Hebei Youth News (reporter Cheng Gong, trainee reporters Dai Suyu and Li Jiacheng) On July 3, the 2022 China Baoding International Diabolo Art Festival was successfully held at the Guan Hanqing Grand Theater. More than 21,000 diabolo enthusiasts from 1,580 teams from 11 countries

Hebei Youth Daily news (reporter Cheng Gong, trainee reporters Dai Suyu and Li Jiacheng) On July 3, the 2022 China·Baoding International Diabolo Art Festival was successfully held at Guan Hanqing Grand Theater . More than 21,000 diabolo enthusiasts from 1,580 teams from 11 countries and regions and 25 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) have participated in the event online or offline.

Baoding Fuhe Diabolo Team

It is reported that the China Baoding International Diabolo Art Festival has been identified as a national fitness brand activity in Hebei Province. Baoding has also been awarded the "National Promotion of National Folk Traditional Sports (Diabolo) Demonstration City" by the State Sports General Administration , and won the "National Outstanding Contribution Award for Promoting National Folk Traditional Sports (Diabolo)" and other honors. This International Diabolo Art Festival lasted for two days, and carried out activities such as diabolo skills exchange display and selection, diabolo intangible cultural heritage exhibition and sales.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Display

The reporter also learned that students from two schools, namely Lianheguan Primary School in Laiyuan County and Huayuan Street Primary School in Baoding City, participated in the diabolo performance at the opening ceremony. Wang Shuzhi, a diabolo teacher at Lianheguan Primary School in Laiyuan County, said that the school has made diabolo a special teaching project since 2012.

“We have hired diabolo masters from Baoding and Beijing to come to school many times to instruct teachers and students in diabolo skills. At the same time, we have gone out and participated in the China·Baoding International Diabolo Art Festival and various public welfare performances many times. We are determined to We are confident that we can pass on this sport of diabolo, which is beneficial to national fitness," Wang Shuzhi said.

Baoding City has successfully held the 11th International Diabolo Art Festival. This art festival also attracted many diabolo enthusiasts. Many diabolo masters’ special-shaped diabolo attracted the attention of the public. Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau Level 1 Inspector Zhang Chuoan also picked up diabolo and started shaking it at the scene, and said that he learned diabolo when he was a student in Baoding.

On-site diabolo performance at the opening ceremony

This diabolo art festival is different from previous ones in that it is held for the first time in the form of a combination of online and offline. It has a main venue in Baoding City, Tianjin, Ningxia Yinchuan, Singapore, Malaysia has set up a branch venue to simultaneously carry out diabolo skills exchange and display activities.

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