"When I grow up, I will also participate in the Winter Olympics, win gold medals and compete for honors for the country." After watching the live broadcast of the Winter Olympic Games, Irina, an 11-year-old primary school student at the Hohhot National Experimental School in Inner Mongolia, excitedly told reporters.
Irina is a member of the Hohhot Youth Speed Skating Training Team, the ninth day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival has not yet ended, the training team has begun training. Although she has only been practicing speed skating for a short time, Irina's results are outstanding, and this persistent and hard-working girl chases her ice and snow dreams on the ice rink.
Teen speed skaters are training on the ice rink. People's Daily Photo by Liu Yilin
Bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports is a solemn commitment made by China to the international community. Today, riding on the east wind of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the vast land of 1.18 million square kilometers, the enthusiasm for ice and snow activities in Inner Mongolia is high, from toddlers to elderly people over the age of flower armor, all of whom have joined the ranks of ice and snow sports. Ice and snow tourism and ice and snow sports are radiating new vitality and vitality in the north of the motherland.
The magnificent and vast Inner Mongolia not only has the green of the steppe, but also the silver wrapping of the snowy plains. The winter in northern Xinjiang is pure and long, and every year in October, Hulunbuir and Daxinganling have entered the silver world covered with ice and snow, for up to 7 months, which is the longest place covered by ice and snow in China. Winter tourism Naadam, ice and snow festival, winter fishing festival, photography festival and other festivals throughout the winter, wonderful everywhere. With the opening of the Beijing-Hubei high-speed railway, "going to Inner Mongolia to play with ice and snow" has become the first choice for more outsiders.
The Arshane Ice River has a beautiful view in winter. People's Daily Photo by Fu Lijuan
According to the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ice and Snow Sports Development Plan (2016-2025)", Inner Mongolia has built an inner Mongolia ice and snow tourism ecosystem and industrial chain with the global layout of "one core, one ring and two belts", and created a number of ice and snow sports "explosive models" such as "Ice and Snow Naadam", "Ice and Snow Heavenly Road" and "Yellow River Ice and Snow", which has greatly enhanced the popularity, reputation and influence of Inner Mongolia's ice and snow brands in the country.
Let "ice" and "snow" integrate into life, and social forces widely participate in ice and snow sports
This winter, more than 130 mass ice and snow sports were carried out in Inner Mongolia.
In the Daheihe Military Theme Park in Hohhot, children glided happily on the ski slopes and burst into laughter from time to time. The cold is difficult to stop the enthusiasm of citizens to participate in ice and snow sports, and adults and children can be seen everywhere in the park to operate ice cars together and have close contact with the ice and snow.
Focusing on the themes of ice and snow experience, cultural tourism, and sports activities, Hohhot has organized more than 30 ice and snow activities such as ice and snow games, ice and snow tourism experiences, ice and snow carnivals, and ice and snow winter camps.
The Ice Festival opens. Photo courtesy of Tuquan County Rong Media Center
In the snowy grassland of Xilin Gol, a snow battle is raging. Different from the general snowball fight, the snow joint battle should pay more attention to teamwork and tactics. In the Series of Ice and Snow Activities of Xilingol Grassland Blessing new year and Winter Olympics, the Xilinhot Snow Battle and the Snow Futsal Invitational Tournament burned ice and snow in the arena.
The Meilin Valley Ski Resort in Qaraqin Banner, Chifeng City, is only more than 400 kilometers from Beijing. Fang Rui, secretary of the Qaraqin Banner Committee, said: "Karaqin Banner has carried out various forms of ice and snow experience projects that the masses like to hear, and guided the masses to actively participate in ice and snow tourism. Create a Qaraqin ice and snow tourism brand, and turn the ice and snow into 'Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains'. ”
Inside the ski slopes, instructors guide students to learn how to ski. Wang Zhengzhao
Further east, the Forest Sea Snow Field Ar Mountain, grassland and Forest Sea meet, snow mountain and hot spring coexist. At the 16th Arshan Ice and Snow Festival, ice and snow research activities led to the participation of young people in ice and snow sports. "Ice" and "snow" are fully integrated into life, setting off a new fashion trend.
In terms of mass sports, Inner Mongolia has continued to carry out a series of ice and snow season activities, with more than 50 mass ice and snow sports events such as millions of young people on ice and snow, Hulunbuir (Hailar) Winter Heroes' Meeting, and the "Helping Winter Olympics" Winter Ice and Snow Games, which have greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the masses. At present, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has reached 3 million. Social forces are widely involved, and the once niche ice and snow sports have now been integrated into the daily fitness activities of the people in Inner Mongolia.
Let "cold resources" become "hot industries", ice and snow make people's lives more and more prosperous
On December 11, 2021, Hohhot Mamane Mountain Ski Resort was officially opened, and in the same year, the planning and construction of Mamani Mountain were completed in the same year, and mamane mountain ski resort created a construction miracle. Climb aboard the cable car and look down from above, skiers gliding on the intermediate pistes.
Skiers ski. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Qaraqin Banner Committee
Meng Junfeng, deputy general manager of Hohhot Metro Industrial Co., Ltd., an investor in Mamanshan Ski Resort, said: "Since the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the number of ski tourists has increased by nearly 70%, the ice and snow industry has maintained an annual growth rate of more than 50 billion yuan, and ice and snow sports have ushered in an unprecedented period of historical development opportunities. ”
Hohhot City, with the Mamane Mountain Ski Resort as the carrier, vigorously develops ice and snow sports and ice and snow tourism, and is committed to building a large-scale youth ice and snow training base, a professional athlete training base and a regional leisure and vacation center in the Hubao-Ewu urban agglomeration, driving the ice and snow sports in Inner Mongolia to catch fire.
