Zhejiang Anji Yunshang Grassland Scenic Ski Resort.
Photo by Yu Ying
Tourists skate and snow at the Yunnan Mountain Ski Resort in Beijing.
Photo by He Yong, a reporter of this newspaper
Skaters in The Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang.
Photographed by Suf Aini
On February 5, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the welcome banquet of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing that "allowing more people to participate in ice and snow sports is the meaning of the Olympic movement." By organizing the Winter Olympic Games and promoting the Winter Olympics, China has let ice and snow sports enter the homes of ordinary people, achieved the goal of bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, and made new contributions to the global Olympic cause. ”
Driven by the Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports across the country have become "hot": the number of participants in ice and snow sports has increased significantly, the level of ice and snow sports competition has increased by leaps and bounds, and various ice and snow sports events have been vigorously carried out...
Xinjiang
Older people also love to skate
Li Yanan Li Qiang
"When gliding, the body position should be lowered, the center of gravity should not be too far forward, and the whole process of sliding must pay attention to the allocation of physical strength." A group of skaters feel the speed and excitement while reminding each other of the technical essentials.
At 11:00 a.m. on January 29, the outdoor temperature had reached minus 25 degrees Celsius, and the enthusiasm of this group of skaters in the open-air skating rink in the urban area of Bole City, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was undiminished. On the deep blue ice, they are engaged in speed skating competitions, dressed in gorgeous ice suits, feet on shiny ice knives, sliding posture, neat steps, the style of professional skating team attracted a lot of people to stop.
When it was time to rest, they took off their hats and glasses, and everyone found out that this was a group of "grandparent-level" skaters!
"We are speed skaters of the Bozhou Senior Skating Association, the weather has been cold recently, the ice conditions are very good, the athletes of the association come to the ice rink almost every day to train, everyone is together to exchange skills, exchange ideas, enjoy the joy of winter sports." Senior skating team coach Zhang Fuchang said.
"When the time comes, start the next round of competition immediately, everyone hurry up and take their seats, see if their ice knives and protective gear are worn, and pay attention to maintaining a safe distance when sliding." Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Fuchang was already in a new round of the game. With the sound of the starting gun, the team members were like sharp arrows off the string, bending down, swinging their arms, and rushing towards the finish line.
This senior skating association was founded in 2011, after more than 10 years of development, the association members have grown from the initial 10 people to nearly 70 people today, the oldest team member is 76 years old, the youngest is 52 years old. In the winter, the team members will go to the outdoor training together and organize various ice and snow competition activities.
In the skating team, there are a pair of "husband and wife" team members who attract the most attention, 55-year-old Gong Chang'an and 52-year-old Chen Lei have been skating together for more than ten years, and the picture of them walking side by side on the ice rink is touching. Chen Lei said that when in love, her husband Gong Chang'an often took her to roller skating. By chance, Chen Lei came into contact with winter skating, and the gliding tool changed from roller skates to skates, and the smoother sense of sliding action made her fall in love with the sport of speed skating.
After years of training, Chen Lei's results are getting better and better, and in a speed skating invitational tournament she recently participated in, she won two championships in the adult group speed skating 500 meters and 5000 meters. "Every time I participate in a competition, watching my husband cheer for himself on the sidelines, his confidence will be stronger, his hard work will be more sufficient, and ice and snow sports will bring us not only physical health and sports happiness, but more importantly, a positive attitude towards life!" Chen Lei said.
After all the matches of the day, Zhang Fuchang finally had time to sit down and chat. He has loved sports since he was a child, and he has devoted himself to sports since he retired, "For so many years, what has not changed is the love of skating!" Zhang Fuchang said that because he often exercises and is in good health, few people can see that he is 76 years old this year.
"Initially, the place where we skated outdoors was in the frozen reservoir, and everyone was very happy to find a small piece of flat ice." Zhang Fuchang said that today, with the continuous development of urban construction, the use of landscape rivers in the urban area to build a winter skating rink, the slide is both standardized and safe, more and more citizens can participate in skating, "Our team is getting bigger and bigger, 300 million people to participate in the vision of ice and snow sports, but also in our border town slowly to reality, this is a good thing!" ”
Now, this group of elderly people has also led to many young people. Lo and behold, a child named Helisa took the initiative to find Zhang Fuchang as a coach, and after just a few minutes of rest, Zhang Fuchang got up and led a group of children to slide into the ice rink.
