Editor's note: Splendid Yan Zhao, dream of ice and snow! As one of the hosts of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in recent years, Hebei Province has deeply implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the development of ice and snow sports, and on the basis of making every effort to do a good job in the preparations for the Winter Olympics, accelerated the popularization and promotion of ice and snow sports, and set up more than 500 "ice and snow caravans" to enter more than 10,000 rural communities to spread the knowledge of the Winter Olympics and popularize ice and snow sports. As the ice and snow caravan sinks to the grassroots level, ice and snow sports not only fly into the homes of ordinary people, but also take root, combined with local characteristics, and become the characteristic life of the people of Hebei. Recently, the reporter followed the "ice and snow caravan" into the six places of Hebei to experience the local characteristic ice and snow sports and record the colorful ice and snow characteristic life. The first stop, we came to Cangzhou Wuqiao, known as the first acrobatic township in the world, to feel the unique charm of the perfect fusion of traditional acrobatics and modern ice and snow.
In the early morning of December 18, at the scene of the "Ice and Snow Caravan" activity in the Acrobatic Cultural Park in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, the performance of a group of students attracted many passers-by to stop and watch. Students wear roller skates and carry acrobatic props such as straw hats, hand sticks, and water meteors, and skillfully perform unique skills. Although they are all traditional acrobatic programs, combined with ice and snow sports, the novel form is still eye-catching, and even the citizens of Wuqiao, who are accustomed to watching acrobatics, can't help but praise one after another.
Snow Acrobatics - the perfect blend of traditional acrobatics and modern snow and ice
With its long history of acrobatics, colorful acrobatic folklore, and thrilling acrobatic programs, Wuqiao is known as "the first acrobatic town in the world" at home and abroad. The young actors participating in the performance this time are students from the Chinese Art Acrobatic Troupe of the Acrobatic Major of Wuqiao County Vocational Education Center. The program they performed was a combination of ice and snow sports and traditional acrobatics to form ice and snow acrobatics with strong Wuqiao characteristics. At present, there are more than 10 ice and snow acrobatic performances that have been formed.
The emergence of ice and snow acrobatics is not only loved by the local people, but also brings unlimited fun to the children participating in the training and mobilizes the children's enthusiasm for learning. The children said that when they stepped on the roller skaters and played acrobatics, it felt like they were flying, which was very interesting.
Land Hockey - Experiences that make kids fall in love with ice and snow sports
In addition to the ice and snow acrobatic performance, the "ice and snow caravan" is also loaded with ice and snow sports equipment, with the land curling, table curling, land hockey and other equipment arranged, the citizens and students who waited here early immediately surrounded, of which land curling became the focus of attention of all the students.
After the staff introduced the rules and techniques of land hockey, the students could not contain their excitement and spontaneously formed two groups to start the game. Although it was the first contact with land hockey, the young players united and cooperated with each other, and on the basis of following the rules, flexibly used the tactics and skills they had just learned, and completed one fierce fight after another on the field. After the game, the small team member Liang Liang said that he did not expect land hockey to be so fun and exciting, and playing with his friends can also exercise teamwork ability, and he will strive to be a professional ice hockey player in the future.
Ski Simulator - Ignites citizens' skiing dreams
Compared with the liveliness of the children, the adults seem to have a special love for the quietly standing ski simulator, and Mr. Li, a citizen, is one of them. I saw him experience the fun of skiing on the ski simulator and have a lot of fun.
He told reporters that he had only seen skiing on TV, and he especially wanted to feel it, and the arrival of the caravan provided him with an opportunity. After experiencing it on the simulator, he was very interested and planned to go to the snow field to experience it in the future and feel the charm of real ice and real snow.
In addition to various types of ice and snow experience equipment, the site also placed ice and snow sports and Winter Olympics publicity knowledge exhibition boards to publicize the winter Olympic ice and snow knowledge to the masses.
Since the beginning of this year, in order to promote ice and snow culture and popularize the knowledge of the Winter Olympics, Wuqiao County has made full use of the advantages of unique acrobatic resources to combine traditional acrobatic performance art with modern ice and snow fashion sports such as roller skating and skating, realizing the perfect integration of speed and art, and driving Wuqiao acrobatic art to achieve new breakthroughs. Through the promotion and experience activities of "ice and snow caravans", the holding of community ice and snow games, and the creation of park sports experience areas, ice and snow sports are truly delivered to the "doorstep" of the people, so that ice and snow sports can become the characteristic life of the people in Wuqiao County.
Chen Lijie, director of the sports unit of the Wuqiao County Education and Sports Bureau, said that through the establishment of the "ice and snow caravan" and the development of the activity tour of 100 cities and thousands of townships, more than 40,000 people have been driven to participate in ice and snow sports in the county, and next, Wuqiao will continue to carry out various forms of ice and snow sports experience activities, driving more people to participate in ice and snow sports, in this hot land of acrobatics, to help the Winter Olympics.