Screenshot of the club’s official social media.
China News Service Client, January 21. On the 21st, China Second Team Yunnan Kunlu Football Club announced that it has officially changed its name to Kunming Zhenghe Shipbuilding Football Club. This name was also praised by netizens.
Yunnan Kunlu Club stated in an announcement that after many screening discussions and careful studies, the new name of the club has been submitted to the Chinese Football Association for review and approval. The new season will continue to fight in the name of "Zheng He Boat Worker".
"Our club will continue to inherit the spirit of Yunnan football as its own responsibility, play the temperament of Yunnan football, return the support and love of the people in my hometown, and lay a solid foundation for building a century-old club."
When explaining the origin of the new name, the club said, “Zheng He was born on the shore of Dianchi Lake in Kunming. Kunming and Dianchi gave birth to the earliest and greatest navigators in the world. On the one hand, the boatmen of Zheng He's fleet have to follow the fleet in the sea In the stormy waves of China, on the one hand, we must fight against the pirates and the hostile forces of Chinese civilization. Most importantly, Zheng He and his boatmen also shoulder the great task of connecting with the people of the world and thoroughly opened up the China Maritime Silk Road. History is written by the people. The great sailing career and the great maritime Silk Road cannot be separated from Zheng He, let alone the great boatmen who were born and died with him. What we can do now is to pay tribute to them, The spirit of Zheng He's voyage to the West is carried forward."
For this brand-new name, netizens have expressed that it is "rich in culture".
Others praised: "This is the team that has been renamed the best so far. It's just a hard look.
Before Kunming Zhenghe Shipbuilding, the names of Shandong Taishan and Tianjin Jinmenhu also received praise from netizens.
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