Embrace the Winter Olympics and dream of ice and snow

On January 1, Qixingling Ski Resort in Tonggu County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, welcomed many ice and snow sports enthusiasts. Photo by Zhou Liang (People's Vision)

This New Year's Day holiday, the festive and peaceful atmosphere across the country, because of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics and add a little ice and snow vitality. The broad masses of people invariably participate in ice and snow events, cheer for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which will open in one month, join hands to welcome the event, and work together to move towards the future.

Tacit local cooperation, wonderful passing with the ball, rapid offensive and defensive conversion... On January 2, at the Peace Ice Sports Center in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, the first Shenyang Primary and Secondary School Inter-school Ice Hockey League kicked off. This competition is also an important part of the "Embracing the Winter Olympics and Pursuing the Dream of the Future" Shenyang Ice and Snow Charity Walk, with 22 teams and 220 young players from all over the city participating.

On January 1st, in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the Olympic Ice Sports Center, Dajingshan Ski Resort and other places, the citizens who experienced ice and snow sports were in an endless stream, and many citizens specially brought their children to experience the fun and excitement of ice and snow sports. The "Winter Olympics, New Year, and Future" ice and snow party is a new measure for Jiangsu Province to actively respond to the strategy of "expanding the south to the west and expanding the east" of ice and snow sports. At present, the province has built 45 ice and snow sports venues, with a site area of 553,200 square meters.

On the first day of the new year, in Jingyuan County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, thousands of people wearing helmets and ski goggles came to the ski resort in Zhougou Village, Liupanshan Town. With the start order sounding, skilled athletes like sharp arrows off the string, gliding forward, the cheers of the masses are endless, pushing the festive atmosphere of this day to a climax - the day's "Liupanshan Tourism Cup" public fitness ski invitational tournament, invited ski masters from all over the autonomous region to compete in the same field, so that the majority of ski enthusiasts in the competition at the same time feasting their eyes.

With the Approaching Beijing Winter Olympics, many places in Hebei Province have held a variety of ice and snow events, creating a strong atmosphere for the Winter Olympics. In Laiyuan County, Baoding City, Laiyuan Lake Park has created an ice and snow sports culture lantern festival covering an area of 50 acres, and more than 30 groups of flower lanterns with the theme of ice and snow sports are brilliant, and people can get close to ice and snow sports while appreciating the flower lanterns. In Huaheng Community, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City, the lined up land curling track attracts many people to watch and experience. The 71-year-old Uncle Zhang saw land curling for the first time, and his eyes were full of curiosity and excitement: "Now the ice and snow sports are very grounded, and we ordinary people can also feel the heat of the Winter Olympics." ”

In Yunnan Province, where "all seasons are like spring", the atmosphere of public participation in ice and snow sports is equally hot. During the New Year's Day holiday, the Huize Dahai Caoshan Ski Resort in Qujing City is full of tourists. A few days ago, 70,000 ice and snow activity public welfare experience coupons were issued at the launching ceremony of the ice and snow public welfare experience activities in Yunnan Province, so that "skating real ice" and "sliding real snow" were close to the masses. Various localities have also carried out mass activities such as ice and snow carnivals and winter sports games during the New Year's Day holiday, and carried out ice and snow projects with national characteristics such as gyroscopes, crossbow shooting, and snow tug-of-war, so as to create a good atmosphere for the whole society to support the Winter Olympics and participate in the Winter Olympics.

On the ice surface of Julong Lake in Houxinqiu Town, Zhangwu County, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, ice sports such as snow circle surfing, northeast characteristic climbing plows, ice karting, ice and snow bumper cars attract many tourists to linger, and the giant dragon lake in winter has become a sea of joy. The winter tourism launching ceremony of Fuxin City with the theme of "Ice and Snow, Winter Olympic Dream" was also grandly opened here. "By vigorously promoting the promotion and popularization of ice and snow sports, let more people feel the charm of ice and snow sports, thus igniting the passion of the masses for the Winter Olympics." Chu Jiaqi, director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhangwu County CPC Committee, said.

(Reporters Chen Chenxi, Zhang Wen, Yang Wenming, Liu Hongchao, Li Yang, Bai Guangdi)

People's Daily ( 2022-01-04 07 edition)