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If dragon boat rowing is to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan, then the Phoenix Boat Race has become a folk festival to commemorate the only female emperor Wu Zetian in China history. This activity has gone through more than 1,2 years' development and evolution from the initial rowing boat tour to today's Phoenix Boat Race. In 1999, our city held the first China Phoenix Boat Invitational Tournament, and in 25, it began to hold the International Phoenix Boat Festival. Nowadays, as a traditional cultural and sports event in Guangyuan, the Phoenix Boat Race has infected and summoned the participation of female compatriots with its unique charm. The Phoenix Boat Race has become a city card of Guangyuan and attracted much attention, becoming the favorite activity of the people in the city, adding luster to building a harmonious Guangyuan and creating an excellent tourist city in China.

From a distance, the stadium is full of passion, the waves are bright and the paddles are flying. From a distance, it looks like only Cai Feng and Ling Bo are soaring, beautiful and spectacular. Drummers sweat like rain, and drums are inspiring; Competitor Qi Xin worked together to spare no effort to paddle, and the daughters on both sides of the river dressed in festive costumes, struggling to cheer for the participating players ...

International friends from nine countries including the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland and Spain also showed their elegance at this Phoenix Boat Festival. Through the preliminaries and finals, the competitions of 17 teams ended. At this time, some people cheered for victory, and some people cried for failure. An audience was very moved when they saw this scene. He said, "This is our daughter in Guangyuan, a group of daughters who work hard!" Grandpa He, who put his grandson around his neck, squeezed into the crowd and said, "The child was clamoring to come at 7 o'clock this morning. I didn't expect so many people to squeeze in now, so I just wanted to give the baby an addiction." A classmate surnamed Yang from Guangyuan Middle School told the reporter: "I have also seen the previous" Phoenix Boat Race ". This time, the school organized students from our 8 classes to watch. Everyone thought that the members of the Wangcang Taoyuan Tea Team worked hard, but the annual Phoenix Boat Race was wonderful! " "Although we have not achieved good results this year, we will not give up. We will be stronger in the Phoenix Boat Race next year!" A Cangxi athlete walking in the street after the game told reporters regretfully.

After the competition, Zhan Hunguang, the chief referee of the '27 China Guangyuan International Phoenix Boat Festival Phoenix Boat Competition, announced the results of the competition. Yang Zhiwen, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, He Zhiyao, vice chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Gao Feng, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, presented awards to the teams of Wangcang, Lizhou and Chaotian who won the first to third place in this competition respectively. Zeng Qinghua, Chairman of the Provincial Women's Federation, Fang Peiyuan, Deputy Director of the Provincial Sports Bureau, and Ma Hua, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, presented awards to the teams of Yuanba, Guangyuan Prison and Cangxi, which won the fourth to sixth place respectively. Hu Jixian, deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party Committee of the Provincial Department of Culture, Li Jian, deputy director of the Provincial Investment Promotion Bureau, Chen Lixiang, secretary of the Party Committee of the Provincial Tourism Bureau, Tang Quanlin, chairman of the CPPCC, Li Maosen, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Wu Demin, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, presented awards to the 81 General Factory, Qingchuan, Guangshi No.1 Team, Lizhou Technical Secondary School, Guangyuan TV University and Guangwang Group Team that won the prize in this competition. The award ceremony was presided over by Zhao Aiwu, vice mayor and deputy director of the Organizing Committee of '27 China Guangyuan International Phoenix Boat Festival.