Changsha Evening News, Changsha, December 25 According to China Sports News (reporter Lin Jian) more than a year ago, Shougang Ski Big Air was the venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and now, it has become a good place for Beijing citizens to participate in ice and snow sports - on December 23, the launching ceremony of the 10th National Public Ice and Snow Season was held at Shougang Ski Big Air. In addition to 14 classic snow entertainment projects such as snow off-road motorcycles, Shougang Park has also transformed the cooling tower into a digital AI experience field, allowing the public to experience the charm of the metaverse, orbital theater and virtual sports.
As an important platform and brand activity to continuously promote the popularization and development of ice and snow sports, the national mass ice and snow season has gone through 10 years. With the theme of "Happy Ice and Snow for a Better Future", the 10th National Mass Ice and Snow Season vigorously promotes the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics, adheres to the sharing of the achievements of the Winter Olympics, maintains the enthusiasm of the masses for ice and snow sports, deeply implements the strategy of "expanding from the south to the west and expanding to the east" for ice and snow sports, releases ice and snow dividends, injects new impetus into the revitalization and development of industries and economic growth in various places, continues to enrich the mass ice and snow events, increases the supply of ice and snow sports products and services for the masses, and promotes the construction of a higher level of public service system for national fitness.
According to reports, the 10th National Mass Ice and Snow Season will last from December to April next year, and all parts of the country will carry out mass ice and snow events according to local conditions and with their own emphasis, continue to promote and popularize ice and snow sports, continue the public's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports, and promote the vigorous development of public ice and snow sports. According to preliminary statistics, nearly 2,000 events will be held across the country.
Each of the six sub-venues has its own characteristics.
In addition to the main venue in Beijing, this year's National Mass Ice and Snow Season has set up 6 sub-venues in Tianjin, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai and Hubei to comprehensively display the achievements of the National Mass Ice and Snow Season in the past ten years.
In addition to carrying out a variety of activities such as skiing, skating, ice hockey, curling, ice and snow games, ice and snow play experience, and ice and snow knowledge impartation, the Tianjin and Hebei sub-venues actively integrate into the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated coordinated development strategy, actively participate in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Figure Skating Free Skating Invitational Tournament and other events, and recommend their own ice and snow tourism resources. Among them, the launching ceremony of the Hebei branch venue was held in the famous Fulong Town of Chongli, Zhangjiakou, and the relevant person in charge of the Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau said, "so close, so beautiful, weekend to Hebei", the new snow season, the Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau will give full play to the influence and driving force of the Winter Olympics legacy, and make ice and snow sports and ice and snow tourism a unique and beautiful business card of Hebei Province.
The Jilin and Heilongjiang sub-venues focused on the "Ice and Snow +" strategy, built an ice and snow economic system, promoted the transformation of the ice and snow sports industry, and effectively promoted the development of the event economy and ice and snow sports industry. The relevant person in charge of the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau said that it will further promote the high-quality development of mass sports in Jilin Province through various forms of mass ice and snow events, cultivate the advantages of ice and snow, release ice and snow dividends, change "cold resources" into "hot industries", and strive to take the road of ice and snow development. Heilongjiang Province has firmly established the concept of "ice and snow are also invaluable assets", made every effort to publicize the achievements of Longjiang ice and snow sports development, and helped to prepare for the 9th Asian Winter Games and the construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Ice and Snow Sports Demonstration Zone, so as to contribute to the realization of the goal of becoming a strong sports province.
The Shanghai branch and the Hubei branch are the concentrated embodiment of the strategic achievements of the implementation of ice and snow sports in recent years. Among them, the launching ceremony of the Shanghai station was combined with the 2023 Shanghai Youth Figure Skating Championships, which set up a total of 19 categories, covering the age of competitors from 5 to 31 years old, and the number of participants reached 214, a new high. The Hubei station will carry out relevant activities in Padang in mid to late January 2024 based on the actual situation of the local snow season.
The land of China blooms with the flower of ice and snow sports.
The land of China is blooming with the flower of ice and snow sports, and the national fitness boom is surging in the north and south of the country. With the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in China, ice and snow sports have become a new fashion and new choice for fitness all over the country, and have become a beautiful landscape of "Healthy China".
Kunming is like spring all year round, but this year held the first winter games in Yunnan, in the indoor ski resort, fitness enthusiasts, young participants enjoy the fun of obstacles, acceleration, jumping, in the indoor ice rink and roller skating rink, ice skating, ice hockey, roller skating and other projects will be carried out, adding a touch of ice and snow to the "spring city".
Zhejiang has explored a new model of mass ice and snow sports, carried out "popular" projects such as snow tug-of-war and snow shooting in Qingtian, the hometown of overseas Chinese, and invited Zhao Xinxin, the world champion of chess and champion of the Hangzhou Asian Games, to play against chess enthusiasts in the ice and snow. Zhao Xinxin said: "Playing in the snow, you have to use your brain on the one hand, and you have to keep out the cold on the other, which is both interesting and difficult, and the pressure is no less than that of the Asian Games." ”
The Chongqing Ice and Snow Sports Season is committed to creating a shared ice and snow carnival in Sichuan and Chongqing, and helping the integrated development of Sichuan and Chongqing. During the event, the air volleyball and skiing competitions attracted Sichuan ice and snow sports enthusiasts to sign up for the competition, and the competition arrangements, venue layout, event services and other aspects were upgraded, hoping to upgrade the Chongqing ice and snow sports season into an ice and snow sports carnival that promotes exchanges and cooperation between Sichuan and Chongqing and shares with the people of Sichuan and Chongqing.
The event at Henan Station coincided with the "opening day" of Luanchuan Funiu Mountain Ski Resort, attracting many ski club members in Henan Province and many tourists who came to ski. According to reports, during this year's public ice and snow season, Henan will focus on promoting real ice and snow events, accelerate the entry of ice and snow into the campus, and explore new paths for land ice and snow projects such as land curling, roller skating, and roller skating, so as to lower the threshold for ice and snow sports, improve the coverage and popularity of ice and snow sports, and accelerate the development of ice and snow sports in Henan.
The activities of Qinghai Station take the four important goals of ice and snow to help rural revitalization, ice and snow to promote youth sports, ice and snow to promote the integration of sports and education, and ice and snow to drive industrial development, and the second Qinghai Provincial Ice and Snow Games, the 2023 China Curling League (Xining Station), Gangshika New Year Climbing, and World Children's Snow Day are identified as key demonstration activities. Cultural characteristics, fully display the development achievements of national public ice and snow sports, comprehensively display the new style of China's ice and snow sports in the post-Winter Olympics period, and set off an upsurge of national participation in ice and snow sports.