Spectators cheer on players on May 27 during a village soccer tournament match in Rongjiang county, Southwest China’s Guizhou province. The competition has been nicknamed “Cun Chao,” or super league. Photo: VCG

Players thank spectators after a match on Friday night. The league is scheduled to run for another month, with the final on July 29. Photo: Zhai Honglun/China News Service, VCG

Former Chinese national soccer player Fan Zhiyi (in green) poses for a group photo with players of the Rongjiang county team on Friday. Photo: Zhai Honglun/China News Service, VCG

The soccer matches attracted scores of tourists during the Dragon Boat Festival, helping Rongjiang draw a total of 358,900 visitors over the three-day holiday, a 346% jump from 2022. The county’s total tourism revenue experienced a year-on-year increase of 405% over the same period to 444 million yuan ($61 million), local media reported. Photo: VCG

Village Ba, an annual basketball tournament in Taipan village, Guizhou, became an online sensation around March. Photo: VCG

Players compete in a basketball tournament on April 7 in Xinjiang county, North China’s Shanxi province. Photo: VCG

The players who finished in second place in a basketball tournament held in Zhongmou county, Central China’s Henan province, are awarded six geese as a prize. Photo: VCG

On May 7, a truck delivers the championship prize — a cow — for the Anhua Town Basketball League in Zhuji, East China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG

Residents play volleyball on a basketball court in Wenchang, South China’s Hainan province, in 2018. This year, the island’s Volleyball League, nicknamed “Village VA,” is set to begin on Friday in Wenchang. Photo: VCG

Climbers pass through rapeseed fields on March 18 during a mountain climbing competition in the town of Fenxiang in Yichang, Central China’s Hubei province. Photo: VCG