The 11th Hunan Province Traditional Ethnic Minority Sports Games will be held in Zhangjiajie in October

China News Service, Changsha, September 29th (Reporter Deng Xia) The 11th Hunan Province Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Games will be held in Zhangjiajie City from October 20th to 24th. At that time, more than 2,000 athletes will compete fiercely in 10 events including high-foot racing, swing, kickball, and dragon boat. Among them, dragon boating is a new competition event in this sports meeting.

Reporters learned from a press conference on the 29th that this National Games is hosted by the Hunan Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission and the Provincial Sports Bureau, and is hosted by the Zhangjiajie Municipal People’s Government. With the theme of “Sanxiang Pomegranate Red·Chasing Dreams in Zhangjiajie”, it strives to build a platform for exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups. The emblem "Yunyue Fenglin·One Heart" combines Yubi Peak, Davidia involucrata flowers, the number "11" and other elements; the mascots "Fengfeng" and "Xiuxiu" extract Zhangjiajie's landscape and national cultural symbols, implying that all ethnic groups embrace each other like pomegranate seeds.

The scale of participation in this Games hit a record high, with a total of 3,521 participants from 31 delegations from 14 cities and prefectures and 17 ethnic counties and cities in Hunan, including 2,674 athletes. The event has two categories, A and B, which are divided into two parts: competition and performance. The competition includes 10 major events and 154 minor events, including high-foot racing, swing, sneaker racing, crossbow shooting, spinning top, kickball, ojia, shuttlecock, national aerobics, and dragon boat. The performance events include 3 major categories: competitive, technical, and comprehensive, with a total of 52 programs.

In order to use the event to polish the city's "international Zhang" business card, Zhangjiajie will insist on "organizing events to prosper the city and promoting tourism through competitions" and do "four articles": integrating intangible cultural heritage displays and folk performances into the whole process of the event, creating a high-quality route of "watching events, appreciating landscapes, and appreciating folk customs"; launching discounts on scenic spots, consumer coupons, Exclusive hotel packages activate the cultural and tourism consumer market; deepen cultural and tourism cooperation with surrounding cities and states such as Xiangxi, Huaihua, Shaoyang, Changde, etc. to drive regional synergy; revitalize event venue resources after the game, promote preparations for the 2027 National Ethnic Games, and continue to solidify the sense of community of the Chinese nation.

Since 1986, Hunan has successfully hosted ten National Games. This Games is the second time that Zhangjiajie has hosted this event after hosting the Sixth Provincial National Games in 2006. At present, various preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner.