From February 26th to 27th, the 2024 Hualong County 12th National Traditional Archery Tournament for the New Year was held in Qunke New District, sponsored by the Hualong County Committee of the Communist Party of China and the people of Hualong County, and undertaken by the Propaganda Department of the Hualong County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Hualong County.
On the day of the event, Ren Qinlan, deputy director of the Haidong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television, Li Shanze, deputy secretary of the Hualong County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Lei Fengquan, director of the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, Da Zhanyuan, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress, Danzheng, deputy county magistrate of the county people, Lei Qingshun, director of the county public security bureau, Ye Gang, deputy county magistrate of the county people, Zhang Wenqing, vice chairman of the county CPPCC, Li Yufeng, executive deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, director of the County Radio and Television Bureau, and relevant leaders attended the opening ceremony and the competition.
Li Shanze, deputy secretary of the Hualong County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, announced the start of the competition, and opened the bow for the competition with Ren Qinlan, deputy director of the Haidong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television.
There are 165 teams participating in this archery competition, with 1,800 participants, and the scale of participation is the largest in the past. After fierce competition, six athletes, including Li Bayin of Hualong County Bandung Archery Association and Zhao Guolong of Hualong County Elderly Archery Association, won the honorary title of "Arrow King" in the recurve bow group of this competition; Six athletes, including Rinchen Dorje, won the honorary title of "Arrow King" in the compound bow group of this competition; Feng Shilan of Hualong County Elderly Archery Association won the honorary title of "Arrow King" of the modern traditional bow group; The Gashiga archery team of Angsiduo Town, Hualong County, counted Anjia and won the honorary title of "Arrow King" of the Horn Bow Group; 165 athletes, including Qi Wu, Pan Shenglong, and Ye Zhongliang, won the honorary title of "Sharpshooter"; 12 teams, including Hualong County Bandung Archery Association, Hualong County Xinhua Sports Association, and Hualong County Elderly Archery Association, won the top 12 teams in the recurve bow group; Hualong County Elderly Archery Association won the first place in the modern traditional bow group and the horn bow group; 12 teams, including Ruosuo Village, Dehenglong Township, Jijia Village, Shidacang Township, and Gulang Village, Shalianbao Township, won the top 12 composite bow groups; 139 teams, including Wanjia Village, Xiongxian Township, Laang Village, Ansiduo Township, Jiaojia Village, Ertang Township, and Laqutan Longteng Archery Association, won the Outstanding Organization Award of the competition.
Hualong County has a long history of traditional archery, which not only contains sports culture, but also covers folk culture. Every year, the archery invitational tournaments held between villages, townships and associations are splendid, which greatly enriches the cultural life of the people and plays a positive role in enhancing the exchanges, exchanges and blending between various ethnic groups. In 2023, the Cultural Development Center of the General Administration of Sports of China announced that the "Haidong Hualong County National Traditional Archery Elite Competition" has been on the list of "China's Sports Tourism Boutique Projects" for two consecutive years.