[Memory] How to play ping -pong music in Zang Yingnian

How about ping pong?

Zang Yingnian

Guizi: In late August 2022, I received the 80th issue of the "Shi Foundation" of San Jose, California, and hidden a funny oil poem "Ping Pongle": "Play ping -pong in your hands, feet, and brain, and grab the ball with your left hand. It's extraordinarily refreshing. The year of more than the ancient movement is slow, and the stunt is rare to share. "The writer is obviously an old -fashioned table tennis enthusiast. This evokes my memories and interests, and today I wrote the article "How Ping Pong Fun" should be in response.

Keep pace with the times

On July 7, 1937, the Anti -Japanese War broke out. At that time, Northeast University, which had moved from Shenyang to Xi'an to continue south. Welcome to the local government and the people in Sichuan County, Sichuan Province, and Northeast University found a foothold. Shi Xian's father, Qifang, was the president of Northeast University.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the lack of material rear materials, and the equipment and conditions of exercise were poor. Only playing table tennis is almost expensive. I felt quite fun for the first time I held the shot. I was an entertainment. When I was free, I ran to the table to hone. Over time, I was swinging and having a look. When I was studying at the National Eighteenth Middle School, I was in Northeast University to host a community table tennis competition. I signed up to participate in the Youth Group and won 5th place. This is the first time in the battlefield. The title of the list is naturally full of heart and morale. During the school, from middle school to university, to the institute, I kept the preferences and experience of playing table tennis. In 1967, I left Taiwan to the United States and entered the University of Washington, Seattle to study education research. The school has a student activity center (HUB), and the basement has table tennis tables.

My table tennis art has grown rapidly, thanks to the six months when I went to Washington State University in 1969 to engage in psychological counseling internships and teach Chinese courses. There are several Chinese professors and staff from Hong Kong. They are table tennis fans. The spare time appears in the ping -pong room of the school gymnasium. I naturally join their ranks and wield it to practice. Their ball skills are more advanced, driving my skills to the next level.

In 1970, after obtaining a master's degree in education by the University of Washington, I worked at the community school in Seattle, as a student psychological counselor and foreign student consultant. When working at school, I will take a break at 12 noon to 1 hour every day. I must rush to the two table tennis tables set up by the college and compete with the students present. The competition system was first -to -play, the loser stepped down, and the winner occupied the table to welcome the next opponent.那时我的球技和美国学生比已是技高一筹，配应了中国的俗语：“山中无老虎，猴子也称王。”于是中午休息的1小时，我就足足挥拍1小时，大Sweat, relaxed physically and mentally. In several school -run table tennis games, I also came to capture, and the trophy was holding.

In 1972, the Taiwan table tennis team participated in Seattle. I received them on the spot, obliged to translate, and arranged to interview them.

Jiayin Xiyuan

In 1981, when I was working in the Seattle Community College, I saw the news in the newspaper. The Chinese National Table Tennis Team must first participate in the Table Tennis Open in Canada, and then go to the United States to participate in the US Table Tennis Public Public Publicity from June 17th to 21st. The race. I took a special leave for a week to the school and flew to the University of Princeton, New Jersey, where I stayed at the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, and got along with them and watch the game. The leader of the Chinese team is Zhang Junhan, and the coach was Zeng Chuanqiang. The team's five tigers played by Li Zhenshu, Zhang Deying, Cai Zhenhua, Tong Ling and Xiesaicker. They all won at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships, which ended on April 26, 1981. They have the title of the World Table Tennis Championship (the Chinese Table Tennis Team included all the 7 championships in this year, creating the 55th year of the World Table Tennis Tournament Tournament New record in history).

In my spare time, I talked with 5 players to understand their background and play experience. Their thing in common is: during the process of struggle, they were fully supported and encouraged by their families.

When I was free, I also accompanied them to go on the street. Cai Zhenhua is a music lover. He sought my opinions and purchased a number of records of American pop singers with great interest. Tong Ling is filial piety, especially choosing a pair of novel leather shoes for the mother who settled in Sichuan, and told me: "My feet are close to my mother, I tried it on, ten and nine stable." The members of the team took hundreds of photos and made a photo album distribution to them afterwards.

In this competition, they include 4 championships, that is, men and women, men's doubles, and men and women, and women's doubles win from South Korea. Cai Zhenhua's friendship gave me a gold medal he won in the Canadian Open.

In response to the American Table Tennis Open, the famous American sports news magazine "Sports Illustrated" made a vivid report on the competition. Essence Wen Nei said funnyly that in the past, China participated in the competition, focusing on "friendship first, the second competition", and now it has changed the style. It is ruthless and the competition is the first. I specially purchased this journal and gave it to the Chinese team members.

After the game, they made a special trip to the former US President Nixon (important protagonist of ping -pong diplomacy) living in New York City, and then took the Taoist San Francisco to return to China. San Francisco and I are familiar with the Chinese Consulate General and local overseas Chinese communities, and they will ask them to host a table tennis friendly match for the Chinese team in San Francisco in advance. Please be happy to fulfill this. The welfare on the field is thunderous, enthusiastic, and the performance is wonderful. Ping -pong

Today, China is the kingdom of ping -pong, which has dominated the world, and has produced world championships and countless medals for many years. Western ping -pong powers are Sweden. For a while they were holding a horizontal shot. The strong attack and attack player was shocking. It dominated for a while and scored more than China in the 35th World Table Tennis Championships.

