With the New Year's Day holiday approaching, the Kunming Lake Ice Rink in the Summer Palace officially opened its doors to welcome guests. As one of the most popular natural ice rinks in Beijing, the Summer Palace Ice Rink has a business area of 350,000 square meters and can accommodate up to 5,000 people playing on the ice at the same time.
Visitors can enjoy the beautiful garden landscape of the Summer Palace when they visit. Photo by Beijing News reporter Xue Jun.
There are single ice cars, ice bikes and other events.
According to the staff of the Summer Palace, affected by the continuous low temperature in mid-December this year, Kunming Lake has entered the "quick-freezing mode", the ice thickness has exceeded 15 cm, the ice surface quality and opening conditions are generally excellent, coupled with the reduction of Suzhou Street Ice Rink this year, equipment and human resources are focused on the Kunming Lake Ice Rink guarantee, which can ensure that tourists can have a safe and enjoyable time when participating in ice activities to the greatest extent.
This year, the Kunming Lake Ice Rink in the Summer Palace has set up four projects: single ice car, double ice car, ice bike, and ice electric amusement equipment, with more than 4,000 sets of equipment invested, and the "Double Olympic City" theme exhibition will be held along the East Embankment.
There are four entry and exit piers for ice fitness activities, namely Tongniu Wharf, Yulantang Wharf, Paiyundian Wharf and Xidi Wharf, which are located on the east and west sides of the ice rink and along the main tour area. There are toilets outside the entrance, and there is also an ice information desk in a prominent position inside the entrance.
The ice frolic show was unveiled at the Kunming Lake Ice Rink.
Ice skating has a long history in China, as early as in the History of the Song Dynasty. "Bing Hip" entered the court in the Ming Dynasty and ushered in a peak in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and set Bing Hip as a "national custom".
On December 29th, a wonderful ice frolic performance was staged at the Kunming Lake Ice Rink.
On the 350,000 square meters of natural ice surface of Kunming Lake, the ice frolic team members dressed in the costumes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are performing flag-holding skating, parade competitions, etc., reproducing the scene of traditional Chinese ice frolic sports, and visitors can see the ice frolic performance that only the palace nobles can enjoy on Kunming Lake.
At the Kunming Lake Ice Rink in the Summer Palace, tourists hold "2024" signs to welcome the arrival of the New Year. Photo by Beijing News reporter Xue Jun.
Hot drinks, gloves, and other items are sold near the four entrances and exits of the ice rink.
In order to ensure safety, this year, more than 150 management personnel have been invested in the Kunming Lake Ice Rink of the Summer Palace, stationed at the wharf, ice equipment receiving and receiving area and ice rink, and the safety patrol team and safety emergency team have carried out grid management on the ice surface, and the amusement equipment and items left on the ice surface during the peak period are the first to be lost.
Before the opening of the ice rink at 8 o'clock every day and at 14 o'clock during the highest temperature period, the ice safety officer will measure the ice thickness at at least 5 ice measurement points, randomly check and measure the ice at least once during the business period, and carry out centralized cleaning and maintenance of the ice surface after the business is over.
In order to make up for the shortcomings of the commercial facilities of the winter ice rink, this year, the Summer Palace restarted commercial stalls in winter, and opened winter commercial service outlets near the four entrances and exits of the ice rink, adding gloves, scarves, hot drinks and other products to facilitate tourists to buy.
Visitors are advised not to go to unattended areas on the iceTry to move in an orderly clockwise manner, do not fight, and avoid collisions.
Tips: Opening hours: 8:30-17:00 daily from late December 2023 to February 4, 2024 (depending on weather conditions).
How to purchase tickets: The Kunming Lake Ice Rink of the Summer Palace adopts online reservation and ticket purchase, and tourists need to purchase tickets for the Summer Palace and the ice rink and go to the ice rink according to the reservation time. If the reservation is not full on the day, you can also scan the QR code to purchase tickets on the spot.
Consultation**. Reporter Zhang Lu.
Edited by Bai Shuang.
Proofread by Wu Xingfa.
Operations Editor: Liu Qianxian.