Changsha Evening News, Changsha, December 21 According to the people's ** news (reporter Sun Longfei) In order to strengthen the ideological and cultural education of the national team and enrich the cultural life of the sports team, the Competition and Sports Department of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China organized some national teams to visit the National Center for the Performing Arts on December 20.
Zhou Jinqiang, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China and member of the Party Leadership Group, Wang Ning, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and relevant persons in charge of the Competition and Sports Department of the General Administration of Sport of China and the National Centre for the Performing Arts attended the event, and about 230 athletes, coaches and staff from the National Swimming Team, Diving Team, Synchronized Swimming Team and Gymnastics Team participated in the event.
The members of the national team visited the exhibition hall, the ** hall, the opera house, the drama field, the small theater and other areas of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The staff introduced the functions and design concepts of each area in detail, and explained the stories behind many of the art exhibits. Chang Cheng, deputy director of the Gymnastics Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, said that in addition to the intense winter training, leading the team members to carry out a cultural edification can allow everyone to adjust their preparation status, enhance team cohesion, and better devote themselves to training.
The first-class facilities and equipment of the theater, the paintings of famous artists and the wonderful theatrical performances amazed the athletes and coaches. While admiring the works of art, everyone is a** the commonalities between sports and art performances. The synchronized swimming team is very familiar with the National Center for the Performing Arts, and head coach Zhang Xiaohuan introduced that the team will perform here when they have the opportunity, find inspiration from artistic performances, and apply it to the choreography and creation of competition works. "We draw from the endless flow of excellent works of art that fully demonstrate the country's cultural soft power, and we hope to show our cultural confidence on the world stage. Zhang Xiaohuan said.
Swimming Olympic champion Zhang Yufei once went to the National Center for the Performing Arts to listen to the ** meeting when she was a child, and this time she came again, she had a new experience. "Sports is 'dynamic', while art is more 'quiet', and the exhibition made me think about how to 'combine movement and static' in training, and I hope to have the opportunity to let everyone feel the power and beauty of swimming. She said.
Diving Olympic champion Wang Zongyuan and gymnastics Olympic champion Zou Jingyuan also benefited a lot from the visit, they said that culture and sports are not separated, this visit is not only the adjustment and relaxation of intense training, but also the improvement of the ideological realm, and then we must work harder to devote ourselves to training and preparation, with a firmer confidence in the field for the country to win glory, show the good spirit of Chinese young athletes, and spread the excellent traditional Chinese culture.