Heilongjiang
There are more and more "ice and snow seedlings"
Reporter Zhang Yikai
"Look! It is the Beijing Winter Olympic torch 'flying'! In January this year, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Torch Display Event was held in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, and the audience in the venue was excited and also questioned, "Who is the 'grandfather' who holds the torch?" ”
I saw the three grandchildren pedaling ice knives, holding small hands in large hands, and beautifully crossing the ice surface - the leader was Li Wensi, the coach of the U12 ice hockey team in Qiqihar City, behind him was his father, Li Yue, a veteran ice hockey player, and li Haorui, a hockey player at Longsha Primary School.
"In Qiqihar, generations like ours skate, abound." Li Yue, who is nearly sixty years old, was once a professional hockey player in Qiqihar, in the 1970s, every winter, he would take the horse's mane as a protective gear, bring his own wooden board to build the goal, before dawn, he ran to the outdoor ice rink dripping into ice, a practice is 5 hours, every day.
Entering the municipal sports school at the age of 13, entering the youth team at the age of 16, entering the professional first team at the age of 19, and in 1979, as the main center-back of the National Games champion Qiqihar, Li Yue stood on the podium representing the highest level in the country for the first time.
Nowadays, the sports industry in Qiqihar has developed by leaps and bounds, the infrastructure has been gradually completed, and the brand influence of ice and snow events has been continuously improved. The four standard skating halls of the Municipal Winter Sports Center are open to the public, and more than 200 outdoor natural ice rinks attract men, women and children to ride on the ice surface and show their skills.
On campus, ice and snow sports are also "hot". In Qiqihar, there are more than 100 campus ice hockey teams, and the intercollegiate ice hockey league plays weekly and weekly throughout the year.
"Ice sports are very hot, and there are obviously more good seedlings in recent years." Li Yue said. Born in 1985, Li Wensi has won the National Winter Games and National Championships, been selected for the national team many times, participated in the World Youth Ice Hockey Championship, the Asian Games, the Asian Ice Hockey League...
"Sliding action is not allowed!" At the sound of a whistle, Li Wensi went to the ice to demonstrate to the students, and the explosive sliding action splashed with snow foam under his feet. As the coach of the Qiqihar U12 ice hockey team, Li Wensi has done his best to lead the Qiqihar U12 ice hockey team to win the first national junior ice hockey Black Dragon Cup Grand Prix in 2017, the champion of the 2019 Wang Jialian Cup to the United States, and the second place in the country in the 2021 National U Series Championship...
Today, the spark of ice hockey has spread to Li Yue's grandson Li Haorui, who was less than 6 years old and "went to ice" in advance without waiting for school, and joined the ice hockey team of Qiqihar Longsha Primary School, and now the "ice age" has been two years. On New Year's Day 2022, he competed in the Junior Ice Hockey Invitational Tournament U6 Group Competition and won the first place and was awarded the title of Single Best Athlete.
Li Haorui on the field moved like a rabbit, receiving passes and shooting, all in one go. Whenever there is a game, Li Yue always appears on the sidelines for the first time to watch the game, and it is difficult to hide his joy between the comments, "Now there are more opportunities to participate in the game!" The child's technical movements are quite standardized. ”
At present, Qiqihar ice and snow events are diversified, holding more than 100 events and more than 1,000 ice and snow events at all levels every year, and successfully creating a normalized event system from the municipal level to the international level, from leisure activities to professional events. Since the establishment of the Ice Hockey Festival in 2017, the city has held 6 consecutive ice hockey festivals and 8 ice hockey season activities, and the Hecheng International Ice Hockey Invitational Tournament has become a normalized brand event. The city has set up more than 100 primary and secondary school ice hockey teams, established a full echelon training system from U10 to professional teams, and built a broad stage for the training of reserve talents in ice hockey.
"The Qiqihar ice hockey team is the cradle of talent for the national team. The people of Qiqihar have the determination and confidence to win glory for the country with their achievements and actions at the first Winter Olympics. Gao Hongqun, deputy director of the Qiqihar Municipal Sports Bureau, said.
