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Photo taken by reporter Chen Tianhuai at the stall scene

　　Zhejiang Online News, August 8 (Reporter Chen Lei, Li Xinyi, Bao Yong, Photographer Chen Tianhuai)The traditional Chinese Valentine's Day is approaching. On the evening of August 6, the "Olympic Story Collection" shop prepared roses for passing tourists and set up a stall by the West Lake. In this hot summer night, we want to collect everyone's good wishes for the Olympic athletes with the romance of the Chinese people.

"Can I take a photo with this bouquet of flowers?" "They smell so good!" The rose-red roses attracted many eyes as soon as they appeared. Passersby came forward to smell the fragrance of the flowers or took out their mobile phones to take pictures to capture this romance.

The big bouquet of roses attracted a lot of attention. Photo by reporter Chen Tianhuai

　　"What kind of event are you holding? Why are you sending flowers?" After receiving the flowers from the reporter, many people stopped and asked. Many people also walked in front of our camera and left their wishes: "Come on Chinese athletes," "Come on Olympics," "Come on Shasha"...

Flowers attracted citizens to take photos and check in. Photo by reporter Li Xinyi

Ran Yan, a 25-year-old girl from Chongqing, is a graduate student majoring in sports. She also pays more attention to sports events. "I have watched many games, and I have been paying more attention to table tennis recently, especially the match between Fan Zhendong and Zhang Benzhihe a few days ago. We were very excited to watch it." Talking about the experience of watching the games in the past few days, Ran Yan and her sister are still very excited. "When Fan Zhendong won, we took a particularly good photo and posted it on WeChat Moments. Many people asked me to take this photo." The sister opened her mobile phone to show the reporter.

Sister Ran Yan recorded the competition moment. Photo by reporter Chen Lei

She, who was once active in basketball, was filled with emotion. "When I was in school, my teacher would mention that in the past, people paid more attention to the number of gold medals we won, but now, people pay more attention to the humanistic spirit of athletes. Even if there are mistakes or they don't achieve good results, they will applaud this fighting spirit." Talking about these changes, Ran Yan's eyes were filled with tears.

In the cruel arena of competition, there are joys and regrets. Ran Yan feels that this is the norm in the arena. In recent years, the arena of competitive sports is no longer "only about gold medals". The audience cheers for medals and is moved by the spirit. "Everyone is becoming more and more 'tolerant'."

Ran Yan (second from left) and her sister took photos to record the flowers they received. Photo by reporter Chen Lei

No longer just focusing on medals, but more on the fighting spirit behind them. At the stall, 15-year-old Hangzhou student Fang Cikang, who received the flowers, was also attracted by the performance of the national badminton team "Liang Wang" (Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang) this summer.

"In the past two years, they have fought their way up from being ranked over 400th in the world to being ranked first in the world. It was not easy. Such perseverance has also inspired me to forge ahead and work hard in my studies." Their fighting spirit on the court inspired Fang Cikang, a prospective high school student outside the court.

In about an hour, we delivered hundreds of roses and recorded everyone's encouragement and inspiration."Let's cheer for Shasha," "Come on for Pan Zhanle," "Come on for Quan Hongchan"... In front of the stalls, the sincere expressions of citizens and tourists conveyed the "Olympic temperature" of Hangzhou. What's more gratifying is that because of these struggling figures in the Olympic arena, children who were originally afraid of water began to learn to overcome their fear and contact with water after watching the swimming competition; 10-year-old primary school students began to be interested in diving after seeing the charm of the "water splash disappearance technique"; passers-by who were not good at speaking prepared carefully for more than ten minutes, and then solemnly came to our camera to send blessings to the Olympic athletes.

Children send blessings to Olympic athletes. Photo by reporter Chen Lei

Inside the stadium, the competition of "faster, higher, stronger" is going on; outside the stadium, the Olympic spirit is also shining brightly.

The “Olympic Stall Story” is still going on. On August 9, we will set up the stall for the last time. Let’s meet at the “Lakeside Art Market” - “Olympic Story Collection” on the lakeside!

Location of Olympic Story Gallery