The 31st Summer Universiade is being held in Chengdu. Apart from the intense competition, how will athletes from all over the world live beyond the competition? Today, we will take everyone to visit the Chengdu Universiade Village.
Located in the campus of Chengdu University, Chengdu Universiade Village is composed of four parts that include the residential area, transportation area, operation area and international area. This is not only the new home of tens of thousands of college athletes and coaches from all over the world, but also an important carrier of cultural exchange and mutual learning.
At the interactive experience square, the inheritors of Qingcheng martial arts were seen leading athletes from various countries to start the first Tai Chi experience class in the Universiade Village.
“We have received oral English preparation, including lecture notes for lesson preparation. After being polished by a team of experts and dozens of teachers, we presented our first presentation today. Everyone's feedback was quite good”, Wang Yao, Inheritor of Qingcheng Martial Arts, said.
“Tai Chi is really cool, I really enjoy it. This slow exercise can help me relax and make me feel good”, an American athlete, said.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Interactive Experience Center in Dayun Village has set up 9 cultural experience rooms, including shadow puppetry, kites, Hanfu, and New Year paintings. Athletes from Italy were handmaking traditional Chinese New Year paintings under the guidance of their teachers.
“I feel great and happy about this experience. The New Year pictures are very beautiful and exquisite. I will take this New Year picture back and give it to my father”, an Italian athlete, said.
Chengdu is a well-deserved culinary capital, and the delicacies on the tip of tongue have built a cultural exchange bridge for young people from various countries.
“I like small steamed meatfilled buns”, a Japanese athlete, said.
“I like beef fried rice”, an American athlete, said.
“I like spicy food”, an Italian athlete, said.
In addition to tasting delicious food, athletes can also shop in the Universiade Village. The dazzling array of licensed products for the Chengdu Universiade has attracted many athletes to make crazy purchases.
“I bought a lot of pandas ‘Rongbao’ to give to my family. This is a souvenir of the Universiade torch, which I want to give to my coach”, a French athlete, said.
“We receive approximately 500 athletes every day. The most popular product is the ‘Rongbao’ Sichuan Opera Face Changing Blind Box with a collection of 6 precisely meaning ‘Chengdu Achieves Dreams’”, Liu Mei, Staff of the official licensed commodity store in Chengdu Universiade Village, said.
With the opening of the Chengdu Universiade, the Universiade Village is becoming increasingly lively day by day. The "New Villagers" from around the world, both on and off the competition fields, fully experience the Chinese culture and the charm of Bashu, while also continuously enhancing youth friendship and promoting cultural exchange.
