Basketball is active and much-loved sport that is enjoyed by many for fun and exercise. So far, the "Village Basketball Association" at Taipan village in Guizhou has (get) tons of attention. The final game of the Guizhou country basketball league (联赛), known "Village BA", took place on March 27. The winner was Team Qiandongnan and prizes for the team (be) bags of rice, fish and ducks. The players were not (profession). Most of them were farmers from local villages and nearby cities. More than 30,000 people from across the country poured into the small village to watch the game. Even a single (sit) was hard to get. People knocked on iron pots and bowls to cheer for players. Villagers performed folk songs and (dance) in the halftime show.
Since 2016, the local government has worked (hardly) to build new standard basketball courts (篮球场) to support basketball development. Taipan has now been a model place of rural vitalization (乡村振兴) in (sport) and tourism (旅游业). In the summer of 2022, about 500,000 visitors came here to watch "Village BA" games. It brought great benefits (收益) to the village.
Zeng Jinlong, a 17-year-old villager, has watched the games he was 6 years old. He said, "I dream of taking part in the ‘Village BA' final one day. "
