The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, the first Winter Olympics hosted by China. Since Beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, the number of participants in ice and snow sports nationwide has reached 300 million as of October 2021. In particular, skiing, a sport that is widely popular in Europe and North America, has gradually become popular among young people in China.
The opening of the Winter Olympics has made the atmosphere of skiing this year more intense, Chinese the romance of snow, melted into the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the love of the babies for snow has also become a topic of people's talk; the mascot ice pier has become the top of this winter's strength, a pier is difficult to find; various Winter Olympic events are discussed in the streets and alleys of Hongcheng, the winter Olympic atmosphere is full in Hongcheng, and this ice and snow event has also ignited everyone's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports.
Jiujiang 6-year-old cute baby: because of love and ice and snow
On February 7, su Yiming completed a 1800-degree difficult turn in the final of the men's slope steeplechase at the Winter Olympics, and 6-year-old Jiujiang Mengwa Zhan Haoran (nicknamed Dada) looked at his home and exclaimed: "This brother is skating on a snowboard, I want to learn it later." ”
After learning to ski, Dada already has a certain understanding of skiing, and he also asked his mother next to him: "How old is this brother?" Xu Xiaoqin replied, "17 years old." "I want to be a skier in the future." Her 6-year-old son was surprised to understand the Olympics. For his son's love of skiing, Xu Xiaoqin always tried his best to support his interest.
In February this year, Dada just celebrated his 6th birthday. The instructor of the ski resort told reporters: "Usually we recommend that children over 6 years old can come to ski. "This year, I have only been to the ski resort once, during the Spring Festival, the family has arrived in Lushan, but the number of tourists in Lushan has soared, and the waiting time for the cable car is basically 3 to 4 hours, and finally they still give up." Not sliding into snow also made me feel a little sorry: "When can we go skiing next time?" ”
The last time was a few years ago, when the Lushan Ski Resort had just opened, Xu Xiaoqin took the children with him. Due to the low temperature, the magic carpet has been frozen, and the child can only walk up with his feet from the snow slope to the snow slope, and the child does not complain a word. Walking to the top of the snow field, bending the knees, leaning forward, the center of gravity forward, the entire body center of gravity slid down, the double board drew a smooth curve on the snow field, Xu Xiaoqin quickly recorded this moment with his mobile phone.
Cute skiing like Dada is not in the minority. On the evening of February 4, in the short film "Future Champions" of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Bei Bei, who was less than 1 year old, wore a festive red ski suit, stepped on a snowboard, and two small hands fluttered up and down excitedly, behind her, was a small dog in a red vest, running and chasing, this scene touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world. The huge contrast between the nipple and skiing has become a topic of discussion.
Bao Ma reveals: how to cultivate ski cute babies
On social platforms, little cute baby skiing is not a minority. Xiaofei, a 27-year-old ski dad from Xinjiang, told reporters that he is a ski enthusiast himself, and since the child was more than 2 years old, he has taken him to the ski resort, and now he has been able to complete some difficult actions, and it is a cool thing to experience the joy of skiing with children.
A mother who loves skiing explained the conditions behind the cultivation of ski cute babies: one is close to the ski resort; the second is to have continuous time to go to the ski resort; the third is to have a coach or parent to teach; the fourth is that the child himself loves skiing.
This year is the second year of skiing, and in the eyes of the ski instructor, it is the youngest child in the training camp, but the skiing skills are particularly good. "It's good to slip like this." Snow parks have become a very important factor for Meng Wa to achieve the freedom of skiing, and in the north, large ski resorts usually have different tracks according to different functions, and even have special ski areas for children.
At the end of January 2020, the 4-year-old da da "touched the snow" for the first time, the ski field did not have suitable ski equipment, but sat on the balance bike with pulleys and had a lot of fun, staying on the snow field for 4 hours. In the early winter of 2021, we began systematic ski training and went to the nearby Lushan Ski Resort for 5 consecutive days to learn to ski under the guidance of an instructor.
Getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning, Xu Xiaoqin and her son drove from Jiujiang to the foot of Lushan Mountain, took the cable car up the mountain, and then stayed in the ski resort for a day. Since learning to ski, Xu Xiaoqin has found that there have been some significant changes in the child: when asked about his favorite sports, he generously tells everyone that "my favorite sports are skiing and swimming", when reading picture books, he pays special attention to the content of skiing, and in the ski resort, he also becomes more proud and confident.
This year, Xu Xiaoqin was originally going to take her children to Beijing for skiing, but this plan was later stranded due to fears of the epidemic. Before the New Year, Xu Xiaoqin bought a snowboard and 28 sizes of ski boots. In the future ski slopes, this pair of 28-size ski boots may become a beautiful scenery of the ski resort.
Enthusiasts: It's a fashionable sport
What kind of sport is skiing? If this question had been put 4 years ago, rabbit (pseudonym) might have thought that this was a similar sport to tai chi and marathon, it was neither young nor fashionable, and even a little old-fashioned. The rise of skiing in Jiangxi has also begun in recent years, rabbit believes that with the addition of young people, they will bring more street culture into skiing, combined with music and clothing, skiing began to become popular. Skiing, like camping, has become a social currency for contemporary young people.
4 years ago, rabbit's outdoor friends have begun to play skiing, and after contact with skiing, he began to lose control. Every winter, skiing is basically a must-have for rabbits, and in his opinion: "Skiing extends life by 25 percent." "For lovers of skiing, the original chilly winter is also given more meaning because of the sport of skiing. It is precisely because of skiing that winter becomes more anticipated, and for the vast majority of ski enthusiasts, winter is more meaningful than summer.
Once you fall in love with skiing, skiing becomes a never-ending thing. Experiencing the different ski slopes is a pleasure for ski lovers. It is not easy for southerners to achieve skiing freedom, and in the south, most ski resorts open from December to February, while in the north they will open for 2 months longer than in the south. Usually, the northern ski slopes have obvious differences in natural geographical advantages, whether from the area occupied by the area to the construction of ski facilities, and the rabbit regrets that " In the southern ski resorts , it can only become a skiing experience, if you are a lover, the real realization of skiing freedom or in the north."
Experience different ski resorts and feel the thrill of flying in the snow, an experience that no other sport can match. In rabbit's view, skiing is not just a sport, it can also become a kind of tourism, see the local scenery, experience the local ski resort. Rabbits are like a number of family treasures: "We are now popular to go to Xinjiang ski resorts, are only in the past three or four years to start, before the Xinjiang Urumqi Silk Road Ski Resort 16 years ago, in recent years began to expand the area, Songhua Lake Ski Resort is also opened 5 years ago, China's ski enthusiasts have more choices." ”
Because of the love of skiing, rabbit from the beginning of the hobby enthusiast to now become a ski instructor, turn the hobby into a job, now the rabbit's main job is to take the children skiing, engaged in skiing teaching work.
Achieve your biggest dream: take the whole family on a ski trip
This winter, rabbits took the family to Urumqi and replaced traditional tourism with skiing. From his 80-year-old parents to his 10-year-old son, Rabbit took the family to the Silk Road Ski Resort in Urumqi.
All along, rabbits have a wish - to organize a ski trip with the family, but I didn't expect it to happen this year. In the rabbit's view, now parents with their children to ski together has become a way of parent-child communication, "In fact, when children grow up, they can communicate with their parents for less time, but skiing is different, skiing with children, you will talk about skiing together." For this trip, the rabbit took his 14-year-old daughter to slide on the snowy mountain together, taught her daughter to slide the snow, and talked about the trend of skiing together, which is also another kind of companion.
The elderly can't ski, but they can enjoy the local snow scenery, and the perfect ski resort can basically contract the family's food and accommodation. Due to the epidemic situation, the original 10-day ski plan was reduced to 5 days. But such an experience is too rare, and sharing your hobby with your family is also a kind of pride and pride for the rabbit.
