"I wish I could be so elegant when I'm old," she said, saying she won a beauty contest 30 years ago

A video of an aunt in a pink dress dancing in a square at night in Maoming, Guangdong province, has gone viral recently. The video shows the aunt in a retro look, dancing gracefully and waving her large wavy hair, sparking praise and admiration from netizens.
"Auntie is more fashionable than me" "I wish I could be so elegant when I am old"... In addition to her charming dancing skills, netizens were also amazed by the aunt's hidden youthful glory -- she won the Miss Maoming City beauty contest 30 years ago.
On September 5, the dancer, surnamed Tang, told Extreme News that she was a line dancer and had been dancing for 11 years. "Dancing makes me feel like I have been back in my youth for five minutes," she said.
Treasure Aunt is famous for her retro style
On the evening of August 23 this year, Ms. Tang and her dancers went to Maoming Culture Square as usual and began to dance after warming up. They come from Maoming Federation of Trade Unions line dance spot. Four nights a week, dancers gather in the cultural square to practice line dancing.
The night was marked by the upbeat music "Chilly Cha Cha" as dancers stretched their arms and spun in circles. Dressed in a pink and purple skirt, polka-dot headband and silver heels, Ms. Tang stood out in the crowd with her vintage outfit and graceful movement.
Ms. Chen, who was walking in the square, could not help but stop for Ms. Tang. Her family lives near the square and often walks here. According to its introduction, the cultural square has attracted many Maoming dance teams, dance a hundred flowers bloom, every night after the square can enjoy the colorful dance.
Among them, the Maoming Federation of Trade Unions line dance spot dance particularly attracted Miss Chen. "Every time I go for a walk, I go and watch. Their style of dancing appeals to young people."
That night, Chen recorded a video of Tang dancing and uploaded it to a social media platform with the intention of sharing the "treasure aunt" with her friends. Instead, she received many likes and likes from netizens. Young people have commented: "I wish I could become so fashionable when I am old", "Dress with a retro feeling", "live gracefully forever, this is the charm of women"...
Even Ms. Tang herself has seen the video. She was also surprised to find that her dance video had gone viral. In Ms. Tang's opinion, her dancing ability is not excellent, "maybe people like my earnest dancing."
Ms. Tang exchanged contact information with Ms. Chen and invited her to see her dancers again. "I feel like I've succeeded." Miss Chen said with a smile.
She sees Ms. Tang as a gentle and patient person who responds to questions in the comments section, thanks people for their compliments and answers countless times about where she bought her shiny silver dancing shoes.

She won the prize in the "Miss Maoming" contest
Netizens were amazed not only by Tang's graceful dancing, but also by her secret honor -- she won the Miss Maoming City beauty contest 30 years ago. Now in Ms. Tang's home, there is still a ribbon of honor at that time.
After graduating from university in the early 1990s at the age of 21, Tang left her native Hunan province to work in Maoming, Guangdong Province, following the reform and opening up.
"I was quite introverted when I was young. I was afraid to talk to strangers." Ms. Tang told reporters, "I felt like I had to break through myself. Anyway, I just came to Maoming to work, and no one here knew me, so I signed up for the 'Miss Maoming' contest in 1993."
After a series of interviews, introductions, and fashion shows, Ms. Tang made it to the finals, where she recited a poem she wrote in the talent show and won the "Best Intelligence Award." The results have exceeded Ms Tang's wildest dreams. "I was just learning from everyone in the competition," she laughed. "I didn't expect to win the prize."
After this competition, Ms. Tang loved Maoming even more. She settled down and got married in Maoming, and her work gradually got on the right track. Originally thought that life would go on so flatly and lightly, but line dancing made her life full of new vitality.

Photo of Ms. Tang when she was young
I've been dancing for 11 years
In 2011, Ms. Tang's employer, the Maoming Federation of Trade Unions, introduced "line dancing" as a sport to promote among employees in the city. Ms. Tang is responsible for its organization and promotion.
As the name suggests, a Line dance is a type of dance that is danced in rows. It originated from the American country Western dance in the 1970s.
In the early 21st century, line dance was introduced into China as a branch of global fitness sports. It quickly swept the country, and then was popularized by the Chinese Staff and Sports Association among workers and staff nationwide. Until now, a variety of line dancing competitions are still held in many parts of the country.
As part of the work to build a civilized city, the Maoming Federation of Trade Unions has operated the line dance spot for 11 years, not decadent but thriving. Ms. Tang has been dancing for 11 years at the union line dance center.
At the beginning, Ms. Tang, who had never been exposed to dance, knew nothing about line dancing and could only stand in the last row of the line, belonging to the ranks of "underachievers".
What if you don't have enough talent? Practice! "I devote my time outside of work and normal life to line dancing." "Sometimes I don't care about my family because of dancing, but my family supports me very much," Tang said. My husband would take me to the square and we would go home together after dancing."
To keep up, Ms. Tang doesn't take a break from practicing line dancing with other dancers. Instead, she dances the entire set without a break. As the sweat increased, so did her progress.
In addition to dancing, Ms. Tang and her fellow dancers also worked with professional line dancing teachers invited by the union to give more Chinese and personalized interpretations of line dancing.

Ms. Tang at work
Line dancing makes you 20 again
In this way, Ms. Tang danced better and better, but also united a group of friendship dancers. Whenever the members of the trade union line dance point appear in the cultural square at night, it has become a beautiful scenery line. Ms. Lin said that she enjoys the process of line dancing and loves the group of line dancers.
In the process of dancing, Ms. Tang also learned a lot. Line dancing not only keeps her in better shape and looks younger than she really is, it also keeps her young at heart.
In the dance video that went viral, Ms. Tang's retro outfits attracted many people's attention. However, she said that when she was between 30 and 40 years old, she would never buy such "fashionable" clothes. Instead, she would wear the so-called "dama dress" every day and cope with office life.
But after line dancing, she started buying different styles of clothes to match the mood of dance music. Hong Kong songs from the 1990s are paired with vintage polka dot dresses, Latin dance songs are paired with bright dance dresses, and Chinese dance songs are paired with Hanfu gowns...
"It's also a tribute to our youth to be back in vintage '90s-style clothing." "When I was 20 years old, I couldn't understand how beautiful I was then, but only after that period did I realize how good it is to be young," Tang said.
I wish I could be 20 again for five or 10 minutes. And dancing gives me the experience of going back to that era and being here for five minutes."
And Ms. Tang's vitality in dancing has attracted more young people to understand the culture of line dancing. After the video went viral, Chen continued to watch the line dancing when she went for a walk in the square, only to find other young friends joining in.
"I'm impressed that my aunts can dance so well! "I feel like people in their generation took everything very seriously," Chen told reporters.