Mountain Village School, with the "Rose Dream Course"
Wawu Primary School in Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province is located on a high mountain at an altitude of 2,700 meters. Because it is surrounded by clouds and fog all year round, the locals call it "Cloud Primary School".
Recently, a brand new football field marked with a rose pattern was officially opened in this elementary school surrounded by mountains.
“This stadium has always been the dream of our teachers and students, and we will work harder than before.” said Qu Bishigu, principal of Wawu Primary School, “With the new football field, children will have a very happy childhood here. .”
This stadium is the second Chinese women's football theme stadium "Rose Dream Stadium" jointly donated by Chinese women's football, domestic enterprises and fans.
Since then, the children in the mountains of Wawu Elementary School can bid farewell to the mud and sand, and can run, play football, and pursue their dreams more freely here.
"Making the mountain village school a place with dreams" has always been the dream of principal Qubi Shigu.
He has always believed: "If knowledge and culture are the most important way for children to get out of the mountains, then art and sports are another way for children to get out of the mountains." Therefore, he was determined to lead the children to practice football a long time ago.
However, limited by geographical conditions and economic strength, the children of "Cloud Elementary School" have a much more difficult road to pursue their dreams than other children.
Qubi Shigu led the teachers, parents and children to dig out two football fields one by one, and started the children's dream pursuit.
The children who were eager to learn about the world outside the mountain and went out of the mountain soon developed a strong interest in football, and the two simple courts became the "dream paradise" of more than half of the children in the school.
Soon, Wawu Primary School men's and women's football teams were born one after another.
They use their time between classes and extracurricular activities to train every day, and being selected for the school team has become the proudest thing for the children.
While leading dozens of women's football players to train every day, Qubi Shigu also seized every opportunity to let the children go out of the mountains to have a look.
He hopes that through football, these girls in the mountains will be happy and gain more possibilities.
"Girls playing football can change the traditional concept, let girls influence girls, and let them enjoy the joy of playing football, and even let them go further through football." Qu Bishigu said.
Football has enabled the children of "Cloud Elementary School" to have a real "dream outside the mountain", and it has also become a bridge for children to go to the world outside the mountain.
In just five years after the team was formed, they once won the second place in the county league.
The children who played well in football entered the county middle school and became the main force of the school team, and 7 players were selected for the Real Madrid Liangshan football project.
They also formed a county team with another elementary school in the county and won the "Craftsmanship Cup" in Sichuan Province.
A Zuo Wule is an orphan. When he first entered school, he was thin, introverted and not talkative.
Later, Qubi Shigu often took him to play football. Football gradually made the boy cheerful, with light in his eyes and a smile on his face.
In 2020, Ah Zuo Wule, who loves to play football and has good academic performance, was admitted to Wanda Love School in Zhaojue County.
Even so, the players of Wawu Elementary School, which is located in a mountainous area and has difficult financial conditions, can only train and compete on the homemade clay court, and injuries are common.
In the words of Principal Qubi Shigu, the football field has always been the most urgent need of Wawu Primary School, and it has a positive effect on the football atmosphere of the whole school: "For these children who like football in the mountains, it is very important to have a A football field is really a 'luxury'. It is everyone's greatest wish and dream to train and compete on a good stadium."
In 2022, Qubi Shigu, who has been coaching in Wawu Primary School for 19 years, was listed on the "China's Good Guys List" in the third quarter of that year. The story of him and his children's love for football spread throughout the country. The Chinese Football Association and the women's football team decided to work together. Donate a "Rose Dream Stadium" to the campus women's football team.
In July 2022, when the Chinese women's football team was fighting in the East Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association and a company launched an online cheering interactive activity of "Send a rose to the women's football team", calling on everyone to cheer for the women's football team by lighting up digital roses in a special way.
In addition to cheering for the women's football girls, this event also shoulders the mission of sending a stadium to another group of girls in the mountains.
This kind of two-way interaction has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of netizens, allowing netizens to change from simply watching and sharing the game to actually participating in the game and using their own strength to contribute to the future of Chinese women's football.
In the end, more than 600,000 netizens called for the women's football team to build a "rose dream stadium".
Immediately after the East Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association announced that the second Chinese women's football-themed stadium, the Rose Dream Stadium, will be built in Wawu Primary School, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. green field.
After experiencing many unfavorable factors such as the epidemic and the weather, the "Rose Dream Stadium" was finally completed in the "Cloud Primary School".
"In the past, we may have the worst training conditions in the mountains. Now we have the 'Rose Dream Stadium', and the training conditions are much better!" said Wawu Elementary School female football player Ji Niu Wusaku. Snow can also be kicked. When it was just repaired, we couldn't sleep and kicked it until dawn."
"The principals of 4 key middle schools have contacted me, asking us to provide children with football skills. These children in the mountains have more opportunities to get out of the mountains through football!" Qubi Shigu said.
The person in charge of the Chinese Football Association told reporters that with the help of the attention brought by the Rose Dream Stadium, this project, while paying attention to supporting the Chinese women's football team, has also begun to bring more opportunities and choices to these football girls scattered in the mountains and villages. .
The "Rose Dream Stadium", which brings together forces from all walks of life, not only spreads the spirit of women's football, but also tries its best to help children realize their dreams.
(Our reporter Wang Dong)