The Centennial Ice Frolic Festival, which comprehensively showcases the traditional Chinese ice sports, will be exhibited at the Painting Fangzhai in Beihai Park from December 6, 2021 to April 13, 2022.
Ice Frolic, is a military ceremony held on the ice of Tailiuchi during the winter season of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, from Qianlong to Daoguang, which has been held for about 100 years, with both entertainment and competitiveness, showing a tendency of institutionalization and scale, and is a bright pearl in the history of competitive sports, marking the peak of the development of traditional Chinese ice sports. The Ice Festival is a fusion of traditional governing concepts such as valuing national prestige and praying for heaven and time, rejoicing with the people, filial piety, educating with virtue, and cherishing the distance. The centennial ice frolic festival vividly shows the historical picture of ice sports in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, and the rich ice and snow culture accumulation has built the humanistic heritage of Beijing to welcome the Winter Olympics.
The exhibition uses sand tables, cultural derivatives, replica parts, theme display boards, and animated videos to tell the unique cultural value of ice from the perspectives of "Tracing the Origin of Ice Frolic", "Historical Context", "Convergence of Chinese and Western Ice Sports", etc., showing the close relationship between traditional ice sports in Beijing and the upcoming Winter Olympics. Beihai Park aims to popularize traditional Chinese ice sports through the exhibition of "Centennial Ice Frolic Festival" and take the opportunity of the Winter Olympics.