China News Service, Jinan, March 16th: Title: "Post-00s" veterans dance "national style roller skating" to spread Chinese culture across borders
Reporter Zhao Xiao
"Post-2000" Qin Yuqing is currently planning a new way to debut, hoping to show her "Chinese style" at the World Roller Skating Championships in Italy in September this year.
Shortly after school started in March, the reporter met Qin Yuqing at Qilu Normal University. She had just finished training in Chengdu, Sichuan and returned to campus to start a "three-point-one-line" life.
With a slender figure and a delicate face, this 19-year-old college student looks immature, but he is actually a "veteran" who is active in the competition.
Qin Yuqing puts on roller skates at school and prepares for practice.
Photo by Zhao Xiao
As an active member of China's national freestyle roller skating team, Qin Yuqing has been with roller skating for 14 years. Since joining the national team at the age of 11, she has won many domestic and foreign competitions such as the International Open, Asian Roller Skating Championships, and National Freestyle Roller Skating Championships.
In August 2023, Qin Yuqing appeared at the National Freestyle Roller Skating Championships wearing a "Dunhuang Feixian" colorful dress.
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Unlike other athletes, her roller skating career is closely linked to the national style.
In August 2023, Qin Yuqing appeared at the National Freestyle Roller Skating Championships in a "Dunhuang Flying Fairy" dress. She used gestures, footwork, etc. to recreate the "Flying" dance on the ancient Dunhuang murals, and won the adult women's group freestyle skating championship. Pile champion.
Qin Yuqing used gestures, footwork, etc. to recreate the "flying" dance posture on the ancient Dunhuang murals on the field.
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"You're already winning just by looking at the clothes", "Like a fairy walking out of a mural", "Dunhuang murals suddenly come to life"... Related videos were widely circulated on the Bilibili platform and attracted the attention of netizens. The highest number of views for a single video exceeded 1.74 million.
Qin Yuqing stands on the podium of the National Freestyle Roller Skating Championships.
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"The idea of integrating Dunhuang elements into roller skating comes from my daily exposure to Chinese studies and dance studies." Qin Yuqing said that influenced by her family atmosphere, she has been fond of ballroom dance, classical dance, Chinese folk music, etc. since she was a child, and is especially interested in Chinese customs and trends. Soft spot.
During the competition, Qin Yuqing constantly tried to combine roller skating with national style.
Dressing up as Mulan, wearing "blue and white porcelain" costumes, playing "Wing Chun" music, learning Peking Opera movements... elements of national style have gradually become Qin Yuqing's eye-catching symbol when she appears on the roller skating field.
Qin Yuqing plays Mulan in the roller derby competition.
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"I hope that every time I compete, especially in international competitions, the audience can tell at a glance that I am a Chinese player through my clothing, body movements, etc." Qin Yuqing told reporters that she has competed in South Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, etc. At the roller skating competition held by the country, the unique "Chinese aesthetics" are displayed.
Many foreign athletes took the initiative to come to her after the game to learn about Chinese culture, and even invited her to take photos or videos together.
Freestyle roller skating competition scores are divided into technical points and artistic points. Although outstanding performance in art is a bonus for Qin Yuqing, it also places higher demands on her skills.
Every time she innovates a new choreography method, she has to polish her technique again and adapt to new costumes and new dance moves.
Qin Yuqing practices roller skating skills at school.
Photo by Zhao Xiao
"Sometimes the more I practice, the more excited I become. I often lose track of time. Wrestling and injuries are inevitable. I always get up wherever I fall. These are the precious footprints I left in my roller skating career." Qin Yuqing said.
Qin Yuqing practices roller skating skills at school.
Photo by Zhao Xiao
As Qin Yuqing's tutor at school, Bian Shouxin, the head coach of the roller skating team of the Physical Education College of Qilu Normal University, said that in his eyes, Qin Yuqing is confident, optimistic, diligent and has her own ideas.
As more and more "Generation Z" young people like her become the main force of the Chinese roller skating team, the competition forms and styles of roller skating have become more diverse. The integration of roller skating and national style demonstrates the cultural confidence and nationality of the younger generation. Agree.
Qin Yuqing is training with her classmates on campus.
Photo courtesy of Qilu Normal University
Reporters observed that not only in roller skating, but also in various sports competitions in recent years, "Chinese style" elements have appeared frequently, surprising audiences at home and abroad.
For example, during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese short-track speed skating star Wu Dajing wore a "Chinese War God Sun Dasheng" helmet, Chinese skier Gu Ailing wore a "Golden Dragon Jersey", and even foreign players even used koi, the Great Wall, giant pandas, etc. The pattern was printed on the helmet, causing netizens to call out: “I understand China so well!”
The so-called "culture and sports do not separate", from the Beijing Winter Olympics to the Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games, cultural elements with Chinese characteristics have been widely used in large-scale sports events.
The collision and blending of competitive spirit and national culture is opening a new window for Chinese culture to break out of the circle and "go overseas".
"In the future, I hope that I will not only be a roller skater, but also become an ambassador of Chinese culture through the integration of roller skating and national style. Even if one day I can no longer skate, I will continue to shine and train the next generation of roller skaters." Qin Yuqing So said.
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