radio, Television, Tourism Bureau is mainly responsible for providing logistical support. "Boys who have studied in Rongjiang's school can basically make it to the school team if they go to universities both inside and outside the province in the future."

Why is the football atmosphere strong?

After decades of development, the masses have a solid foundation

One out of every seven or eight people can play football

Why is the football atmosphere in Rongjiang so strong behind the popularity of "Village Super"?

In addition to what the relevant person in charge of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau of Rongjiang County said, perhaps we can also explore the truth from an article titled "Village Super" Culture in Rongjiang "published on the official website of the Rongjiang County Government on May 20th.

The article states that although "Village Super" became a popular term on the internet only in 2023, the love of football among the people of Rongjiang is said to have originated in the 1940s. According to the Rongjiang County Annals, during the Anti Japanese War, Guangxi University moved to Rongjiang, which also brought football. College students are playing football, basketball, and table tennis inside the school wall, while outside the wall are curious locals looking around. Later, the football craze slowly spread outside the walls.

After the rise of football at Rongjiang Middle School in the 1950s, the Rongjiang County football team won the championship in the 1965 Qiandongnan Prefecture football competition. Afterwards, football gradually developed in local government agencies, enterprises and institutions, and youth football teams, women's football teams, and others emerged one after another, and went out of Rongjiang to compete. "If you don't have to worry about finding a job, you have to learn to play football." This sentence illustrates the fanaticism of the people of Rongjiang towards football in the 1980s. In August 1990, football enthusiasts in Rongjiang spontaneously established the Rongjiang Football Association.

↑ 's Rongjiang Football team several decades ago, according to the official website of Rongjiang County Government.

The article also states that football has a broad public base in Rongjiang County, and events such as rural football matches and weekend football matches are often held. Especially in Rongjiang Chejiang Sanbao Dong Village, all administrative villages have their own football teams, and football matches are truly a "national participation". According to incomplete statistics, since 2012, the Rongjiang Campus Football Team has won a total of 20 championships, 16 runner ups, and 13 third places in various provincial and state official competitions. In 2021, Rongjiang County was selected as one of the first national county-level football typical counties.

At present, there are many rural football teams and student football teams in Rongjiang. In addition, there are currently 20 national first level football players and 147 national second level football players in the local area. There are 35 registered teams with the Rongjiang Football Association and more than 1200 players.

According to media reports, there are a total of 41 county-level football characteristic schools and 14 national youth campus characteristic schools in Rongjiang County. 25 football fields have been built, including 22 school courts and 3 social courts, all of which are open for free. According to Xu Bo, the county mayor of Rongjiang, out of the 385000 population in Rongjiang, nearly 50000 people can and enjoy playing football. Based on this calculation, in Rongjiang, one out of every seven or eight people can play football and enjoys playing it.