Why do 56 ethnic groups take part in the minority games?

1 1 Month in the Flower City, gorgeous bauhinia and rhododendrons are in full bloom, and brothers and sisters from 56 ethnic groups from all over the motherland gather in Yangcheng, South China. 165438+1October 10, the 8th National Traditional Minority Sports Games opened in Guangzhou.

National Olympic Games with China Characteristics

The National Games was the first national sports event held in 1953 after the founding of New China, and it came out six years later. Although there are no Olympic events and most of the athletes are not professional athletes, the traditional sports of ethnic minorities in China will be the most widely participated and the most healthy and happy sports events.

China is a unified multi-ethnic country, consisting of 56 ethnic groups. After the birth of the new China led by China's * * * Production Party, the equality and unity of all ethnic groups and the system of regional ethnic autonomy have become the prominent features of the socialist system. At the beginning of the founding of New China, sports performances and competitions attended by ethnic minorities not only provided a stage for people of all ethnic groups to show their excellent sports culture and become masters of their own country, but also provided opportunities for people of all ethnic groups to go out of their hometowns and meet and communicate with their brothers and sisters, which became a powerful force for uniting people of all ethnic groups to build a new China.

1953165438+1On October 8th, the National Sports Performance and Competition Conference was held in Tianjin. This is the first national sports event held in New China, including 395 athletes from Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu and Korean nationalities 13. The oppressed and discriminated ethnic minorities put their traditional national sports on the national sports stage for the first time, which is of epoch-making significance in the sports history of China.

Due to historical reasons, the National Games was once interrupted. Until 1982, the second national ethnic games was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2005, "Several Provisions of the State Council on Implementing the Law on Regional National Autonomy in People's Republic of China (PRC)" clearly pointed out that "traditional sports meetings of ethnic minorities should be held regularly".

The National Games has become a major event of the Chinese nation, with increasing attraction and influence. From Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Guangxi and Yunnan to Beijing and Tibet, and finally to Ningxia, from north to south and from west to east, the National Games "walked" all over the five major ethnic autonomous regions of the motherland. Today, the National Games came to the southeast coast for the first time and came to the forefront of reform and opening up-Guangzhou.

The bond of equality and unity, the stage of national style

After 54 years of wind and rain, the national national games, like a colorful ribbon, closely linked the hearts of brothers and sisters of all ethnic groups with its unique charm.

The National Games keeps telling the story of reunion. Only 395 athletes from 13 ethnic minorities participated in the first sports meeting, while 55 athletes from ethnic minorities participated in the third sports meeting held in Urumqi in 1986. The number of registered athletes in the 8th Games held in Guangzhou reached 638 1.

199 1 In the 4th National Ethnic Games held in Nanning, Taiwan Province ethnic dragon boat team and song and dance art troupe participated in competitions and performances for the first time.

Since the third session, Hong Kong and Macao observation groups have been invited to watch competitions and performances every time. Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have achieved a happy reunion with people of all ethnic groups through the special form of minority sports. There are 60 people in the delegation of Taiwan Province Province, among whom 28 middle school students participated in the competition and performance.

"Equality, unity, progress and prosperity" has always been the distinctive theme of the national minority games; "Developing national sports, strengthening national physique, strengthening national unity and inspiring national spirit" will always be the unchangeable purpose of the National Games.

All previous national ethnic games have left a deep imprint of the times, and felt the warmth of the party's ethnic policies and the cordial care of the central leading collective.

Wonderful competitions and performances, with the appreciation and cheers of the people of all ethnic groups, have made the traditional national sports that once dominated Xiaotian shine brilliantly on the national stage. Huangni Drum in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Guangxi is the first time to participate in the National Minority Games as a performance project. Wu Huilin, a 50-year-old Yao Man, couldn't restrain his inner joy when he talked about the yellow mud drum passed down from generation to generation. He said: "The yellow mud drum was originally just a self-entertainment program in our Yao village, but now it has been accepted by more and more people. Being able to show it at the National National Games is the greatest recognition of our national traditional sports! "

Fifty-six nationalities have the same song in their hearts.

The "Unity, Strength, Running for a Well-off Society" put forward by the Eighth National Ethnic Games fully expressed the aspirations of people of all ethnic groups. The development of ethnic sports activities is becoming a powerful driving force for economic development, prosperity and progress in ethnic minority areas.

In recent years, the economic and social development of ethnic areas in Yunnan Province has undergone earth-shaking changes. Mu Zhen, deputy director of Yunnan Ethnic Affairs Committee, said: "The National Games is a window to show ethnic sports and culture. Many sports events are widely known after participating in the sports meeting and become famous local cultural brands. For example, in the last National Ethnic Games, several events in Yunnan Province won gold medals and were immediately invited to perform in Shenzhen Chinese Folk Culture Village for four days. Thousands of viewers watched these programs, and now many tourists come to Yunnan to watch these performances. Rich sports and cultural activities have attracted a large number of tourists to visit and greatly promoted the development of the local economy. "

The National Games showed the spirit of unity and forge ahead of people of all ethnic groups, and also showed the great changes brought by the party's ethnic policy and reform and opening up to ethnic areas. Due to the reform and opening up, the economic and social development in China minority areas has obviously accelerated; Since 2000, the average annual growth rate of GDP in ethnic areas has reached 10%. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the first minority autonomous region in China, celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, and its per capita GDP rose from less than 100 yuan to more than 20,000 yuan, ranking among the top ten in China.

The development of ethnic areas can not be separated from the support of the people of the whole country, especially the coastal areas that get rich first. Guangzhou, the host city of the National Games, has deep feelings for ethnic minorities. For more than a decade, Guangzhou has joined hands with ethnic minority areas on the road to a well-off life by means of capital, technology, economy, trade and education. As early as 200 1 year, the Guangzhou municipal government allocated 300 million yuan to set up the "Guangzhou Special Fund for Helping Poor Students" in Sichuan, Tibet and Guangxi. At present, more than 6,000 poor college students are sponsored every year, most of whom are children of ethnic minorities. In the past ten years, Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City have successively allocated 654.38+0.7 billion yuan to build resettlement development zones in several counties of Baise, Guangxi, helping 42,000 relocated immigrants solve their difficulties. All walks of life donated more than 654.38 billion yuan to build Hope Primary and Secondary Schools, which solved the problem of schooling for more than 80,000 children in Baise.

It is of great significance for the developed coastal areas to hold the largest national ethnic games in history for the first time. Zhang Guangning, mayor of Guangzhou, said: "Holding the National Games in Guangzhou, where the minority population is less than 2%, shows the world that developing national sports is not only a matter for ethnic areas, but also a cause for the whole nation, including Han areas."

"The eagle soars in the sky, the steeds gallop on the ground, chasing the wind and the sun, and all the way is splendid. The great China and the flourishing China, 56 ethnic groups walk in the sun, hand in hand, and set out with the world ..." The song "Vibrant Greater China" of the Eighth National Traditional Ethnic Minority Sports Association tells the same feelings of brothers and sisters of all ethnic groups.