Currently, the only source of raw materials for Olympic curling is Elsa Craig Island, off the west coast of Scotland.
From cutting rough to sanding, bonding, hand polishing, etc., the production of a curling pot goes through about 20 processes.
The Beijing Winter Olympics, like previous Winter Olympics, used curling in the field came from a century-old shop in Mohlin, Scotland, England, the Case Curling Factory.
From curling at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 to maintaining the official competition "establishment" from the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, the curling at the Case YS Curling Factory was almost never absent.
For the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Case Factory produced more than 190 curling and then selected 96 to send to the field.
This is a piece of granite to be processed at the Case Curling Factory (january 24, 2022). (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
Workers process cut granite at the Case Curling Plant, January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
Workers make curling at the Case Curling Factory, January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
Workers work at the Case's Curling Factory on January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
Workers measure curling at the Case Curling Factory," january 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
This is the interior of the Case Curling Factory (taken on January 24, 2022). (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
Workers sharpen curling at the Case Curling Factory on January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
A worker busies himself inside the Case Curling Factory on January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
This is a curling that was placed outside the Case Curling Factory (taken on January 24, 2022). (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)
This is a vista of Elsa Craig Island taken on January 24, 2022. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying/photo)