Source: China Daily
China Daily, February 14 -- The wonderful events of the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and many ice and snow sports are also on fire in China. According to US media reports, curling projects should be moved and quiet, known as "chess" on ice, and are loved by many chinese folk "Winter Olympic players".
The New York Times recently reported that curling is an immersive sport at the Winter Olympics, requiring athletes to work hard to make polished round stones slide on the ice.
The objects used in China's "folk curling" competition are inspired by the addictive competition of sliding nearly 20 kilograms of stones on the ice.
Crafted from rare granite mined on a remote island in Scotland and perfectly polished by a company with a history of more than 170 years, a set of curling pots usually sells for about 200,000 yuan.
Professional curling is expensive, prompting Chinese audiences to use their imaginations to compete in fun competitions with kettles, woks, ice cubes and even an unhappy-looking dog sitting in a plastic basin.
An online video shows Chinese curling amateurs sliding pressure cookers and woks on the ice outdoors.
Another video shows a man spending three hours with ice cubes to make a fairly decent-looking curling replica, including the handle that athletes use to control curling.
The man, surnamed Sun, said in the video, "I couldn't watch the game live, so I had the idea of making Olympic rings and curling, expressing my love for the sport and helping us with the Olympics." ”
There are also curling enthusiasts who freeze cucumbers in a basin of water as a handle, play curling on the ground at home, and it seems that homemade "curling" slides very well on the floor tiles.
Another key piece of curling — the curling brush used by athletes to frantically rub on the ice to influence the direction of curling ' sliding — is readily available: a broom or mop can complete the task.
China said that hosting the Winter Olympics would bring 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. Chinese news sites have promoted the scenario and sparked enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics.
An online report on homemade curling said, "As long as the enthusiasm is high, the method is always more than difficult." ”
The article reads: "Let's also try to host a folk Winter Olympics at home!" ”