China News Service, Xi'an, September 15th. Title: Opening Ceremony Feature: Chang'an Blossoms, Sports Comes Through Time and Space
China News Agency reporter Xing Chong and Zhang Yichen
The Xi’an Olympic Sports Center Stadium has a poetic name—Chang’an Flower, which looks like a flower blooming on the banks of the Bahe River in Xi’an.
This building, once selected as the "World's Best Stadium in 2020", ushered in the opening of the 14th National Games of the People's Republic of China on the evening of the 15th.
Xi'an, the world-famous ancient capital of China's thirteen dynasties, has since rolled forward the historical wheels of the unification of the Chinese nation.
When the largest and highest-level comprehensive sports event in China first came to the central and western regions of China, and met with Xi'an, the Chinese sportsmanship of tenacious struggle agitated in the important birthplace of the Chinese nation.
At around 8:40 pm, a thousand people encouraged the opening ceremony of the Fourteenth National Games opening ceremony.
Encouraging sonorously, carrying the long history, the brilliant galaxy.
From the rituals and music of the Zhou Dynasty, the reform of the Qin people to Zhang Qian's westward journey and the prosperous period of Chang'an, the singers and dancers performed a new, strong, open and inclusive atmosphere, and the heavy background of Chinese civilization is vividly seen.
The Chinese civilization is endless, and the roots of the nation are deep and leafy.
A red boat cut through the waves and slowly entered the center of the stadium.
Amidst the singing, another epic picture unfolds.
The surging water of the Yellow River in the mountains implies the thousands of mountains and rivers that the soldiers of the Red Army have gone through on the Long March, and they have gone through all kinds of difficulties.
Pagoda Mountain in northern Shaanxi is shining brightly.
In the history of the Chinese revolution, Yan'an left a heavy red footprint.
To find the roots of China's sports development, the Yan'an period is an inevitable historical chapter.
The Yan'an "May 1st" Games and the Yan'an "September 1st" Expanded Games are held here, making it a fertile ground for red sports.
The fourteenth movement torch fire is collected under the pagoda mountain.
The current National Games was held at the historical node of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, and it was also the first major comprehensive sports event held in China under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
We made every effort to overcome the impact of the new crown epidemic and completed the construction of 53 venues and facilities as scheduled. The arrival of the National Games today as scheduled is an intuitive manifestation of the CCP's leadership of the Chinese people to achieve major strategic results in the fight against the epidemic.
The spirit of the Red Boat, the spirit of the Long March, the spirit of Yan'an, the spirit of the great anti-epidemic...The idiosyncratic endowment and cultural genes of the Chinese nation have been continuously inherited and passed on in the long river of history, and they have been vividly portrayed at the opening ceremony of this sports event.
At present, China has embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, has shined as an important node in the construction of the "Belt and Road", and sports is a highlight of this city.
In the changing light and shadow, square dance, Tai Chi, roller skating, and street dancers have poured into the venue one after another, playing the chapter of national sports in the new era.
In fact, taking advantage of the opportunity of the National Games, Xi’an has completed more than 710 fitness facilities projects and created a "15-minute fitness circle". Sports parks, fitness trails, and multi-functional fitness venues have become another city's business card.
"Hold a meeting well and invigorate a city."
The blossoming of Chang'an, Xi'an, which has comprehensively improved the level of urban construction and management, is just a microcosm of the current urban development in China.
Sports is an important way to improve people's health, it is an important means to satisfy people's yearning for a better life and promote people's all-round development.
Sports that have traveled through time and space have been given more meaning. The theme of the 14th National Games of "National Games for the whole people, walking together" is the best illustration of the new connotation of sports in the new era.
When the main torch tower symbolizing the "fire of revival" was lit, the curtain of the 14th National Games was officially opened.
Changan flowers bloom, sports come from time and space, and a new era of sports stories will be written here.
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