a group photo of all members of the Shaanxi regiment. In
2005, the World Mahjong organization was established in Beijing. In 2007, athletes from 17 countries and regions took part in the first World Mahjong Championships held in Sichuan. Athletic mahjong has trained a number of loyal fans worldwide. Foreign countries also began to hold all kinds of mahjong competitions and invite Chinese athletes to participate. Because the Shaanxi athletic mahjong Fraternity Association has achieved outstanding results and won many invitations. Xi'an friends also "fly abroad to play mahjong", their slogan is "cards, friends, plus tourism."
Xi'an brand friends have achieved good results in foreign competitions: 2012 Sino Japanese exchanges against the runner up, the fourth World Championships in the mahjong World Championships, the 2016 Open Championship and the season. When they did not play well, they were invited to participate in the French mahjong invitational tournament in 2013 only for the fourth group; in 2014, the most serious Waterloo was encountered in the Mah Jong European Championships held in France. In this competition, they have thirtieth best personal results and thirty-seventh best teams.
although there are regrets, they do not care too much. Winning or losing is far less important for them than having fun. Ten thousand did not expect that on the way back, the public opinion attacks on the Internet had been coerced by them.
"lose the face of the Chinese." "Why don't let my two aunt go to the game." "A level with the foot of the country."
after returning to the country, faced with the following media, the mother was grieved to cry: "the netizen did not understand the rules of the athletic mahjong." how can we compare us with the national football? The state has spent much money to support football, and we have to pay our own money to compete.
Yan Wenying is cold. "Mahjong has no place in the official competition at home. We have no one to take part in the competition abroad. It is the right thing to win."
low mood lasted for a while. Media reports and explanations gained some understanding and understanding. The brand friends can't restrain their addiction and start again.
"foreigners start late, but they learn from rules at the very beginning, very standardized." Tian Ying said. Many foreign players are young people with a quick mind and quick progress. Their playing field is very quiet, and they can only hear five bad pronunciation Chinese "eat, touch, stick, and flower". In
2012, Tian Ying went to Japan to participate in the Sino Japanese mahjong exchange contest and won the runner up. A Japanese player made three kimono to crown runner up respectively. "My set is a meat color foundation, embroidered with pink flowers, very delicate."
saw the enthusiasm of foreigners for mahjong. As a Chinese, she hoped that mahjong energy will grow and flourish from the bottom of her heart.
"live one's own"
Xi'an old cadre activity center one month to March winter vacation, every year after the Spring Festival the first time to play card scene all let Wang Ying Ying moved. Big cold day, dozens of people, dressed in bright, big bag bag with the good of the new year home to do good to catch up, meet each other to meet first hug, "so long time did not see, all want to be scared."
for Wang Guiying, the meaning of "sorority" is far more than just playing cards, but lighting up the social circle of old age. In this relationship that does not depend on daily life, they joke, play, even abandon their age and social roles, only mahjong, tourism and happiness.
Tian Ying says her character has changed a lot since she played mahjong. She used to be melancholy and, driven by all kinds of brand friends, she was more and more cheerful and occasionally snatching.
she was born in Shandong, with her parents supporting the three line construction to Lanzhou, graduation distribution into the aerospace system as an engineer. She spent five years in Zhongguancun, Beijing, then moved to Lintong, Xi'an, and worked in the closed factory area for twenty years.
the race to Nanchang will include 1100 yuan per person for room and board. Before going abroad to compete, they were all at their own expense, with an average of more than 10000 yuan and twenty thousand yuan each time. The other people talked about how much money they had to spend on mahjong flowers, Tian Ying said. "Our generation really has been suffering for half a lifetime. It's a dedication to the country and the family. Now there's still a little time, I'm going to live one of my own."
MA you Zhu Xuqing concluded that their spiritual needs are much more important than material needs. In
1964, Yan Wenying graduated from Beijing Mining College and volunteered for distribution. He wrote "to the most needed place in the motherland". He carried his luggage on his back and lifted the broken box with specimens to Xi'an. From 1966 to 1992, he took students to practice in geological teams and mines, and traveled across the country to "great rivers and mountains".
now he goes on a journey again with his friends. "When you come out, you can only play cards and play. All your worries are lost behind you." Most of the places are revisited for him. "Decades later, I can see a good, special feeling."
Nanchang game, Shaanxi team's team card is not smooth, group and individual did not get a ranking. Everyone laughed and complained, "I stared at the house too tightly, and I didn't give a fight." Or, "Oh, I shouldn't have given him that shot."
the early morning of the second day of the competition, the travel agency's car and so on are at the entrance of the hotel. They have to go to Mount Lu and Jinggangshan in two directions. 4 days later, they will return to Xi'an to prepare for their next journey. In the past two days, there is another game waiting for them in Shanxi.