The scene of the opening ceremony was photographed by Zhang Guiqin
Chengde, China News Network, December 12 (Reporter Zhang Guiqin) On December 12, the opening ceremony of the third ice and snow games in Chengde City and the launching ceremony of the 2021 Chengde Ice and Snow Carnival were held at the Chengde Ice Sports Center. The Games will promote the full coverage of the Ice and Snow Games and skating competitions at the chengde city and county levels through the layers of competitions and step by step, and achieve full coverage of the participation of primary and secondary school students in ice and snow sports events in the city. So far, 1.75 million people have been directly and indirectly involved in ice and snow sports.
Ice Tai Chi Exhibition Performance Zhang Guiqin photo
The opening ceremony held a wonderful ice performance such as ice frolic ceremony, ice freestyle, ice hockey, ice tai chi and so on. In addition, a number of mass ice and snow experience activities have been set up in the auxiliary hall and outfield of the Ice Sports Center, including VR ski challenges, land curling challenges, snowboard obstacle course challenges, land hockey challenges, and unique mass fun ice and snow experiences such as the Winter Olympics and Ice and Snow Knowledge Q&A, and also arranged the Chengde Ice and Snow Sports Achievements Exhibition and the Winter Olympics Knowledge Exhibition to attract more people to participate in ice and snow sports.
Parents take their children to experience ice entertainment activities photo by Liu Lei
It is understood that the third Ice and Snow Games in Chengde City adhere to the city and county levels and universities, primary and secondary schools, various industries system classification to hold competitions, the event is divided into youth groups and social groups, youth groups set speed skating, roller skating, alpine skiing, land curling four major events, social group set up alpine skiing, land curling, speed skating, roller skating, snowball five major events, in the project and group settings fully reflect the competitiveness and broad participation of the masses.
Children experience land curling photo by Liu Lei
In recent years, the Chengde Municipal Party Committee and the Chengde Municipal Government have attached great importance to the development of ice and snow sports, regarded the cultural, tourism, health and wellness sports industry as the leading industry, made full use of their unique natural conditions and location advantages, and grasped major historical opportunities such as the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and airports, the opening of high-speed rail, and the successful settlement of the National Chengde Sports Training Base in Saihanba, Hebei Province. It has formed a new pattern of ice and snow sports development led by the national Chengde Saihanba sports training base in Hebei Province, based on the national and provincial sports industry bases, with the Yuanbaoshan Ski Resort and Chengde Ice Sports Center as the core, the Jinshanling International Ski Tourism Resort as the gateway, and the winter events and ice and snow sports talent training as the carrier.
Through the activity content of "Ice and Snow Sports Exhibition + Mass Ice and Snow Activity Experience", this activity closely follows the hebei provincial party committee and provincial government to promote the construction of a strong province of culture and sports and promote the deployment requirements of the masses in winter sports, reflects the overall goals and regional characteristics of Chengde City in the process of promoting and popularizing ice and snow sports, further creates a strong atmosphere of the Winter Olympic Games, improves the awareness of active participation of the masses, expands the crowd of ice and snow sports projects, and promotes sports consumption and the development of the ice and snow industry. (End)