Text/Photo Peninsula all-media reporter Pan Lichao
With the approaching of the Winter Olympics, ice and snow tourism is gradually becoming hot, and Qingdao is difficult to meet people's needs for ice and snow play only by natural snowfall, and artificial snowmaking has become a necessary guarantee method for ice and snow tourism. On January 10 and 11, Peninsula All-Media reporters came to guoxin snow field in qingdao city to experience the life of the snow workers for a day, and recorded the efforts and perseverance behind making a snow in Qingdao.
Walk tens of thousands of steps a day to prevent snow pits
Recently, the island city ushered in a big cooling, after a shower of sleet let people have the feeling of nine cold days, and many snow parks in the island city also took advantage of this rare cooling opportunity to seize the time to make snow. In the outer field of Guoxin Stadium, the original green grass football training ground has now become a world of ice and snow, the snow machine in the field has been running non-stop, there is a little water on the edge of the stadium's track and lawn, and some of the water has formed into an ice ballast, three snow machines are spraying snowflakes into the air, a foot on the snow will leave a deep footprint and a mark left by the water pipe, a foot on the shoe will all sink into the snow. As the person in charge of the snow field, Wu Yang has to walk tens of thousands of steps in the field every day to carefully inspect the site to avoid safety hazards. He told reporters that as long as the outside temperature reaches below 0 ° C, the snow machine can be dispatched to turn the water into almost the same amount of snow, coupled with some theme elements, it will become an ice and snow carnival.
After the reporter came to the snow field, because it had just finished the weekend, coinciding with the rest day of the snow field, the snow field was not open to the public, and the workers just seized this suitable opportunity to rearrange the snow field, and there were already some winter Olympic elements on the snow track, and some new amusement facilities were added, and when the snow was completed, there were still many pits left on the ground by the last tourists. Mr. Wu said that every week in the middle of the week, he would invite his company's employees to have a snowball fight, and by the way, the newly made snow would be pressed firmly, and then the tourists could be welcomed on the weekend, and the weekend was a happy ice and snow world. "Relevant data show that Qingdao Guoxin Ice and Snow Carnival, as a sports tourism boutique route of Shandong Spring Festival Golden Week, the scene of the 2022 New Year's Day small long holiday is hot, and there are long queues in various snow play projects, and the scene has accumulated nearly 10,000 people. During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, we will prepare to set up a Winter Olympics cultural exhibition area to popularize the knowledge of the Winter Olympics for parent-child families and increase the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics.
Workers move water pipes while making snow to prevent freezing
At the end of the snowmaking, the water pipe is put away
Snowmaking looks not only at "heaven" but also at "people"
By noon, when the clouds cleared and the sun began to shine, the thermometer placed outdoors showed that the temperature of the day had just reached 0 ° C, the walkie-talkie in the hands of the workers rang, and the snowmaking work could only be temporarily ended. Master Wang, a snow field staff from Heilongjiang, introduced that he used to work in the northeast snow field for many years, in recent years, at the end of each year was invited to Qingdao to help with snowmaking, after several years of exploration, found that the timing of snowmaking in Qingdao is really extremely precious, too warm to reach more than 0 ° C, the snow will soon melt away, if the temperature is too low, the water pipe may freeze, the water of the snowmaker is insufficient, it is difficult to create a lot of snow, so it is necessary to keep moving the water pipe when making snow, Let the water in the water pipe flow to avoid icing. Therefore, weather forecasts and alarm clock thermometers are essential supplies for the snow field: "The temperature fluctuations every day are different, first look at the specific time of day when the temperature can drop, and then set the alarm clock, everyone takes turns on duty, and when the time is right, they will collectively go out to make snow." ”
Snowmaking work with temperatures above 0 °C will basically stop
In addition to looking at the sky, because the snow place is in the urban area, but also consider the time period of snowmaking, can not be snowmaking during the rest time, otherwise the roar of the snow machine is easy to be complained about by nearby residents, so the time of snowmaking is to choose in the cracks: "Like the low temperature of the snow field in the mountains, there are fewer people around, and the suburban snowmaking is still relatively easy to operate, but we basically can't make snow during the night break here, and seven or eight o'clock in the morning is basically the coldest time of the day, and it can also avoid some disputes among surrounding residents." "Master Wang said that the work of the Qingdao snow field and the work content of the northeast snow field are completely different, in the northeast are natural snow, and there are special antifreeze water pipes, the work we have to do is to clean up the wind-blown snow tracks; but in the Qingdao snow field, the workload is very large, not only to artificially make snow, but also to adjust the water pipes, snow pressure, come here to work for three months every year, and then return to the northeast to dry points in the spring."