The Chinese team studied the first three boards of table tennis games: serving, receiving and serving. The wave of waves in the game is to pay attention to the falling point, strength and rotation. There must be sufficient offensive and defensive capabilities on near, middle, and distant platforms. As the so -called "raising soldiers for thousands of days, and using soldiers for a while." In the field, the players have made a great opportunity to give full play to it. They want to show the comprehensive strength of high fighting spirit, full energy, flexible movement, sharp shot, and high tactics.

Due to the gathering of Chinese table tennis masters, everyone cannot enter the national team for international competitions. Many Chinese table tennis masters moved to foreign countries during the service period or after retirement, becoming a ping -pong coach, table tennis training hall, or national team member who stationed in the country. This diffusion and penetration helps the spread and development of table tennis.

Including a mention, I was pregnant with the skills of the ball, so I was stained. In the past, every time I boarded the reunion with my beloved wife, I participated in the table tennis game on the boat. I also won frequently and won the prize.

Friendship for a long time

In 1981, after Cai Zhenhua and I met, we kept connecting, and friendship increased. He was born in Shanghai. He is proficient in ball skills, strong body, agile thinking, and decent personnel. He also has leadership. His career has also been booming. He has served as the head coach of the Chinese National Table Tennis Men's Women's Team, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports, and vice chairman of the National Federation of Trade Unions. He just retired not long ago. In the 1990s, Cai Zhenhua and his wife repeatedly led their love son to Beijing Friendship Hotel to meet with our couple. At that time, I also found that his tennis technology was also very superb. He had a lot of convenience to associate with him and established friendship. He invited me to the table tennis hall to appreciate the training process and arranged for me to watch the international table tennis competition in Beijing, and successively sent me a lot of Chinese champions for the Chinese champion of table tennis.

Another world table tennis champion I met is Zhuang Zetong. In the early 1990s, after I heard his residence in Beijing, I visited the door twice and saw him and his second wife Sasaki. Zhuang Zetong won the men's singles championship in the 26-28 World Table Tennis Tournament. From 1974 to 1976, he served as the director of the State Sports Commission. After crushing the "Gang of Four" in 1976, he was wasolated and reviewed.

Zhuang Zetong's most brilliant page is the promoter of "ping -pong diplomacy". In April 1971, he met the American table tennis opponent Cohen during his participation in the 31st World Table Tennis Championship in Japan. Nixon visited China in 1972 and signed the Shanghai Bulletin on February 28. From April 18th to 30th of the same year, he was invited to the United States to participate in table tennis competitions. This process is also the beginning of the thawing of Sino -US relations, and it is also the pioneer of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States on January 1, 1979. In 2006, he was invited to go to several universities such as the University of Southern California to preach his experience in participating in "ping -pong diplomacy".

Mr. Zhuang was very talkative, talked about the past, and talked about it, like several treasures. His calligraphy was very good. He gave me a inscription of self -encouraging content, and was presented in the book "Breakthrough and Chuang". The book carefully described his outstanding achievements in the table tennis world and various creations. The last time I met him was when I participated in the Macau's return celebration on September 29, 1998 at the entrance of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. I immediately asked him to sign on my invitation. He immediately smiled at the moment and brought up.

In 2008, Zhuang Zetong was diagnosed with advanced rectal cancer. He struggled hard and struggled to seek treatment. It lasted for 5 years and could not be relieved. She was at the age of 72 at the Yue'an Hospital of Beijing on February 10, 2013.

Conclusion

Over the years, I have enjoyed a lot of table tennis and players. Now that I have boarded ninety year, and it seems that it is indispensable to stop and retire. But I will always cherish these experiences and regard it as an interesting episode in my life. The so -called: "Ping Tie Tong Ping Ping Ping Pong, the small ball is loud and loud.

On September 5, 2022, written in Seattle, USA

About the Author

Zang Yingnian, born in Tianjin in 1932, grew up in Saitai County, Sichuan. Professor, Chinese, smoke -controlled volunteer, social activist, current affairs commentator.

In the summer of 1949, he went to Taiwan with his family. He graduated from the Zuoying Naval Machinery School in 1954 and obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering. During the serving of the Navy in 1962, he had a business officer and translator of General Ying Qin. Retired in the Navy in 1963 (Captain's Army). In 1964, he won a scholarship in the Politburo of Taiwan and went to the University of Pittsburg to study public administration and foreign affairs for one year. In 1967, he went to the University of Washington, Seattle, and received a master's degree in educational psychology. In 1976, he was qualified for a candidate for a doctoral candidate for higher education at the University of Washington, and later engaged in psychological counseling and many voluntary work in the Seattle Community College and the social welfare field of the United States for about 40 years. From 1988 to 2018, we lived in mainland China for about 11 months to do public welfare activities and public opinion work each year. He has long been committed to promoting the exchanges between China and the United States, peaceful and unifying both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and public welfare activities such as reporting to the country and the mainland to control smoke damage. In the United States, he has served as the chairman of the Organization Organization of the U.S. -China Relations in Washington State, President of the Seattle Branch of the National Association of Chinese Associations, President of Seattle Chongqing Friendship City Association, presided over the Seattle Diaoyu Islands Movement and participated in the US State Department's reception of Deng Xiaoping to visit the United States. In the mainland, I was a consultant to the China Office of the United Nations Children's Foundation, consultant of the WST to Tobacco or Health Cooperation Center, part -time teaching at several universities, CCTV English Channel and China International Broadcasting Station English Program Critics, Wu Jieping Medical Foundation Tobacco Control Person in charge of the special fund of public welfare activities, senior consultant of the tobacco control project of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau.

The current American Chinese newspaper writers, since 2020, have been the current affairs commentator of the Macau Rule of Law.

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Text/Picture: Zang Yingnian

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