Yunnan
There is more snow and ice activity
Reporter Yang Wenming
Charge, pedal, swing, "bang" a crisp sound, the ice ball pops out of the front of the club, the arrow generally shoots straight into the goal... Tian Haoqianyi, from Kunming, Yunnan Province, is only 8 years old this year, but has been studying ice hockey for nearly 3 years.
Twice a week on the ice, slipping, slipping, one-legged bending, Tian HaoQianyi on the ice rink looks professional. But the main young players who can compete on the field have also shed tears because of ice training. When communicating with reporters, Tian Haoqianyi, who had just finished 30 laps, poured bitter water: "The training is very hard, the coach let us run around the ice rink, and there is 800 meters of land physical training." ”
When I first got on the ice, the basic sliding, standing balance and other training interest is relatively weak, the amount of running, leg training class tasks are large, training is hard to eat, Tian Hao Qianyi often "play Lai", from time to time to say that he is not feeling well, to his mother Hao Yanfan does not want to train. "If you don't go on ice, you can't skate with other friends." Training is not only to exercise skills, but also to temper perseverance, Hao Yanfan understands his son's "careful thinking" and patiently enlightens. Thinking of his hockey dream, Xiao Qianyi slowly stopped making excuses.
"I used to have to push, but now I'm going to be sad to miss the opportunity to go to the ice." In the competition and training learned to persevere, the son's change made Hao Yanfan a little surprised. Today' Tian Hao Qianyi has not been trained, he said that he "will not be tired when he stays on the ice rink for 24 hours!" In order to participate, the team wanted to take group photos, it happened that Xiao Qianyi had some fever, Hao Yanfan had planned to take him back after the shooting, but he did not expect that his son, who had no spirit in the last second, put on the ice knife shoes and was alive, and even told her: "I don't want to go to the ice." Even the coach ridiculed him as "ice cures all diseases."
"I want to be in the national team! Be a professional athlete and win a lot of gold medals for the country! When the reporter asked Tian HaoQianyi why he fell in love with ice hockey, he had forgotten the details of when he first walked on the ice, and only believed that ice hockey was his dream now. In order to lay a good foundation on the ice surface, Hao Yanfan first sent Tian Hao Qianyi to learn roller skating, and it was not until he was 4 years old that the foundation was better before he got on real ice. Roller skating to the ice surface, there are thousands of differences, ice hockey is a competitive sport, bumping makes Xiao Qianyi a little afraid. "I'm afraid of the ball hitting my body, and I'm afraid that I'll get hurt if I slip and fall." Tian Hao Qianyi not only did not flinch, but also found some wonderful ice hockey game clips to see in order to overcome his fear, and gradually felt that the collision was also "cool", and when he saw the team project with the common goal, he also thought of his friend: "We are a team, everyone must be brave, can not hide behind." ”
Outside the training ground, Grandpa is Tian Haoqianyi's "personal trainer". Grandpa is a sports enthusiast, accompanied by Tian Hao Qianyi customized the training plan, in order to train physical fitness, he also found old tires, homemade training equipment for his grandson, weight or obstacles, Grandpa and this old tire has been accompanied by Tian Hao Qianyi.
At the Kunming Hongta Ice Center, many teenagers who love ice hockey like Tian HaoQianyi are practicing basic actions such as plucking the ball and shooting, and when ice hockey, figure skating, curling and other sports are held in the stadium, hundreds of spectators watch the game in the stands, adding a fiery atmosphere to the game. Lv Huihui, director of the Mass Sports Department of the Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau, said: Driven by the Winter Olympics, in addition to professional competitions, all parts of Yunnan have also carried out public activities such as ice tug-of-war and relay, and took the opportunity of the activities to issue 100,000 ice and snow experience coupons to the public.
Near the Winter Olympics, although he could not go to the scene to watch the game, Tian Hao Qianyi made his own "schedule" early, the table has the schedule of ice hockey, curling, skiing and other competitions, and there is a space next to each time, Tian Hao Qianyi said: "I want to watch the game every day, write my feelings here, learn from professional athletes!" Tian Hao Qianyi dreamed that he could one day enter the national team to compete in the international arena.
