It's freezing and icy, but it's a good time for ice and snow sports enthusiasts to have a blast.
On the morning of December 23, the "China Sports Lottery Cup" 10th National Public Ice and Snow Season and the 8th Henan Provincial Public Ice and Snow Series Activities were launched in Luanchuan Funiu Mountain Ski Resort, which announced the official opening of the "best season" for ice and snow sports enthusiasts in Henan, and more than 1,300 ski enthusiasts participated in the launching ceremony.
The 10th National Mass Ice and Snow Season is hosted by the General Administration of Sports of China, with the theme of "Happy Ice and Snow for a Better Future", aiming to further promote the popularization and development of ice and snow sports through a series of colorful and convenient activities, and continue to consolidate the achievements of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". This year's main venue was held at 10 a.m. on the 23rd at the Beijing Winter Olympics competition venue - Shougang Ski Big Air, and at the same time, branch venues across the country were also launched. The launching ceremony of the 8th Henan Provincial Public Ice and Snow Series Activities, sponsored by the Henan Provincial Sports Bureau and the Henan Provincial Sports Federation, and undertaken by the Henan Provincial National Fitness Center, Luoyang Sports Bureau, and Henan Mountaineering and Outdoor Sports Association, will last from December this year to April next year, during which a series of events such as ski open, ice and snow carnival, roller skating, and ice hockey will be held throughout the province.
On the day of the launching ceremony, it coincided with the "opening day" of Funiu Mountain Ski Resort Park, and the ceremony attracted members of many ski clubs in the province and many tourists who came to ski. While experiencing the high-standard track of Funiu Mountain, everyone can also participate in interactive projects such as dry land curling and long jump carefully designed by the organizers, and the atmosphere is particularly warm.
Yang Yong, deputy director of the Henan Provincial National Fitness Center, said: "The holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has greatly stimulated people's enthusiasm for participating in ice and snow sports, and the number of ice and snow sports enthusiasts in our province has increased year by year, and has now exceeded 10 million people. This year's series of public ice and snow activities in Henan Province are mainly divided into three aspects, one is to carry out activities such as ski open competitions and ice and snow carnivals on the venues of real ice and snow, and also encourage various snow resorts in the province to independently carry out various forms of ice and snow entertainment activities, so that the masses have a better experience, and the second is to speed up the ice and snow into the campus. Ice equipment to help students master basic ice and snow sports skills during physical education classIn addition, according to the short ice and snow season in Henan Province, we also plan to carry out more ice-and-snow activities when the weather gradually warms up after the Spring Festival, such as land curling, roller skating, roller skating and so on. In order to enrich the ice and snow sports projects and content in our province, attract more people's attention and participation, and accelerate the development of ice and snow sports in Henan. ”