Irregular chili peppers are companions
By noon, the temperature rose above 0 ° C, and after two hours in the snow field, although the reporter was prepared to wear thick cotton clothes and cotton shoes in advance, he was already shivering with cold. Several workers still looked refreshed, and the workers who were still finishing the snow machine and water pipes in the snow field guided the reporter to a nearby lounge to warm up first.
It turned out that one of the changing rooms in the stadium had become a dormitory for the workers, a thermometer was placed on the outdoor stands, and the locker room next door was filled with various props for skiing, the workers' dormitories were filled with various supplies, and the tables were filled with unfinished meals, and almost every dish had to be spicy, including boiled meat slices, dried peppers and garlic.
The unfinished meals on the table are a little spicy
Master Song and Master Li from Jimo returned to the dormitory after the end of the work, first drank a few sips of hot water, they said that the work of snowmaking is almost all when the temperature is below zero, so the time to eat and sleep is irregular, all depends on the sky, so they also have enough experience to deal with these cold weather work: "At night, everyone takes turns to monitor the temperature, sometimes when they get up in the middle of the night to work, they have to prepare the snow machine and water pipe in advance, eat some spicy, and when they go out, they can still warm up. Make sure to work outdoors for as long as possible, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold if you come out to warm up for a while and then go out to dry. Master Song Jihai, 53 years old this year, said that he has to come to the snow field to work for three or four days a week, in addition to snowmaking, when the snow field is not enough on weekends, he will come to help take care of some amusement projects, usually he will return to Jimo's farm to do some farm work, earn some subsidies for his family, the Winter Olympics are approaching, and hope to bring more ice and snow fun to the citizens.
Behind the joy of ice and snow is their perseverance
Meteorological data show that the "small cold" and "big cold" where january, is the coldest month of the year in Qingdao, but also the only month of the year in Qingdao average temperature below 0 °C, the city's annual average temperature is only -1.5 °C, of which the average temperature in the urban area is -0.2 °C, it is naturally difficult to form a large-scale natural snowfall, but Qingdao's ice and snow industry practitioners also provide citizens with as much ice and snow joy experience as possible through their own efforts. The Guoxin Sports Center, which is mainly based on football and other sports, transforms into an ice and snow world in winter, so that citizens can enjoy the fun of ice and snow without going far, so that the ice and snow industry gradually heats up in the winter of Qingdao.
Seven or eight o'clock in the morning is generally the best time to make snow
The reporter learned from the Qingdao Municipal Sports Bureau that by the end of 2020, there are 15 ice and snow enterprises in Qingdao, with a total output value of 422.5 million yuan. The 10 fashion sports ice and snow tourism routes launched during the Spring Festival in 2021, including 5 major scenes, create new hotspots for Qingdao's winter ice and snow sports tourism and become a "new engine" to drive the consumption power of winter cities.
It is understood that with the approaching of the Winter Olympics, Qingdao's major snow fields are very hot, in addition to the Guoxin Ice and Snow Carnival, relevant data show that during the New Year's Day small long holiday, The Jinshan Ski Resort in Jimo District has more than 9,000 guests; The Cuilin Yunzhuang Rural Paradise in Chengyang District has received more than 7,000 tourists; the Pingdu Wenwang Mountain Bijie Ski Resort has nearly 1,500 visitors on New Year's Day; and with the increase in the personalized needs of tourists, the major ski resorts are also enriching their own Winter Olympics-themed amusement projects. It is the persistence of these grassroots snow field workers in the cold winter that ensures the laughter of tourists in the ice and snow world.
After each snowmaking, some pits are left