As the footsteps of the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, the ice and snow sports that have brought hundreds of millions of people to participate have ushered in an unprecedented heat. In the impression, affected by climate and sports traditions, ice and snow sports "do not go out of Shanhaiguan", but nowadays, ice and snow sports are breaking the restrictions of space and time, and starting from dolls, becoming a sports fashion in southern cities.
Put on the neck guard, chest leg guard, wear a mask helmet, and change into ice hockey shoes, a dancing teenager instantly transforms into an "ice warrior".
On the ice rink of the Sanlin Sports Center in Pudong, Shanghai, the "Ice warrior" danced the club, attacked and defended, and the ice ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal.
Ice hockey students Noble and DunBao are only 14 years old and have been learning ice hockey for seven or eight years.
Don't look at them now on the ice rink, when they first learned, they also took a lot of trouble to find clubs and ice rinks.
Dun Bao's mother said that at the beginning, there were only two or three hockey clubs in Shanghai, with fewer choices and fewer games.
Ice and snow sports, originally the "natural scarcity" of the south, but this did not reduce the desire of adults and children for it, but gradually stimulated the development potential of the ice and snow industry.
According to data from the State General Administration of Sports, the number of ski resorts in the country was 568 in 2015, and it is expected to reach more than 1,000 by 2022, of which many new ice and snow project venues and new clubs have settled in the south, setting off a "ice and snow fever".
Compared with Noble and Dunbao, those children who learn figure skating and speed skating are not so skilled.
The coach demonstrated over and over again, and the children learned very seriously, even if they accidentally fell, patted their butts, and got up to continue.
Figure skater An An felt that "there is more fun on ice".
The enthusiasm of children is rising, so that many people have seen the growth power of ice and snow sports in the south.
Taking Shanghai as an example, more and more ice and snow events are favored here, not only in international top events such as the short track speed skating World Cup, but also in student ice hockey leagues and youth figure skating championships.
As the Winter Olympics approached, the "double reduction" policy was promoted, which also drove children to "go to ice".
For training, Noble and Dunbao spend almost every weekend in the ice rink. Hobbies or professions, these children are very clear about what they want.
What makes Noble Dunbao parents even happier is that ice and snow sports also make children gain bravery, strength, and teamwork spirit.
(Look at the news Knows reporter He Jinglan Wu Zhenhua Sun Jiaxun)