The village basketball game, "Village BA", became popular in Guizhou Province. Villagers in Taipan Village held the game and many of the players came from villages, so the game was named "Village BA" after "NBA".
Villagers started the basketball game to celebrate the "Chixin" Festival for a good harvest in early autumn and wish for another in the coming year. People from all over the country cheered for the players. 26 online accounts broadcast (播送) the games at the same time and over 100 million people watched the game.
Interestingly, the host used Putonghua and Guizhou dialect (方言) to describe the game. During halftime, there were also dance shows. The prize for the winners of the game was farming products. All these showed the local culture and gave "village characteristics" to the game. One sports star said in an interview that "Village BA" was popular. It was a basketball game, and it was also a great meeting that let villagers meet around the basketball playground to enjoy the fun.
"I took part in a similar basketball game in Southeast China in my teens," said the sports star. He hoped to join in the game if possible and enjoy the warm air there with villagers. He believed the game would get better and help with the development of basketball in China.