On February 28, just as the final of the 32nd "Wuyang Cup" National Chess Championships was in full swing and the Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) was approaching, Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation deeply explored the brand value and cultural connotation of the "Wuyang Cup", joined forces with Guangdong Overseas Chinese Youth Federation, Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation, Xiguan Chess Academy and other units, and relying on the core venue advantages of the event venue, held the "Happy New Year for Overseas Chinese? Chu Han Strive for Excellence" chess exchange activities among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao overseas Chinese in Guangzhou Cultural Park, drawing a successful conclusion to the fourth series of activities of overseas Chinese leaders "going home for the New Year". Chen Nonghao, member of the Party Group, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Federation, Chairman of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Youth Federation, Li Miaojuan, member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation, Bu Zhiqun, Chairman of the Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation, Rong Yisi, President of the Xiguan Chess Academy (Guangdong Donghu Chess Academy), as well as representatives of overseas Chinese leaders and businessmen, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan chess players, and chess grandmasters, gathered together to use chess as a medium to appreciate the essence of Chinese culture and reminisce about the hometown of Sangzi. At the opening ceremony of the event, where chess was used as a medium and the Bay Area Tongxin dialect was integrated, leaders and guests took the stage to "lead" the competition, symbolizing the beautiful integration of Chinese chess culture and overseas Chinese friendship. Chen Nonghao (left), Vice Chairman of Guangdong Overseas Chinese Federation, and Rong Yisi (right), President of Xiguan Chess Academy, took the stage to "lead" and start the game. Li Miaojuan, Vice Chairman of Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation, delivered a speech on behalf of the organizers, fully affirming the achievements of Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation and Xiguan Chess Academy in promoting the construction of overseas Chinese Federation organizations and "Overseas Chinese Home" positions, creating new overseas Chinese talent service positions, holding innovation and entrepreneurship competitions and talent salons, and attracting investment and stabilizing business in recent years. She also issued three initiatives to overseas Chinese: firstly, using chess as a medium, being a good disseminator and inheritor of Chinese culture, and allowing Lingnan culture to shine in the exchange and mutual learning of world civilizations; The second is to promote the two-way flow of talents, resources, and information through competition and networking, making the power of the overseas Chinese community an important link for the cultural integration and development of the Greater Bay Area; The third is to promote overseas Chinese development, seize the opportunities of the times, and bring more international high-quality resources, high-end talents, and high-quality projects to Guangzhou. Li Miaojuan, Vice Chairman of Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation, delivered a speech. The event of spreading national treasures and continuing the inheritance of chess among overseas Chinese was full of excitement and highlights. The chess classroom specially designed for children in the overseas Chinese community is very popular. Chinese chess master Tang Zhuoguang personally teaches and explains chess skills in a simple and profound way, sowing the seeds of traditional culture in the hearts of the next generation in the overseas Chinese community, consolidating the foundation of cultural inheritance in the overseas Chinese community, and passing on the essence of Chinese chess to the overseas Chinese community. The core event of the "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Overseas Chinese Chess Masters Car Wheel Battle 1v4" was brilliantly staged. Chess players and grandmasters from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese competed with young chess friends in the overseas Chinese community, passing on their skills hand by hand, allowing the Chinese chess national essence to be inherited and passed down from generation to generation, and further interpreting the profound overseas Chinese friendship of meeting friends and connecting hearts through chess. Chess grandmasters Meng Fanrui, Tang Dan, and others compete with young Chinese chess friends in the overseas Chinese community. Hong Kong chess player and international grandmaster Feng Jiajun is the first player from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan to participate in the "Five Rams Cup" and become the first player from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan to make it to the main tournament in over 40 years. After participating in the tournament, he said, "The children were very well behaved and polite. They only played when I walked up to them. After the competition, many chess fans pulled me to sign and take photos, feeling like they were a star and receiving a lot of attention." The overseas Chinese chess players present also expressed that this competition was very meaningful. Yi said, "Playing with the grandmaster, I learned that every move should be taken seriously and persevered to complete the game During the event, overseas Chinese leaders also made a special trip to the "Wuyang Cup" Carnival Market, visited the intangible cultural heritage handicraft exhibition area, tasted Guangfu cuisine, and appreciated exquisite cultural and creative works, immersing themselves in the unique charm of the deep integration of Chinese chess and Guangfu intangible cultural heritage. Through visiting the market and tasting the New Year's flavor, they regained their memories of the mulberry land and gained a deeper understanding of the inheritance and development of Xiguan intangible cultural heritage. At the end of the event, the organizer awarded commemorative certificates to the overseas Chinese children who participated in the chess class and the participants in the wheel race. Representatives of overseas Chinese chess players from Hong Kong and Macau shared their experience of the game on site, conveying the vision of exchange among overseas Chinese communities in the three regions. As the finale of the 4th Overseas Chinese Leaders' "Returning Home for the New Year" series of activities organized by the Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation, it is reported that this chess exchange event is not only a continuation and deepening of the previous "Overseas Chinese Federation's Five Continents Integration and Sea Going" overseas cooperation and development activity, the launch ceremony of the "2026 Guangzhou Water Flower Market", the "Exploring the New Look of Xiguan, Gathering Talents from Five Continents, and Revitalizing Liwan" - the 2026 Chinese New Year Symposium for Overseas Chinese Leaders (Overseas Businessmen), Overseas Chinese Doctors, and Youth in the Overseas Chinese Community, and the "Overseas Chinese Gathering in Yangcheng to Explore Intangible Cultural Heritage" activity, but also innovatively creates a "National Essence Inheritance+Overseas Chinese Community Linkage" characteristic model. Highlighting the three highlights of "innovative ceremony with profound meaning, warm inheritance of national quintessence, and distinctive cultural integration". Guests take a group photo as a memento. The relevant person in charge of the Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation stated that this event is not only a vivid practice of the Liwan District Overseas Chinese Federation to establish and practice the correct view of political achievements, "using literature as a medium and overseas Chinese as a bridge", but also a continuous polishing of the brand of "overseas Chinese leading home to celebrate the New Year". In the future, Liwan Overseas Chinese Federation will continue to unite the hearts, wisdom and strength of overseas Chinese, guide overseas Chinese at home and abroad to be good communicators of Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges and participants in high-quality development, inject more strength into Liwan overseas Chinese community for the integrated development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, greet the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Overseas Chinese Federation with outstanding achievements, and present a gift to the 105th anniversary of the CPC! (New Society)