Chao News client reporter Zhao Lei
It is a good time to go green, and the flowers are in full bloom. But on the shore of Beilun, Ningbo, a group of young people are still playing snowball fights and sledding. On April 13, sponsored by the Provincial Sports Bureau and the Provincial Sports Federation, and hosted by the Sports Newspaper, the Beilun District Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports Bureau, and the Beilun Youth League District Committee, a happy scene was staged at the 8th Zhejiang Ice and Snow Sports Carnival (Ningbo Beilun Station).
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of the organizer
Sports are synonymous with youth. As a fashionable ice and snow sport, it is greatly loved by young people in Beilun, the "City of Youth". At the ice and snow sports carnival held in Meishan Bay Ice and Snow World on the same day, all of them were young faces, full of youthful vitality. He Jiayi participated as a "Young Beilun Ice and Snow Promotion Officer". She is a post-00s generation who likes sports and ice and snow. Before participating in the Ice and Snow Sports Carnival, one of her "Ice and Snow Sports" circle of friends received hundreds of likes, so she was invited by the organizer to experience and promote ice and snow sports and ice and snow culture on the spot. He Jiayi told reporters that she is usually a figure skating enthusiast and has also participated in the provincial sports dance championships, and she hopes that more young people will participate in sports, feel the ice and snow, and grow up happily and enjoy happiness in sports.
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of the organizer
"One, two, three!" and "Shoot!" On the snow soccer field, there were cheers one after another. As the "mother's home" of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Beilun has widely carried out volleyball and is showing its skills on the snow volleyball court at the moment. In the snow archery range, he became a martial arts hero again, bending his bow and shooting eagle owls. The grassroots project "foot fighter" - snow wrestling, fierce competition on the field, loud cheers outside the court, and climaxes one after another. On the other side, white snowballs flew between the two formations like cannonballs, and the "combat area" of the snow resort suddenly flew with snow chips and snow mist. As soon as he dodged a white cannonball, the little player Xu Peng stretched out his red hand, immediately saved a snowball, and threw it at the opponent violently, having a lot of fun.
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of the organizer
It is reported that the project setting of the carnival is partly based on the Paris Olympic Games. April 17 is the 100-day countdown to the Paris Olympic Games, and through participating in the carnival, participants can experience it in depth and popularize Olympic knowledge. "It turns out that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is in July!" "The Olympic event I want to see the most is swimming, and I pay special attention to Wang Shun, because he is from Ningbo." "I learned that breaking is also a sport at the Paris Olympics. Many of the participants were interested in the Paris Olympics, "I thought that the carnival would only be skiing and skating, but this time I was able to experience the Summer Olympics events, which is particularly novel." Liu Yibin, a contestant who came from Hangzhou to "bring his family and mouth", said Liu Yibin, a contestant who has participated in the carnival many times.
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of the organizer
Beilun is a vibrant, youthful coastal city. By the end of 2022, the floating population in Beilun District will reach 618,800, of which 52.14% will be young people aged 16 to 40, reaching 322,600. Yao Bo, deputy director of the Beilun District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports, believes that young people's participation in ice and snow is not only a fashion consumption, but also a lifestyle, highlighting the beauty of the city's trend. "Ice and snow sports perfectly fit Beilun's urban development philosophy, and the youth, vitality, enthusiasm and courage shown by ice and snow sports complement Beilun's vision of building a city of youth. The reporter learned that during the Spring Festival this year alone, Meishan Bay Ice and Snow World received 25,300 tourists, of which young people are the main force of consumption, and ice and snow tourism, ice and snow leisure, and ice and snow sports are becoming a new choice for leisure sports for people in southern cities.
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