Hohhot, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Close-up: Liangcheng is not "cool".
Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Linhai, Enhao, Wang Jing.
After the beginning of spring, Liangcheng County, Ulanchabu City, Inner Mongolia is still covered with snow, and the figure of roaring galloping on the track contrasts with the Daihai Sea in the distance, and the fiery and fierce atmosphere of the arena adds a derivation to this northern land.
Liangcheng, located at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau, is the center of the junction of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Hebei, where the average annual temperature is 2-5 degrees Celsius, even in the hottest July, the average temperature is only 205 degrees Celsius. Locals say that Liangcheng is very livable, and there is no need to turn on the air conditioning in summer.
As one of the sub-divisions of the 14th National Winter Games, the Liangcheng competition area hosts cross-country skiing, snowboard slalom, freestyle skiing slalom and biathlon competitions. Taking advantage of the "fourteenth winter" east wind, Liangcheng is full of popularity and surging craze.
Feel the vitality of Liangcheng.
In the Liangcheng competition area, when "China Red" and "Ice and Snow White" collided, every visitor felt the enthusiasm of the host and the vitality of this small city.
Welcome to Shanshui Liangcheng, I wish you good luck! At the entrance of the resident hotel, the volunteers offered flowers and hata, so that everyone who is new to this place can feel sincerity and warmth.
At the cross-country skiing open women's 10km (interval start free technique) competition, despite the cold weather, the spectator stands on the sidelines were full, cheering and cheering one after another.
39-year-old Liu Dongsheng is a native of Liangcheng County, learned that the "Fourteenth Winter" was held in his hometown, and it coincided with the Spring Festival holiday, Liu Dongsheng chose to drive to the scene with his wife and children, 7-year-old Liu Ying sat on Liu Dongsheng's shoulder, and watched the contestants rush out of the starting point with full attention.
I heard that the national competition was held in front of my house, and my daughter was also interested in skiing, so we came to have a look, but we didn't expect so many people that we almost didn't grab tickets. Liu Dongsheng said with a smile.
Not far from the Liangcheng Ski Resort, the venue of this competition, is the Daihai Hot Spring Ice and Snow Town, which relies on the event to comprehensively upgrade the "hard facilities" and "soft environment", so that tourists can encounter a different ice and snow feast, so that the "cold current" of ice and snow becomes a "warm current" that attracts tourists to play in the snow.
Liangcheng is full of the atmosphere of the new year.
Flaming lanterns, festive Spring Festival couplets, warm window grilles ......Many athletes, coaches and event staff arrived in the competition area on the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Liangcheng County specially prepared a heart-warming special evening party and Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for them.
Tang Jialin, a player from the Liaoning team who participated in the biathlon competition, said: "During the Spring Festival, the staff of the competition did not go home for the New Year like us, and did their best to provide us with service guarantees, which made me feel the enthusiasm of Liangcheng people, as warm as at home!" ”
When the drums of the fierce competition of the day subsided, the Yangge team members dressed in festive and colorful costumes, accompanied by the cheerful sound of gongs and drums, sang and danced through the Liangcheng competition area of Ulanqab City, and paid New Year's greetings to the athletes, coaches, and staff who participated in the "14th Winter".
People at the scene raised their mobile phones one after another to record the lively scene in front of them.
We set up Yangge performances every afternoon when there are no competitions, so as not to disturb the athletes' recovery and rest. Zhang Xiaofei, director of the Liangcheng County Bureau of Culture and Tourism, said that in order to create a New Year's atmosphere for the competition area, the county organized 13 Yangge teams to tour in the streets of Liangcheng and the station of the competition area in turn, which lasted until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Liangcheng has entered the national vision.
Since the beginning of winter, Liangcheng has launched the winter tourism product of "Skiing Hot Springs, Liangcheng Celebrating the New Year", continuously creating a business card of Liangcheng's winter tourism, and gradually forming a new pattern of all-for-one tourism and four-season tourism. "Skiing and hot springs attract not only locals, but also tourists from the surrounding areas and even in the south," Zhang said. ”
The "traffic" of the event has also become the "retention" of tourists. According to statistics, during the event, the average daily number of tourists received by Liangcheng increased by 95% year-on-year compared with usual, and the average daily income was 2610,000 yuan, an increase of 104% year-on-year compared with usual, driving the number of hot springs, guesthouses, hotels and homestays to increase by 113% compared with usual, and the income increased by 108%.
The ice and snow heat, popularity heat, and industry heat have brought the people of Liangcheng a ...... of enthusiasm and confidenceFor a long time, Liangcheng was poor and backward in the eyes of the outside world. Now, with the hard work of the local cadres and masses, Liangcheng County has thrown off the hat of "poor county", and its economic and social development has ushered in earth-shaking changes. National events such as "Fourteen Winters" are held at home, showing Liangcheng County's confidence in hosting wonderful events.
Liangcheng County will use the strength of the whole county to ensure that the '14th Winter' will be a wonderful, civilized, classic and unforgettable sports event with first-class facilities, first-class services and first-class organization. Liu Jintao, secretary of the Liangcheng County Party Committee, said.
Liangcheng, a small northern city, is entering the national field of vision with generosity and confidence. (Participating reporter: Zhang Rui) (end).