[Source: Foshan Daily]
On October 2, the "Saturday Fu Cup" 2024 first F3 Dragon Boat Super League Finals staged "Fast and Furious", and 24 dragon boat teams in the five districts of Foshan cleaved the waves, competing on the same stage in the cheering and shouting of the audience, striving to be the first, and showing the unique charm of Foshan's dragon boat culture.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning, with the referee's starting gun, the drums on the lake were like thunder, the boats were flying, and the scene of fighting bravely for the first place made the audience's blood boil. In the finals in the morning of the same day, the Jiujiang Shuangzheng Dragon Boat Team won the men's 12-person dragon boat 200-meter straight race, the Liufu Jewelry women's dragon boat team won the women's 12-person dragon boat 200-meter straight race, and Shunde Lecong Louvre Dragon Boat Team won the men's 22-person dragon boat 200-meter straight race.
In the afternoon finals, Shunde Le won the men's 12-person dragon boat 500-meter straight race and the men's 22-person dragon boat 500-meter straight race from the Louvre Dragon Boat Team, the Nanhai Jiujiang Shuangzheng Dragon Boat Team won the men's 22-person dragon boat 400-meter round-trip championship, and the Jiujiang Shuangzheng women's dragon boat team won the women's 12-person dragon boat 500-meter straight race.
At the competition site on the same day, many citizens and spectators occupied the "front row beautiful seats" on the shore of Guipan Lake early in the morning and saw the wonderful moments of "Foshan Longchao". Their eyes followed the dragon boat closely, and the tense and fierce peak duel attracted cheers and cheers one after another. "We really like to watch dragon boat races, we have seen them since we were young, and these dragon boat teams are very hard. I went out at eight o'clock in the morning, but I didn't expect the scene to be packed, and there was no good place to watch the game. Mr. Wan, a citizen, said with a smile.
Mr. Lan, a citizen, brought his children to take a seat to watch this high-level dragon boat race early in the morning. "It's the National Day holiday, so I'll take him to the scene to feel it." This year is the Year of the Dragon, and Mr. Lan believes that taking this opportunity not only allows his son to experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture, but also teaches his children a lesson: "All groups of dragon boat athletes are racing on the surface of Guipan Lake, and only by working together can they achieve good results. ”
It is reported that the first F3 Dragon Boat Super League of the "Saturday Fu Cup" in 2024 contains three aspects of the concept connotation, one is to represent the passion of the formula, the second is to represent the homophony of Foshan, and the third is to represent the enterprising, tenacious and resolute Foshan humanistic spirit, and has pioneered a unique super league mechanism to create the highest honor super league in Foshan. During the National Day holiday, in addition to the wonderful events of the dragons competing for Guipan Lake, the city will also carry out a variety of cultural, sports and tourism activities, which will be linked with the finals to jointly enrich the connotation of urban life, and will promote the deep integration of dragon boats and food, intangible cultural heritage and urban life, and provide citizens with a "one-stop" cultural and tourism consumption feast of eating, watching, appreciating and playing.
Text | Su Hongkun, a reporter from the Foshan News and Media Center
Picture | Foshan News and Media Center reporters Fan Jicheng and Fu Shihe
Video | Foshan News and Media Center reporters Fan Jicheng and Gong Yang
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