Years later, when he returned to his hometown of Zhangjiakou Guyuan, Pei Yonggang had a new identity: a ski instructor.
Looking at the Zhangjiakou Guyuan Youth Lake in winter, Pei Yonggang's heart seems to fly back to the days when he used to train on ice——— in winter, the frozen lake surface cannot seal people's joy. The silhouette of the teammates galloping on the ice track is still in front of them, the ice blade and the ice surface touch the crystal clear ice flower, with the laughter of the teammates, the encouragement of the coach, swaying on the thousands of acres of ice rink...
The little boy froze
When he was in elementary school, Pei Yonggang was fortunate to be selected by the skating team of Guyuan Amateur Sports School, and since then he has formed an inexplicable relationship with ice and snow.
After entering the skating team, I learned that being an athlete is not all glamorous. During training, I kept falling, getting up, getting up, falling down again... It is also known as the "ice wiper". Many team members left one after another because they could not stand the cold and could not bear the pain. Although Pei Yonggang was young, he had to survive and became a good seedling who studied quickly and achieved excellent results.
Guyuan has a long icing period, thick ice and no impurities, and the dream of the young players is to work hard to achieve good results, be admitted to the provincial sports school, and become a qualified skating coach in the future... The white hair wind and snow could not stop the speed of their gliding, the bone-chilling cold current could not weaken the enthusiasm for training, and the body was scaled and injured, and they never gave up the desire to skate, skating not only strengthened Pei Yonggang's physique, but also ignited his dream of youth.
However, in the autumn of 1993, a season that should have been harvested, the skating team was disastrously abolished. Everyone's love for ice, that dedication, that dedication, that dream, that attachment, like the snowflakes floating on the ice surface of Youth Lake, with the arrival of another spring, helplessly and painfully faded away... Pei Yonggang's state of mind fell into a trough, he did not want to see anyone, he felt that his life and future were confused, and he did not know where the road was. He kept asking himself, is there no longer any connection with ice and snow in this life?
"I hope that the tenacity of sportsmanship practiced on ice will bring you good luck..." The words of expectation echoed in your ears when the skating team disbanded. Although the snow dream is shattered, life still has to go on. On the evening of September 1, 2000, in order to do the leather clothing business, he and his wife brought a sewing machine and a small wooden box and drove to Chongli, a neighboring county———.
Unexpectedly, this trip was actually to continue the ice and snow edge that was difficult to give up.
Chongli Snow Field continues to be related
In 2005, Wanlong Ski Resort recruited ski instructors at a high level. Pei Yonggang, who skated through the ice, was eager to move and successfully passed the recruitment interview at the age of 30.
Because he heard that Pei Yonggang could skate, the coach led him to the steepest snow path in Wanlong, and his eyes were full of white, and it was difficult to put on the snowboard. At that moment, his heart was full of fear, and he cheered himself up in his heart: can't give up!
The slope is very large, the snow surface is as smooth as a mirror, and it is impossible to control it when it is rushed. When she returned home in the evening, her wife saw Pei Yonggang's pale face and advised: "Gangzi, if you can't do it, give up..." Pei Yonggang said: "I have repeatedly wrestled on the ice surface of Guyuan at minus thirty degrees, what is this difficulty." ”
Teacher Bai Yalan is the director of ski technology hired by Wanlong and is a humorous and funny French old man. Seeing pei Yonggang's tragic situation of sliding down, the next day with a stiff Chinese said to the coach who took him: "To be a good coach, the important thing is to protect your players!" These words made Pei Yonggang deeply appreciate the importance of love, patience and responsibility, and he did the same in his later coaching career.
Pei Yonggang fell in love with skiing and taught skiing. He has passed the examination of Canadian first-class and Austrian junior ski instructors, and obtained the skiing level 4 qualification certificate issued by the National Sports Bureau. On the ice and snow stage, he once again found the opportunity to realize his self-worth.
A fire in winter
On July 31, 2015, the whole country rejoiced, and Beijing joined hands with Zhangjiakou to successfully bid for the Winter Olympics.
Under the strong Olympic "east wind", Chongli is preparing for the Olympic Games, and the construction of venues and the development of culture and sports are in full swing. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, which is expected to run through the whole line at the end of 2019, will bring a qualitative leap to Zhangjiakou's tourism and travel, so that more people will come to Chongli for summer and cooling, vacation tourism.
February 4, 2022, is destined to be a day of great attention, this day, ushered in the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Pei Yonggang believes that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be like "a fire in winter" and will surely illuminate the future of Ice and Snow Sports in China. With such a historic opportunity, the hometown of Zhangjiakou will surely usher in a new development.
"Let the ice and snow enter the classroom and do our part to cultivate more ice and snow talents!" In his spare time, Pei Yonggang is most concerned about how to do a good job in ice and snow articles in his hometown, how to do a good job in the continuous development planning of ice and snow after the Olympic Games, and how to put the cultivation of talents on the agenda as soon as possible. In his view, his hometown is close to Beijing and Tianjin, the location advantage is obvious, if you can attract investment to build a large indoor skating hall and a large indoor ski hall, undertake large-scale international events, while setting up ice sculpture snow sculpture, snow entertainment, will bring more opportunities and possibilities to local development!
Looking back at the past, Pei Yonggang suddenly found that the suffering turned out to be a blessing with makeup, and the longer the ice and snow love affair lasted... (Reporter Yue Zhiqiang)