Beijing
Winter Olympics ignite "thermal economy"
Reporter He Yong
In Beijing's Miyun District, despite the cold winter weather, the two major ski resorts of Nanshan and Yunfoshan are crowded, and ski enthusiasts are stepping on snowboards and double boards and speeding down the snow tracks; children in the snow play area, accompanied by parents or coaches, are enthusiastically learning to ski and experience the charm of ice and snow sports.
Wang Qingyuan, a 7-year-old child who lives in Chaoyang District, Beijing, has been learning to ski for a long time, but his progress has been rapid, and he has advanced to snowboarding not long after learning to doubleboard. "If time permits, I would like to use the time of winter vacation to master the veneer skills." Wang Qingyuan said that she has loved ice and snow since she was a child, and the Beijing Winter Olympics held at her doorstep have deepened her love for ice and snow sports, and also given her the opportunity and atmosphere to participate in ice and snow sports.
According to the person in charge of the Sports Bureau of Miyun District, Miyun District has formulated a three-year action plan for ice and snow activities (2019-2022), determined the goals of ice and snow sports work, and ensured the long-term healthy development of ice and snow sports for the public; for six consecutive years, it has held a series of activities such as "Beijing Miyun District Helps the Winter Olympics and Ice and Snow Carnival", covering all activities, many forms and wide participation, setting up people to grab tickets every year, thousands of questions to answer "Winter Olympic Knowledge Q&A", student "winter camps", skiing open competitions and other series of activities, cadres of all district organs, Urban residents, farmers, primary and secondary school students and other groups of people actively participate, and the number of ice and snow sports is popularized more than 60,000 every year, creating a good atmosphere for ice and snow sports in Miyun.
From the policy leading the development path, to the ice and snow sports venues are dotted everywhere; from the climax of the event to the rising enthusiasm of the public; from the extensive participation of social forces to the beginning of the ice and snow economy... In a short period of time, ice and snow activity spread all over Miyun. Once a niche ice and snow sport, it has now been integrated into people's daily lives, so that more citizens can embrace ice and snow and show enthusiasm.
In the snow season from 2021 to 2022, the two major snow resorts of Miyunnan Mountain and Yunfoshan Mountain will be upgraded and upgraded, so that visitors can enjoy the ultimate skiing experience during the day and at night. Miyun Happy Squirrel Valley, Rose Love Garden and other scenic spots take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to create an ice and snow children's theme park for the first time, and launch a wealth of entertainment projects such as snowmobiling, snow spinning, and ski circles to meet the play needs of different groups of people. Miyun ice and snow sports continue to heat up, and the passenger flow of major ice and snow venues continues to increase, which has also driven the development of the surrounding homestay, catering industry, and leisure picking industry.
In Shengshuitou Village, Henan Zhai Town, Miyun District, which is close to nanshan ski resort, the small courtyard of the homestay opened by the villagers is red and the festive atmosphere is full of joy. "Originally, I only operated one yard, and thinking that the 'Winter Olympic Year' would definitely set off a boom in ice and snow sports, I boldly tried to renovate 4 more yards, and now the reception capacity has doubled several times, and the supply of guest rooms is still in short supply." Liu Jintao, the owner of Nanshan Xiaozhu Homestay, said that in order to welcome the Winter Olympics, this year's new year's new year goods such as window flowers and spring unions have all added winter Olympic elements. "There are projectors in every room, tv in the public hall, and you can watch live matches during the Winter Olympics." Liu Jintao said.
The reporter learned that the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger to the snow field for the New Year has become a new folk custom, and the homestays around the major ski resorts in Beijing have been booked more than half a month ago. Taking the Winter Olympics as an opportunity, suburban tourism in Beijing is showing the new characteristics of "not light in the off-season", and the ice and snow economy has embarked on the road of rapid development and become a new boost for economic development.
chekiang
Ski slopes on your doorstep
Reporter Fang Min
On the Snow Ridge Peak at an altitude of 1168 meters in northern Zhejiang, the world of pure white is boundless. In recent days, in the ski resort of Yunshang Grassland Scenic Area in Shanchuan Township, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, many tourists have felt the freshness and excitement brought by skiing in the "Ice and Snow World".
