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China’s “Village Super League” and “Village BA” Become Thrivingly Popular

Source: en.qstheory.cn Updated: 2024-12-06

In August 2022, an annual basketball tournament was held in Taipan Village, Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. It fell on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, when the local people celebrate Chixin, or Harvest Festival. The tournament was a grand event famous for its heated competition, engaged spectators, and vibrant atmosphere. In May 2023, the beautiful countryside football tournament held in Rongjiang County, more than 100 km from Taipan Village, went viral online. These two tournaments got their catchy names from Chinese netizens: the “Village Basketball Association Competition”, dubbed “Village BA” or “Cun BA”, and the “Village Super League”, or “Cun Chao”.

The Village Super League and Village BA are not only grand parties for players and fans but also great gatherings of Chinese people of different ethnic groups, serving as a feast of ethnic culture.

The popularity of grassroots competitions like the Village Super League and Village BA is a vivid reflection of Guizhou’s continuous efforts to achieve prosperity, improve the environment, and enrich the cultural life of local people in rural areas in recent years.