Do not envy the north: Jiangxi people will achieve ice and snow freedom
Skiing, which was a niche sport a few years ago, has gradually entered the public eye. According to the study of the 2020 China Ski Industry White Paper, the top three countries in the global number of skiers in the past five years are the United States, Austria and France, and China ranks eighth, closely behind Countries with deep skiing traditions such as Japan, Italy, Switzerland and Canada. For nearly 5 years, China has been the only fast-growing market in the global ski market.
Skiing has a huge consumer group in China, and ski resorts have become a prerequisite for achieving skiing freedom. In 2020, there were 715 ski resorts of all sizes in operation on the mainland. According to the distribution map of China's snow resorts, ski resorts are mainly distributed in the northern region, while indoor ski space in the south is becoming the main force of ice and snow consumption.
In 2017, Tonggu Qixingling Ski Resort was officially put into operation; subsequently, Lushan Ski Resort and Mingyueshan Ski Resort were built successively, and the establishment of these ski resorts filled the gap of no outdoor ski resorts in Jiangxi Province. At present, if Jiangxi people want to go to the nearest ski resort, Lushan Ski Resort, Yichun Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort, tonggu Qixingling Ski Resort have almost become the best choice. This year, in the Yingtan Longhu Mountain Scenic Area Shangqing Ancient Town new artificial ice rink, become the new favorite of tourists; in the future, the indoor ski resort will also become the main force of southern consumption, it is reported that Jiangxi Ji'an shopping mall will also be completed in Jiangxi's first large-scale indoor ski resort. Jiangxi's agreement with ice and snow has already landed.
Jiangxi people: Skiing we are serious
A few years ago, we did a live ski-themed live broadcast at Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort. Walk into Mingyue Mountain, board the cable car, and enjoy the bamboo forest scenery in 15 minutes of cable car time, which is shrouded in clouds and mist like a fairyland. Arrive at the ski resort and change into ski equipment, snow pants, helmets and glasses, gloves and poles. When skiing "meets" the beauty of the mountains, it is exciting on the one hand, and warm on the other.
In the ski resort, there are children, parents, and a group of young people, in this huge ski resort, carrying the ice and snow carnival of Jiangxi people. Put on heavy ski shoes, change into ski clothes, and hold a single pole, some people are like dragons in the snow field, becoming the darling of the snow, and there are also ski novices who accidentally fall in the snow, everyone enjoys the joy of this ice and snow activity in the same venue.
What kind of activity is skiing? Friendly to newbies? Mr. Chen, who was in contact with skiing for the first time, has been able to slide freely on the snow, and Mr. Chen told reporters that this skiing actually belongs to the company's team-building activities. "The first time I can skate so well, probably because I usually skate a lot, so the sense of balance is not bad." Children can basically ski easily after being instructed by the instructor, and for novices, wrestling has become the norm, but wrestling and getting up again and continuing to immerse themselves in this ice and snow game has become the greatest pleasure of skiing.
With the Winter Olympics taking place, experiencing a game of skiing has become a great entertainment option. The Spring Festival holiday has become the peak of the ski resort's crowd flow, and the staff of the Qixingling Ski Resort said: "The passenger flow is mainly concentrated in the Spring Festival holiday, and the average daily reception of tourists during the peak period is 4,000-5,000 people. ”
This winter, Jiangxi seems to be particularly favored by snow, even after the spring, there is still a light snow, for southerners, the excitement of snow is indescribable. A few years ago, Nanchang ushered in a light snow, and it has already shown the trend of brushing the screen in the circle of friends.
The heat of the Winter Olympics continues to heat up, Jiangxi's ice and snow dream is also more intense, for every child with ice and snow dreams, skiing should not be a restriction, it should be a happy sport that everyone can experience, even if wrestling, but this has never affected our love for ice and snow sports itself, for skiing, China is serious, Jiangxi people are also serious!
Text: Zhao Qiong
Editor: Jiangyu
Review: Jin Luyao