Snow Dance Ridge, Burning Passion. On the morning of January 1, the 2024 Laojieling "Ice and Snow Rime Festival" kicked off in Taiping Town, Xixia County. The theme of the "Ice and Snow Rime Festival" is "Travel to the Central Plains Snow Town and Enjoy the Passion of Ice and Snow".
Cheng Jinlong, chief expert and consultant of Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Zhang Hongyan, deputy director of Nanyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, Qiao Shechang, deputy director of Xixia County People's Congress, and Tian Dan, chief of the Publicity and Promotion Section of Nanyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, attended the opening ceremony. Qiao Shechang delivered a welcome speech, and Zhang Hongyan announced the opening of the 2024 Laojieling "Ice and Snow Rime Festival".
Located in Taiping Town, Xixia County, Laojieling Scenic Area is the main peak of Funiu Mountain, the core area of Nanyang Funiu Mountain Global Geopark, a national AAAAA-level scenic spot, and a national nature reserve. The altitude of the scenic spot is 1400-1800 meters, the mountains are steep, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the peaks and peaks are stacked, the momentum is magnificent, and the lowest temperature in winter is -10 °C. From the end of November to the end of March of the following year, the snow cover period is more than 60 centimeters, and the snow quality is excellent, forming a unique forest and sea snow field wonder in the Central Plains.
Laojieling Ski Resort is a famous large-scale ski resort in alpine wetlands, located on Laojieling in Funiu Xixia County, Global Geopark. The ski resort is 1400~1800 meters above sea level, and is a famous alpine wetland large-scale ski resort in the country, with intact vegetation, primitive and simple scenery, and extremely superior natural conditions. The average temperature in summer is 22 °C, the lowest temperature in winter is -5 °C, the end of November to the end of March of the following year is the snow cover period, the snow thickness is more than 60 cm, the snow quality is excellent, forming the forest and snow field wonders of the Central Plains.
In recent years, in accordance with the development idea of "promoting tourism with culture, promoting culture with tourism, and integrating culture and tourism", Xixia County has actively promoted the in-depth integration of culture and tourism by relying on natural resources, leading the green rise with all-for-one tourism, and embarking on a high-quality tourism development path with unique mountainous characteristics. To create new highlights of ice and snow tourism, focus on "immersive cultural tourism product development, immersive consumption scene creation, immersive tourism organization innovation" three articles, focus on cultivating new cultural tourism industry, and inject new vitality and vitality into the county's economic development. The holding of the Ice and Snow Wusong Festival is another important measure for the county to actively promote the four-season all-for-one tourism of "spring appreciating dogwoods and summer heat, autumn and autumn leaves and winter skiing", and promote the rapid development of the tourism industry this winter and next spring.
This winter, come to the West Gorge with friends and relatives. Travel to the snow town, climb the snow mountain, and experience different surprises! (Source: Meiyun Xixia)