| 11.01.13 |
(Deputy Governor Chen Wei, municipal party secretary Zhou Huachen and Mayor Zhang Xiaopei attended the opening ceremony for the Sixteenth China Jilin International Rime Ice and Snow Festival.) Since the Sixteenth China Jilin International Rime Ice and Snow Festival began a week ago, 8 series, 48 festival activities have heated up the tourism popularity of the river city. The first national winter outdoor expansion competition is "professional and unique", "amateur and funny". Outdoor expansion activities generally refer to those activities of going over mountains and crossing streams in the summer. How to carry out outdoor expansion in winter? Beida Lake has its unique method: snowfield sledge, snowfield battle and relay race. As to the relay race, competitors must first whip the ice top, then compete in flying saucer on the snow, and then go ski and mountaineer. It is organized by the Chinese Mountaineering Association, the Provincial Sports Bureau and Jilin municipal government, and more than 10 provinces and cities sent 16 professional delegations to participate, forming a lively atmosphere. Jilin City Qifeng Outdoor Sports Club player Ding Wei said that they participate in outdoor activities in Beida Lake every year, and found more opponents and new faces this year. After two days of competition, the Changchun University of Science and Technology delegation wins the championship in the team event. In the amateur competition, 50 farmer competitors from Beida Lake Town are the most popular. The name of their competition sounds joyous: "rush transport of harvest", "striving to prosper hand in hand", "happiness in field road", "filling baskets with golden bricks" ... these events based on the field life and farming have strong Northeast countryside style, and constantly draw laughter from the audience. Zhang Zengfa from Nangou Village, Beida Lake Town who teams up with others for competition said: "The purpose of taking part in competition is to show the mien of our new countryside and new countryside farmers." It is said that the village was hit by floods at the end of last July and is under overall reconstruction. Now the villagers have moved into the new residential area Beida Lake Home, and many local villagers have opened happy farmhouse catering and other business projects based on the local tourist resources. Previously, the main message of the river city s winter tourism was "home to rime, paradise for skiing". Now, the "hot spring" project is fiery debuting. The Second China Jilin Ice and Snow Hot Spring Tourism Festival has been built into the festival of the rime festival, and this year's theme is: "experiencing ice and snow hot spring, feeling the culture of health promotion". January 5, at the event venue Dongfu Shennong Manor Spa Resort, the reporter saw the Chinese and foreign tourists enjoying the wonderland with snow and hot spring co-existing. In the ice and snow hot spring funny competition, a number of contestants in bathing suits stand on the outdoor ice and snow or lie in the snow to see who persist the longest. Finally, a Russian "beard" wins the prize. After receiving the prize, he said "shuang" (meaning cool) for times in broken Chinese. Miss Mao Peishan from Beijing is soaking in the hot spring containing Chinese herbs, with eyes closed. Her little daughter beside is eating ice cream and playing with spring water, having great fun. Miss Mao said she is a primary school teacher, and takes advantage of winter vacation to come to Jilin with her family, this is the first time for them to visit the Northeast, and it is just in time for the Hot Spring Tourism Festival. Previously, she also visited the hot springs elsewhere, but she has never seen such kind of hot spring in snow and ice, which is very exciting. Beneath its shelter of the magic rime on both sides, 80 participants from Hebei, Liaoning and other places leap into the ice-free Songhua River, and brave the icy currents the National Winter Swimming Invitational adds vitality to the current rime festival; tens of thousands of river lanterns float downstream Songjiang River in the dark, and the river lantern cultural festival reflects the characteristics of Manchu blessing culture of Jilin City; with the opening of the rime ice and snow photography exhibition, "Qiongchi Wonderland" and more than 120 pieces of outstanding works attract the domestic and foreign photographers towards photographing of rime; January 8, Dayulou Village, Tuchengzi Town, Changyi District holds the first Jilin Dayulou Village falconry culture festival. The show of the villagers eagles attracts many tourists ... after 16 yeas of cultivation, the current Jilin Rime Ice and Snow Festival has had more carriers and more cultural connotation, has become more popular. |