Merrill Valley Ski Resort is a high standard ski resort certified by the International Snow Federation. In late January, the Merrill Valley Ski Resort has just held the World Paralympic Snowboarding National Championships. With more and more people coming here to ski, villagers around the Meilin Valley Ski Resort have opened farms and special homestays, and lived a life of "relying on snow to eat snow".
The Merrill Valley Ski Resort hosts the World Paralympic Snowboarding National Championships. Photo by Wang Anqi
Meilin villager Wu Fengyong's "Lin Yun Home" farm has entered the peak season from the end of December and can continue until March of the following year. "We look forward to winter and the snow season more than ski lovers." Wu Fengyong said that most of the people who come to stay are ice and snow sports enthusiasts. Now through the equipment of the occupants, Wu Fengyong can basically judge their skiing level.
"Ice and snow tourism makes our days more prosperous." Wang Rui, a ski track maintenance worker at the Meilin Valley Ski Resort, said. Wang Rui's family lives in Wanzi Village, Meilin Town, Qaraqin Banner, 2 kilometers away from the Meilin Valley Ski Resort. Wang Rui, who has been cultivating land for more than 30 years, has changed from a farmer to a ski resort staff because of the increasing popularity of ice and snow tourism in recent years, and the ski resort has been opened at the doorstep. Wang Rui said, "I can get a job at my doorstep, ride a motorcycle to the ski resort every day, and earn more than 5,000 yuan a month, which is twice the income from farming." ”
The 2022 government work report of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region proposes to make every effort to promote the high-quality development of tourism. Nowadays, the "ice and snow economy" is becoming a new growth point of Inner Mongolia's sports industry, focusing on the all-season, differentiated and high-end tourism development positioning in Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia has launched more customized tourism products and tourism routes, developed more experiential and interactive tourism projects, better met the people's characteristic and multi-level tourism needs, and effectively made Inner Mongolia's tourism catch fire from east to west, and heat up all year round.
Rime landscape within the Ergun Wetland. Photo by Jiang Lichun
Let "cold ice and snow" become a "hot classroom", and ice and snow sports start from dolls
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Five Athletes from Inner Mongolia, Han Mei, Fan Duoyao, Zhao Dan, Chu Yuanmeng and Ding Yuhuan, appeared on the field. In addition, many teachers and students of Inner Mongolia universities participated in the Beijing Winter Olympics as referees and volunteers.
Liu Yibo of the Second Affiliated Middle School of Inner Mongolia Normal University has been playing ice hockey for 4 years, and the 12-year-old is nearly 180 centimeters tall after putting on his skates. The boy had a sunny smile and was very handsome. "I was very weak when I was a kid, so I joined the ice hockey team and started playing hockey in order to keep fit." Liu Yibo said: "At the beginning, I was just fooling around, but now I really like it. Playing ice hockey not only improved my physical fitness, but also made me a lot of good friends. ”
Young ice hockey players are training on the ice rink. People's Daily Photo by Liu Yilin
In accordance with the development concept of "north ice, westward migration and southern exhibition", Inner Mongolia ice and snow sports have improved the talent training system at all levels, all kinds of sports schools and professional teams with the western region as the main line, supplemented by primary and secondary schools and social training institutions. Strengthen the construction of high-level reserve talent bases, improve the training and teacher conditions for reserve talent training, integrate development, and form a perfect reserve talent guarantee system. From 2016 to 2021, Inner Mongolia won a total of 126 championships in the national winter sports annual championships, championships and youth championships.
In order to promote the popularization of ice and snow sports and effectively implement the "double reduction" policy, the Inner Mongolia Department of Education has also deployed a series of ice and snow sports and aesthetic education activities. Primary and secondary schools across Inner Mongolia have responded positively, making "cold ice and snow" a "hot fashion".
Students take ice and snow sports classes at Daihai International Ski Resort in Liangcheng County, Ulanqab City. Wang Zhengzhao
27 primary and secondary schools in Yijinholo Banner, Ordos City, have opened winter skiing research courses. Under the guidance of ski instructors, students gradually master basic skills such as flat land sliding and flat ground braking.
Xilingol League, Chifeng City Keshketeng Banner, Xing'an League Zhalat Banner Yindel Town and other places have long winter periods and low temperatures. Local primary and secondary schools take advantage of the unique natural conditions to build ice rinks, carry out ice sports such as skiing and skating, enrich the school's physical education curriculum, and let the physical education classes enter the ski slopes from the playground.
In December 2021, Hengchangdian Lane Primary School in Yuquan District, Hohhot held the theme activity of "Passionate Ice and Snow Meet the Winter Olympics", and the students learned about the Winter Olympics and felt the unique charm of ice and snow sports by participating in a series of activities such as land curling, roller skating, and "Children's Heart Painting Winter Olympics".
Students at Hengchangdian Lane Primary School in Yuquan District, Hohhot, show off their own ice and snow-themed children's paintings. Dingen thick photography
A number of schools in various leagues and cities in Inner Mongolia have successively held themed calligraphy and painting exhibitions, ice and snow sports creative design competitions and other activities, combining ice and snow education with campus characteristics, helping the Winter Olympics with aesthetic education, inheriting the Olympic spirit, and carrying forward traditional Chinese culture.
From participating in ice and snow, to developing ice and snow, to using ice and snow, Inner Mongolia has steadily and steadily polished the ice and snow brand. From the steppe to the snowy plains, the ice and snow scenery in the northern Xinjiang of the motherland is unlimited, and a magnificent picture of the ice and snow brand is slowly unfolding.
Source: People's Daily News