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Video production|Chancheng financial media reporters Chen Wanying and Zheng Canfeng
On August 4th, the Foshan branch ·of the Guinness World Records Street Dance Challenge was held in Foshan Amusement Park. At the same time, more than 4,000 hip-hop dancers gathered in 29 cities across the country to break the Guinness World Record and create a legendary moment in China's hip-hop dance industry with passionate dance steps and unparalleled teamwork.
The scene of the challenge. / Photo by Chancheng financial media reporter Zheng Canfeng
4,000 players broke the Guinness World Record
"I'm trying the Guinness Book of Hip-hop records in Foshan Paradise, yes!" Under the scorching sun, at the Foshan Paradise branch venue, 255 contestants confidently shouted slogans. This challenge includes four dance genres: hip-hop dance, break dance, lock dance, and mechanical dance, focusing on basic movements. Dressed in uniform attire, the contestants were ready for this historic challenge.
In the challenge, the contestants began to dance in unison according to the choreographed dance moves in advance. Their movements are strong, rhythmic and explosive, and every turn and jump shows great skill and infinite energy. Many parents have raised their mobile phones to record their children's wonderful performances.
Parents have been documenting their children's wonderful challenges. / Photo by Chancheng financial media reporter Zheng Canfeng
"I think it's cool and honorable to be part of this challenge." Du Chenxi, a fourth-grade student from Foshan Foreign Chinese School, said that this challenge made his basic street dance skills more solid. "During the summer vacation, I would spend two hours every day practicing just to succeed!"
The scene of the challenge. / Photo by Chancheng financial media reporter Zheng Canfeng
After nearly two hours of intense challenge, the Guinness World Records adjudicator finally announced that more than 4,000 Chinese hip-hop dancers had successfully broken the original world record. The news spread throughout the event in an instant, and the contestants cheered, showing the demeanor and vitality of Chinese young people with their sweat and hard work.
Challenge success. / Courtesy of the interviewee
Nine-year-old Wu Ziyang has been learning hip-hop dance for nearly five years, and this is the first time he has participated in such a large-scale challenge. "For me, this dance is a bit difficult. Life is all about having the courage to challenge, and this is also a competition of perseverance. Wu Ziyang said that he felt very honored and proud to work with so many people to challenge success.
Hip-hop event ignites the city's "most vibrant"
Guinness World Records, as a globally recognized and authoritative record certification body, has always encouraged people to challenge themselves, push the boundaries and explore the infinite possibilities of human potential. The success of this challenge is not only a world record break, but also an important milestone in the development of Chinese hip-hop.
Challenge success. / Courtesy of the interviewee
This event also injected new vitality into the development of urban culture. "Street and street dance, dance and music breathe life into our city, and through their rhythmic dancing, they show the cultural connotation and life attitude of our whole city." Yan Qianfeng, deputy head of the Chancheng Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment of the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, said that Chancheng is speeding up the layout of six new cultural tourism tracks: "music performances, (micro) short dramas (videos), immersive performances, trendy sports, fashion retail, and urban roaming". "I believe that this hip-hop dance challenge is the best interpretation of our six tracks." Yan Qianfeng said.
In recent years, Chancheng District has proposed to go to the "six most" modern Chancheng to create the "Heart of Foshan" with strong radiation driving ability. As a fashionable and trendy cultural form, hip-hop not only ignites the "most energetic" engine of Chancheng in the form that Foshan youth like to see, but also enhances the cultural happiness of the local people by holding large-scale hip-hop cultural events, and contributes to the "happiest" modern Chancheng.
Text/Chancheng financial media reporter Chen Wanying