It started with just a few people playing together,
then a few teams started to emerge.
Now the whole Huilongguan area has about 50 to 60 amateur football teams.
Our role is to foster people's emotional connection to football.
This lays the best groundwork for the rise of football's future in China.
I want to tell everyone something.
We received an invitation to participate in a friendly competition
with a recreational football team in Lijiang.
The important thing is not the competition.
What's important is to have fun and build relationships.
Any problems on the field will be handled by this guy here.
OK, I think we're done here.
English... a little.
It's my first time here.
I didn't expect the place to be so beautiful.
The weather is fantastic.
We have arrived, finally!
Welcome everyone, to Yuhu Village.
Our captain's home is this way.
Today is both Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day,
Football is our mutual lover.
Come have a seat inside.
This is the captain of our Yuhu football team.
You can call him Captain He.
Yuhu people are big fans of football.
But we have limited resources here and poverty is a problem.
20 years ago, we could not afford to buy a football.
During the Spring Festival, we would kill a pig.
The kids would take the pig bladder out.
We would roll it and blow it.
We would make a football out of that to play with.
We have to represent the friendship in Chinese recreational football.
We are one of the oldest villages in Lijiang.
The traditional Naxi culture has lasted for over 1,000 years now.
We are farmers who mainly work in the fields.
It's a lot of hard work during harvest.
Our village has a couple decades of football history.
Whenever there's a game to be played, we leave our work to play.
This football field was built in 2010.
We never thought we would have an opportunity to play against such a good team.
Lijiang.
Perfect.
Seems like the weather is good today!
As long as there's no wind...
Hello...
Today at 4pm.
A team from Beijing...
and our own Yuhu team
will play a friendly match
at the football field in our village.
Our main purpose for this trip is to exchange football culture with our Yunnan friends.
Pitch, weather, and the landscape
are not a problem at all.
The main thing to careful about on this pitch is not to fall.
You'll break skin if you fall.
The advantage of the host is the natural condition.
Under such arduous conditions, these people still stick to their love of football.
It's not an easy thing.
May our friendship be enduring!
Beijing welcomes you!
It's not really about how competitive recreational football is.
It's more about ensuring the next generation's love for football.
China is very behind in terms of professional football.
The efforts of many people are needed.
Chinese football has a revolution now.
Sooner or later, we can step out of Asia,
and to the peak of the world.
It's a dream for every Chinese person.