Under the clear sky, the Huangyang River is rippling. On the river, the dragon boats are bright and dazzling, ready to go, and the dragon boat team members are full of spirit.

At 8:30, the first game was ushered in. With the sound of the starting signal, the six dragon boat teams in the first round of Zhuhai Group A broke through the water, and the rowers rowed their oars in unison, marching forward along the 600-meter track, accumulating strength in a shout, stirring up layers of waves.

"Come on! Come on! "The drums on the dragon boat and the cheering on the riverside blended together. Splashing waves, flying dragon flags, speeding dragon boats, deafening gongs and drums, shouts...... The scene was full of popularity and the audience was enthusiastic!

This year's Doumen Dragon Boat Invitational Race is sponsored by Huafa Xianghai Lake, hosted by the People's Government of Doumen District, Zhuhai City, Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Zhuhai Doumen District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Zhuhai Doumen District Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Bureau, Zhuhai Doumen District Jing'an Town People's Government, and implemented by Huafa Sports.

The competition is divided into Open Group and Zhuhai Group, with a total of 41 Greater Bay Area teams participating. Among them, there are 23 teams in the open group and 18 teams in the Zhuhai group.

At 11:10, the peak showdown officially began. The whistle sounded, and six dragon boats sprinted on the water like arrows from the string. The team members on each dragon boat held their breath and paddled rhythmically to the sound of drums, staging "you chase me" on the river.

In the sprint stage, the dragon boat team of Jing'an Town, Doumen District, was amazingly explosive, cleaving the waves all the way, taking the lead in sprinting to the finish line, and became the "dragon king" of this year's Zhuhai group with a score of 2:11.05. Not to be outdone, the Qianwu Town Dragon Boat Team crossed the line almost at the same time, taking 2 minutes 13.49 seconds to win the second place.

▲The results of the top three winning teams in the open group

This is the third time that the Heshan Twelve Young Dragon Boat Club has won the championship of the Doumen Dragon Boat Invitational Race after 2018 and 2019, which can be described as the "return of the king".

The coach of the Heshan 12 Young Dragon Boat Club said: "As the first dragon boat race after the epidemic, the scene is very orderly, the atmosphere is strong, the strength of the participating teams is very strong, and our team is also a team with challenges and confidence. Looking forward to coming back to the Doumen Dragon Boat Race next year, defending the championship here and achieving another great result! ”

▲The winning team of the 1st-6th place in the Zhuhai group

▲ The 1st-6th winning team in the open group

The river is wonderful, and the shore is lively! The gongs and drums on the scene were noisy, and the dragon and lion leaped. Dances, Chinese martial arts, folk music and singing performances with local cultural characteristics such as "Sha Tin Music", "Dragon and Lion Dance" and "Jasmine" were staged in turn, allowing the public to immerse themselves in the charm of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.

▲Cultural and sports performance - "Overlord Drinking"

▲Cultural and sports performance - Sichuan opera changes face

Gather at Doumen

The fierce water competition and wonderful folk performances attracted many foreign friends. The wonderful theatrical performances and exciting dragon boat races made friends from abroad frequently "like" and praise "so wonderful"!

On the field, the performance of the "foreign team" was equally eye-catching! The dragon boat team of the Doumen District Football Association has a total of 7 girls and boys from Russia, South Africa, Spain and other countries. Drummer inela said: "I am Serbian, I have been in Zhuhai for four and a half years, I like traditional Chinese culture such as dragon boat and lion dance very much, and this competition went through two rounds, although we did not win, but we all tried our best and were very happy." ”

In this competition, the five Hong Kong and Macao teams performed equally well. Among them, the Hong Kong S.Dragon Dragon Boat Team is a strong team composed of senior dragon boat athletes in Hong Kong. The team's players are almost all "grandfather-level", with an average age of more than 65 years old and the oldest being 73 years old.

Huang Zhiguang, 73 years old this year, has been rowing dragon boats for more than 40 years, "Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are intertwined with each other, and this time through the dragon boat race and other 'brothers' in the Greater Bay Area is a rare exchange opportunity, not only to achieve cultural exchanges, but also to gather brotherhood, the meaning is ordinary!" ”

Huafa Sports helps the event to a higher level

As the first Doumen Dragon Boat Invitational Race held after three years of the epidemic, this long-awaited sports event has also ushered in a comprehensive upgrade in terms of brand image, commercial development and operation this year. In terms of brand image and experience, the event implementation agency, Huafa Sports, brought more novel and interesting online and offline interactive communication to the event.

In terms of commercial development and operation, in addition to Huafa Xianghai Lake as the chief sponsor of the event, it has also received strong support from many institutions and brands such as Huafa Festival City, Huafa Courtyard, Coca-Cola, Jiujiang Double Distilled Wine, Liri Tent, Hengqin Life Insurance and so on.

The event attracted more than 30,000 citizens to watch the event and cheer for the event. The participating teams swung their oars and competed for the first place, attracting the audience on the shore to boil and cheer from time to time.

At the same time, the event was also broadcast live on 19 websites and new media clients, including Huafa Sports Video Account, Huafa Sports Douyin Account, Xinhua News Agency Live Cloud, Baidu, iQiyi, Sina Weibo, Youku, and Yi Live, with more than 1.6 million online viewers, high viewing emotions and a warm atmosphere of the event.

The dragons race and strive to be the first

Drums beat and shouts frequent!

After a morning of "Fast and Furious" water battles

This year's Doumen Dragon Boat Invitational Race

It came to a successful conclusion

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