Hohhot, February 9 (Xinhua) -- On February 17, the 14th National Winter Games will kick off in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It coincides with the New Year of the Dragon, and the land of Inner Mongolia is filled with a strong New Year's flavor. When the "Chinese red" in the streets and alleys and the "ice and snow white" in the "14th winter" collided, the colorful ice and snow season activities were launched in various places, and the enthusiasm of the masses for ice and snow sports gradually warmed up and moved towards the "boiling point".
The picture shows students from the No. 7 Middle School in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, skating on campus on January 18. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Lei Enjoy ice sculptures, ice slides, penguin races, and ......interact with alpacasA recent snowfall has transformed Hohhot into a dreamy fairy tale world, with a low temperature of nearly minus 20 degrees Celsius, which cannot stop the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists to play with ice and snow.
This year, Hohhot's ice and snow tourism is very popular. Yang Fan, the person in charge of the cultural tourism development of the capital of Inner Mongolia, introduced that since the opening of the Hohhot Happy Ice and Snow Festival in the Daheihe Military Cultural Park on January 12, the total number of tourists has exceeded 3 within 10 days50,000 person-times, with an operating income of 2 million yuan, far exceeding the level of the same period. In this ice and snow season, a total of 115 winter ice and snow tourism activities have been carried out in various parts of Inner Mongolia, which are hot out of the circle and frequently searched.
Inner Mongolia is very rich in ice and snow resources, thanks to the holding of the "14th Winter", many people live a life of "relying on snow to eat snow". In Hongxin Village, Juli Town, the former banner of the Horqin Right Wing of the Xing'an League, this small mountain village with a population of only more than 800 people firmly grasped the "first ice and snow period", built a snow village ski resort at the entrance of the village, and launched activities such as winter research and low-cost tickets for the people in a timely manner, attracting a total of 100,000 "ice and snow guests" from all over the country. "The ski resort can bring 30,000 yuan of dividend income to the village collective every year, and can also drive more than 30 villagers to work, and the village's agricultural and sideline products have also found a market, with an income of up to 100,000 yuan. Li Yinghui, secretary of the party branch of Hongxin Village, said.
The picture shows the main venue of the 14th National Winter Games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Yuan Hold a meeting, upgrade a city, and the event will become the city's "show". Standing on the Dongshan Terrace in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ice Sports Training Center, the main venue of the "Fourteenth Winter", is not only like a Hada held in the palm of the hand, but also like an auspicious cloud floating in the air, standing on the vast snow, becoming a new landmark that this border city is proud of. In recent years, the infrastructure construction of the host cities in Inner Mongolia has deepened, and the city's security and management capabilities have jumped significantly, and this ice and snow event has become an opportunity to improve the quality of cities in various places.
As the first large-scale comprehensive event of national winter sports held in China after the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "14th Winter" is the largest and most complete event in the previous National Winter Games. In the process of preparing for the event, the construction of ice and snow sports infrastructure in Inner Mongolia has also taken a big step forward, and the dividends of the ice and snow industry continue to benefit the people.
The picture shows the speed skating competition venue of the 14th National Winter Games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Yuan Before the opening of the "14th Winter", the main venue and the "same competition" venues and tracks in each sub-venue will continue to be open to the public, so that ice and snow sports enthusiasts can enjoy high-quality snow quality and professional facilities. Up to now, there are 122 ice and snow sports venues in Inner Mongolia, with an area of 390060,000 square meters, including 79 ice rinks and 43 ski resorts, receiving nearly 4 million people annually.
The picture shows citizens in the ski circle of the Inner Mongolia Racecourse on January 18. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Bei He Skiing, skating and other sports have high requirements for participants' physical balance and coordination, which discourages many "sports novices". In order to allow more people to experience the fun of ice and snow sports, in recent years, Inner Mongolia has built outdoor skating rinks by using park waters and urban idle land, creating many ice and snow sports venues around the masses, bringing outdoor curling, ice slides, ice hockey and other rich and safe fun entertainment projects to the masses, greatly reducing the threshold for the masses to go on ice and snow, and further stimulating the enthusiasm of the masses to enjoy ice and snow by holding activities such as ice and snow Naadam, public happy ice and snow week, and ice and snow fun party.
At the 20th Ice and Snow Naadam in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held on December 17, 2023, competitors sprint in an endurance horse race. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Kaiyan "As the '14th Winter' is approaching, all parts of Inner Mongolia are using the passion of ice and snow sports to awaken the vitality of winter, and make every effort to activate the new kinetic energy of the ice and snow economy, so as to benefit the people in winter. Zhang Zhi, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, said.