"The most important thing for beginners is to find the center of gravity, the sense of balance, to try more, pay attention to the position of the force." When trying to skate, you should also pay more attention to safety, I will follow you, you can rest assured..." Under the guidance of professional instructors, Guo Qin, a jiaxing tourist who skied for the first time, looked ahead, kept the two boards the same width as the shoulders, held the snow poles with both hands and naturally sagged, and completed his first "appearance" on the ice and snow.
"The Winter Olympics are coming, and we are also in a hurry. I didn't expect that there was such a big ski resort in the south, and I had to hurry up and practice a few more times. Two hours have passed, and although Guo Qin has fallen several times, he has initially mastered some of the skiing skills.
In the past, people had the impression that skiing was the "patent" of the north, but in recent years, many places in Zhejiang, located in the south, have also had skiing venues, making the joy of skiing into thousands of households.
Walking into the other side of the ski resort, the members of the anji County Mountain Anda Elementary School campus ski team skated "very beautifully". "Ready, go!" At the order of the coach, more than 30 team members slid out one by one and sped on the snow. After gliding for 100 meters, they used the soles of their feet as the axis, and their heels slowly pushed the tail of the snowboard outward, slowly braking in an inner figure eight. Yu Mengyao, a ski team member who had just reached the end, took a breath and told reporters, "Two years ago, I heard that the school was going to set up a ski team, and I was the first to sign up. In the past two years, I have learned a lot of skiing skills with the coach, and I like this sport too much. ”
While guiding the students' movements, Gong Ning, a professional ski instructor, introduced the teaching results to reporters: "More than 30 children, the longest time to practice skiing is more than 2 years, and the shortest is 2 months." One class a week, the course time is half a day, and now they can basically master the basic actions such as parallel sliding, plough smoothing, turning, braking, etc., and individually can also complete climbing, downhill and so on. ”
"I didn't dare to think that students in rural primary schools could still ski at the 'doorstep'." Shu Ping, principal of Shanchuan Primary School, said. In 2020, the school formed the city's first campus ski team. Every year from December to January is the snow season, and Shuping leads the children to practice on the snow field. The rest of the time, the school will open basic courses such as dryland roller skating, and also set up related clubs, and the school physical education teacher will teach the basics of skiing and the essentials. In October 2020, Shanchuan Primary School was included in the list of traditional schools for youth campus ice and snow sports by the Ministry of Education, and actively carried out the popularization of ice and snow project education. At present, the ski team has a total of 31 members.
Skiing has been able to spread in the south, thanks to the vigorous construction of local ski resorts. Li Mingyu, head of Anji Yunshang Grassland Ski Resort, introduced that the ski resort is located in Chidouyang, the second highest peak in northern Zhejiang, with a total area of 200,000 square meters and can accommodate more than 10,000 skiers at the same time.
"In 2020, the ski resort officially opened to the public. In the past two years, the number of tourists has been increasing. There are 5 pistes including a practice trail and a beginner trail. There are more than 200 professional coaches at the top of the mountain for on-site guidance, and since December 2021, we have received 48,000 tourists and earned 28 million yuan, with an average of more than 3,000 people per day since the winter vacation. Li Mingyu said that the ski resort will open a new 1.2-kilometer-long advanced ski track and a 1.2-kilometer intermediate ski slope at the end of 2021, of which the high-level slope has a maximum drop of 90 meters and a maximum slope of 33%, which has the conditions for professional events and fills the gap in the field of professional skiing for southerners.
It is understood that in addition to Shanchuan Township, Shangshu Township and Tianhuangping Town in Anji County have also built ski resorts based on local natural conditions. "The three major ski resorts in the county are divided into advanced, intermediate and junior areas, which can accommodate 15,000 ski enthusiasts for ice and snow sports. Every year, 400,000 tourists come here. Luo Fudi, deputy secretary of the party committee and deputy director of the Anji County Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, introduced, "This year, taking advantage of the winter Olympic fever, we also actively publicized to the outside world, so that more southerners can come to Anji and feel the unique charm of ice and snow sports." ”
Edit: Zhenglong
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition