Hohhot, 14 Feb (Xinhua) -- Like a flame speeding down the slope, Zhao Bosheng, wearing a red ski suit, stands out on the ski resort, and this skier from Yakeshi City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia, chose to spend his Chinese New Year's Eve at the ski resort again this year.
Skiing to welcome the new year has been a tradition that I have adhered to for more than 20 years. Zhao Bosheng, who is over seventy, said, "In the past, there were very few people in the ski resort on Chinese New Year's Eve, but in the past two years, more and more people have chosen to go out to ski during the Spring Festival to enjoy fun and health." ”
On February 10th, in the Harbin Ice and Snow World Park, tourists in the **dragon dance performance (drone**) Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jianwei photo In the ice and snow, experience the warmth and blessings, complete the year of the change, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the land of China is more joyful and peaceful because of ice and snow sports, more vibrant.
Ice and snow fun adds a new choice of happiness.
After lunch on the first day of the first lunar month, Zhao Lefan's family came to Harbin Hot Snow Miracle Indoor Ski Resort. During the Spring Festival, the ski resort is very lively, whether it is a beginner who is swaying down the slope, or a athlete who "shows" off the difficult movements on the snowboard, everyone is alive and well.
Skiing is so enjoyable that no game can replace it. Zhao Lefan said.
In Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the Donghe Ice Rink during the Spring Festival has become a must-visit "check-in place" for local residents. A month ago, the mass events of the 14th National Winter Games were held here, and the ice rink was open to the public free of charge after the games. Nowadays, it has become a paradise for ice and snow play, ice skating experience, Xiaoice cycling, ice biking, snow tubing ......Laughter echoed over the ice rink.
On February 1, children and their parents participated in the Ice and Snow Parent-Child Fun Games at the Donghe Ice Rink in Hohhot. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Zhipeng Wang Hongwei, a citizen of Hohhot, said that this year, the children are clamoring to skate and ski, and they play all day, and the family has changed from "a table of mahjong" to "a snow player", and everyone is happy.
Most of the tourists who choose to go to Jikepulin International Ski Resort in Altay Prefecture of Xinjiang for the Spring Festival are "ice and snow gluttons". In the opinion of tourist Ren Xuanyuan, the family reunites to play their favorite sports during the Spring Festival, "Is there a happier Spring Festival than this?" Oh, and there's. If it snows and you can 'wash powder' to welcome the New Year, it is the best New Year's gift."
On February 11, the villagers held a silver picking competition in the Ulastai grassland of Gangou Township, Urumqi County. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu The ice and snow resorts in the south are also overcrowded. The Whale Tim Ice Sports Center in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, is located in a local shopping mall, and the training sessions of young figure skaters from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. every day become a sight in the mall.
Jin Yue, deputy general manager of the Whale Tim Ice Sports Center, said that the ice rink during the day belongs to the public ice experience, and the evening is the training time for the young figure skaters. "There were a lot of people watching every day, some people watching at first, and then they also took their children to the rink. ”
During the Spring Festival this year, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China launched the National Fitness New Year's Greetings with the theme of "Sports New Year's Greetings, Healthy New Year's Greetings", and selected 6 places such as Anhui, Fujian, and Jilin as the main venues, and more than 4,000 mass events such as the New Year Ice and Snow Carnival, the Rural New Year Games, and the Community New Year Carnival ran through the Spring Festival before and after, bringing new joy to the masses.
Ice and snow white create a peaceful New Year's flavor.
The Spring Festival couplets at the door of the house, the lanterns under the eaves, the window grilles on the windows, and the red envelopes in the shopping mall ......In the past, the Spring Festival was full of "Chinese red". This year's Spring Festival is a little different, more and more people are walking into the ice and snow world, celebrating the Spring Festival in the "ice and snow white", and feeling the peaceful taste of the New Year.
The competition venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics have become the "new favorite" of this Spring Festival.
On February 12th, the Chongli Taiwu Ski Town during the Spring Festival was full of light. Photo provided by the interviewee Located in the Olympic Park in Yanqing District, Beijing, the funny Chinese New Year performances and the lively dragon and lion dances were staged during the Spring Festival, turning this place into a "Spring Festival Gala scene". During the Spring Festival, the National Alpine Skiing Center "Xue Feiyan" opened routes of different levels of difficulty, such as "Haituo Crossing", "Rainbow Avenue" and "Caixia Avenue", which are popular with ski enthusiasts.
The giant landscape of "Auspicious Dragon" on the façade of the National Aquatics Center is particularly eye-catching, becoming a "check-in" spot for tourists, and the first comprehensive cultural and sports tourism winter joy square of the National Aquatics Center - "Ice Cube Waterfront Gathering Winter Carnival" is also very lively; As a traditional ice and snow event, the "Bird's Nest" Happy Ice and Snow Season has added a bit of creativity and surprises this year, with the theme of "Dragon Dong Qiang Chinese Year" festive and lively, and the space theme ice and snow park "Space Creative Ice and Snow Carnival" is also ...... debut
This Spring Festival, about 100,000 tourists came to Chongli, Hebei Province to celebrate the New Year. The "Ten Steps and One View" in the core area of the Winter Olympics in Chongli is full of colorful scenes, and each ski resort continues to launch special activities such as "Wanlong Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner", "Genting Spring Festival Carnival" and "Galaxy Exclusive Lantern Festival Activities", so that the majority of tourists can experience the joy of ice and snow while feeling the strong taste of the New Year in other places.
In addition to the Winter Olympics venues, this Spring Festival, ice and snow sports and festive atmosphere are so closely combined.
On February 3, the torch relay of the 14th National Winter Games was held in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Xirihu) On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Ms. Liu's family of four in Guangdong got on a plane to Hulunbuir early in the morning. With the countdown to the opening of the "14th Winter", the ice and snow sports atmosphere in Hulunbuir City has become more and more intense, with the mascots "Anda" and "Sainu" together with the Year of the Dragon decorations decorating the streets and alleys of the city, and the ice and snow carnival, community ice and snow games, national ice and snow and other public ice and snow activities will continue until the end of February, creating an atmosphere of "experiencing every day and having competitions every week".
Eat dumplings! "On Chinese New Year's Eve, many ice and snow parks, including Harbin Ice and Snow World, tacitly prepared steaming dumplings for visitors. Eating dumplings, giving red envelopes, and sending New Year's goods, the tradition of the New Year is the same in the ice and snow world.
The sports field leads the way for a healthy New Year.
With the continuous consolidation and expansion of the achievements of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" and the in-depth practice of the strategy of "expanding from the south to the west and expanding to the east" of ice and snow sports, ice and snow sports continue to heat up all over the country, and sports and healthy New Year are becoming the latest "opening method" for the Spring Festival.
Qu Song, the operation director of Xinjiang Jikepulin Ice and Snow Tourism, found that celebrating the Chinese New Year through skiing has become a new choice for many young Chinese generations, and many "snow second generation" and even "snow third generation" have set foot on the slopes, and the group participating in ice and snow sports is growing rapidly.
The Beijing Winter Olympics has enlightened and popularized ice and snow sports across the country, and the legacy of the Winter Olympics will help the development of ice and snow sports in China for a long time. Bai Yufei, a professor at Beijing Sport University, said.
During the Spring Festival, ice and snow sports are not the only ones that "stand out", and a variety of sports activities are enough to meet the needs of different people. When the family is reunited, the athletes are still sprinting and fighting the field. The Chinese women's basketball team qualified for the Paris Olympics at home; At the World Swimming Championships, Chinese athletes won gold and silver, and also broke the world record; The national table tennis team went to the World Championships in Busan and went all out to defend the honor of "national ball".
In the flavor of the Spring Festival, sports are always indispensable. Baduanjin appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, making many young people who practice fitness qigong call the director team "knowledgeable"; The movie "Hot and Hot" continued to "dominate" the hot search list during the Spring Festival, showing the positive changes that sports can bring to people. The penetration and influence of sports in daily life are becoming more and more significant.
Night view of the main venue of the "Fourteenth Winter" Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Center. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Kaiyan In 2022, the Spring Festival and the Beijing Winter Olympics collided; In 2024, the Spring Festival will be cordially embraced by the 14th National Winter Games. On February 17th, the curtain of the "14th Winter" is about to open, and the Spring Festival and sports events complement each other, and the festive atmosphere accumulates on the field.
As the first large-scale comprehensive event of national winter sports held after the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "14th Winter" will not only become a competitive display for high-level athletes, but also another window for the masses to understand and fall in love with ice and snow sports.
The yearning for health, the pursuit of sports, and the challenge of the limit will not only light up this Spring Festival, but also shine on every ordinary day, inspiring people to stride forward and injecting vigorous vitality into the construction of a sports power and a healthy China.
Reporters: Zhang Yunlong, Wang Chunyan, Wei Jingyu, Wang Hengzhi, Wang Junbao, Li Chunyu, Ma Kai, Yang Fan.