(Kuiyang, China) Recently, in Guizhou Province, the Cave Basketball League is causing a craze following ‘Chun Chao’.
The 1st Yanhu Cave Basketball Team, which was participated by 12 amateur basketball teams from four regions, including Guizhou, Hunan Province, Chongqing, and Hubei, is located in Yanhe Investment, Yanhe Investment, Guizhou Province. It was held in Pung Mingdong. Yanhe County is located in the intersections of these four regions.
Wang Chun -녠, the chief of the Chun Chun -녠 Village, where Pung Mingung is located, has a number of visitors to Pung Mingung Basketball Stadium, but more than 5,000 visitors were held on the 25th of last month.
He said, “The cave basketball league has opened the way to local culture+sports+tourism convergence.” About 1,500 residents of Chu Chuan Village have been looking for new development routes in addition to cultivating crops such as rice, corn and peach.
Kuizhou, one of China’s leading carsts, has been spurring the construction of mountain outdoor sports Daesung brands, and has held various mountain sports competitions such as mountain marathon, mountain cross -country, mountain bicycle and mountain paragliding.
Wang said, “We have received the attention of the market by developing Karst caves by combining cultural and sports programs such as rock climbing, adventures, and concerts in Tsuwin and Ribo.” At the same time, the residents of Chuan Tang Village were inspired by this, and in 2023, they tried to convert Fung Mingdong into a basketball court, but they had no choice but to give up due to lack of funds.
Then, in July last year, Yangnan Village, 60 km away, constructed a cave basketball court that can accommodate 4,000 people in an area of nearly 5,000 square meters. The cave basketball competition not only caused a craze online, but also attracted numerous visitors. The encouraging Chuan Tang Village once again spurred the construction of the Pung Mingung Basketball Stadium.
With the fundraising and government support of the villagers, the cave basketball court and the natural lime cave were completed last month. Wang said, “The cave is called ‘natural air conditioner’ because the temperature is maintained at 15 ~ 25 degrees throughout the year.”
Thanks to this, restaurants and stalls inside and outside the cave are in operation. The village residents who opened a small shop called Dongba (Dongba) and sell popcorn, sausage grilled and drinks, and said that the average sales per day are 2,000 to 3,000 yuan (about 390,000 to 580,000 won), and more than 5,000 yuan (970,000 won).
