On April 25th, ultimate fighting championship (UFC) women's heavyweight champion Zhang Weili will face the second defending match in UFC 26 1, and she will face an American rose Namajunas. The American athlete is Lithuanian, who has won many championships and won the title of women's grass heavyweight champion. Nama Junasz, a Lithuanian-American, told the media before the competition that although she had no personal grudge or related disgust with her rival Zhang Weili, she had to fight for freedom because of her special life background, and talked about the counter-offensive slogan of "I would rather die than be red" during the Cold War in the late 1950s. This aroused people's infinite thinking. What kind of country is Lithuania? In the late 1950s, what was the experience of having such a determined slogan as "I would rather die than be red"?

The Republic of Lithuania, referred to as Lithuania for short, is an independent country in itself, located on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, bordering Latvia and Estonia in the north, also known as the Baltic countries. It is adjacent to Belarus in the southeast, Kaliningrad and Poland in Russia in the southwest, and Vilnius is the capital.

The Lithuanian people mainly believe in Roman Catholicism, while others believe in Orthodox Christianity, Lutheranism and other religions. They mainly eat pork, pasta and dairy products, and are very particular about food. Ham, sausage and smoked pork are their traditional foods. They are also interested in China cuisine, and many Lithuanians are also keen on China cuisine. In addition, compared with other countries, Lithuania's natural resources such as oil and natural gas are relatively scarce, mainly supported by imports. However, Lithuania is relatively rich in water resources and forests, with a large number of water resources and diverse tree species, which provide a comfortable habitat for animals and many rare species live there.

Lithuania's industry and agriculture are relatively developed. After independence, they took various measures to gradually develop the economy and move towards economic stability. China has three free economic zones: kaunas, Pether and Sialia. However, industry supports Lithuania's economic sources, mainly including quarrying, mining and energy industry. Animal husbandry plays a dominant role in agriculture, accounting for more than 90% of the output value of agricultural products. They develop their main economy, thus strengthening their country.

Lithuania is an ancient civilization. The Republic of Lithuania was founded in 1240, and later became one of the European powers, fighting Russia in many places. Later, due to the decline of national strength, it was impossible to continue to confront Russia and was eventually annexed by the Russian Empire. 19 1938 declared independence in February, but it was annexed by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1945 and became a slave of the Soviet Union. However, they never gave up their resistance to the Soviet Union. Lithuania declared its secession from the Soviet Union in 1990, but it was not until 19 1.

Every country resolutely combats and suppresses the division of the country, and Lithuania is no exception. After Lithuania declared its independence, Soviet President Gorbachev immediately ordered the assembly of 500,000 troops to March on Lithuania. He announced that all rebels in Lithuania must be strangled. At that time, in the eyes of many people, a country with a population of just over two million, half of which were old people, women and children, was like a mayfly shaking a tree in front of the Soviet Union's 500,000 elite troops, completely overreaching itself.

But the final result was beyond those people's expectation. Such a small country actually resisted the elite Soviet troops and was subdued before they entered the customs. Why? Because Lithuania has made an unexpected way, that is, let the elderly, women and children hold flowers in their hands and arrange them neatly one by one, and enclose the entire border between Lithuania and Russia with a wall to prevent the Soviet tanks from attacking. Faced with these unarmed people, the Soviet Union did not dare to storm, nor could it storm, so it could not enter Lithuania and was deadlocked for a long time. Finally, the Soviet Union had to compromise and recognize Lithuania's independence. I have to say that the wisdom of Lithuanians is amazing.

Lithuania, ruled by the Soviet Union for 50 years, has continuously developed its economy, maintained financial stability, ensured energy independence, and improved the status of its transportation system in the world. Now Lithuanians are also constantly developing tourism and increasing their economic sources.

Recently, Nama Junas' struggle against Zhang Weili caused a social upsurge. Nama Junasz is a Lithuanian-American and the champion of UFC in the United States. As a sports athlete who often wins the championship, Nama Junasz is proficient in how to win the championship and has very comprehensive skills. She has amazing fighting ability and unique boxing movements, and almost no one can match her. This is her greatest advantage in becoming a champion. Nama Junas shouted such a slogan in the war: "I would rather die than surrender." Would rather die than be red, would rather be red than die, is a slogan put forward by the United States in the late 1950 s to fight against the former Soviet Union. At that time, this slogan had considerable influence. But obviously, it has been a popular language in the last century, and it can be said that it has different ideas compared with today.

Nama Junasz then explained that everything she did was for her mission, for not forgetting her home country and for her identity background. Nama Junasz further said: "I want to fight for freedom, I believe in Christianity, I shed Lithuanian blood, and all the preparations I made before this game." She didn't regard Zhang Weili as someone she hated, and she didn't want to be an enemy with her. However, in the face of faith and country, she had to defend her honor. She also hinted that without these, maybe they could become friends with each other and make progress in sports together. However, Zhang Weili was not affected by these words. Her strength is the world's top level, and her technology is also world-class. Zhang Weili used his wrestling strength and strong fighting ability, seized the opponent's flaw, pressed again and again, and tried his best to fight for the motherland.

The western sports culture dominated by competition is very different from the eastern countries. Western sports culture adapts to the historical conditions of capitalism, and its thoughts are adventurous and exciting, thus forming a special style of attaching importance to bodybuilding, external unification and fierce competition, which is obviously different from China sports culture. The difference between sports culture patterns and types lies in the difference of values between the East and the West. Therefore, it is very difficult to communicate and spread sports culture between the East and the West. When two different sports cultures collide, conflict is essential. The unity of opposites between China's traditional national sports culture and western competitive sports culture exists objectively, which will not only change their respective national sports culture thoughts, but also form a new sports culture due to the combination of the two, and make them develop harmoniously.

The western competitive sports culture is quite different from the traditional sports culture in China, and the conflict between them is inevitable. At this time, in order to avoid conflicts as much as possible, we must completely change our understanding of western sports culture, gradually and reasonably adapt to their sports culture, and find the common ground of their harmonious and common development through the interconnection of the two sports cultures, which is conducive to eliminating the obstacles to the exchange and dissemination of sports culture between the East and the West.