China News Service, Yichun, Jiangxi, January 3 (Reporter Li Yunhan) "This is my first experience of skiing. I didn't expect that southern provinces can also have their own ski resorts." Tourists from Changsha at the Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort in Yichun, Jiangxi Tang Yanru is wearing a professional ski suit and is learning to ski under the guidance of a coach.
In the Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort, there are many people like Tang Yanru who are experiencing the fun of skiing.
Some tourists have mature skills, like a dragon walking through the crowd on snowboards, and some tourists leaning on ski poles, under the leadership of the coach, take their first steps in skiing.
The picture shows tourists in Jiangxi Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort are learning and practicing skiing.
Photo by Li Yunhan
How can there be ski resorts in southern China, where the temperature is generally stable above zero degrees Celsius in winter?
How does the ice and snow sports break through the north-south boundary of the Qinling and Huaihe River?
"The ski resort of Mingyue Mountain is 1580 meters above sea level, and the temperature in winter is also lower than that at the foot of the mountain. The ski resort is artificial snow, and the melting rate is slower than natural snow." According to Chen Lei, marketing director of Jiangxi Mingyue Mountain Scenic Resort, the ski resort It can be used for about 10 days after artificial snowmaking and compaction.
And considering that most tourists have little skiing experience, there are many coaches and safety guards in the ski resort.
The "China Ice and Snow Tourism Development Report 2021" released by the China Tourism Research Institute pointed out that ice and snow tourism has become a new driving force for winter consumption in many destinations. There are huge markets for ice and snow recreation in the south and ice and snow in the north.
On the first day of the New Year's Day holiday, Jiangxi Mingyue Mountain Scenic Spot ushered in a small peak of passenger flow. The number of visitors increased by 48.58% year-on-year compared with 2021, and tourism revenue increased by 70.90% year-on-year.
In addition to Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort, Jiangxi Qixingling Ski Resort also received more than 5,200 tourists on the first day of the holiday.
The picture shows a tourist learning to ski under the guidance of a coach.
Photo by Li Yunhan
The reporter saw at the ski equipment rental office of Mingyue Mountain Ski Resort that at about 12 o'clock on the 1st, there were only sporadic ski equipment left on the racks for equipment such as snowshoes and snowboards. The number of tourists was queuing in front of several equipment rental workstations. It is more than ten meters long.
On the evening of the 1st, Mingyue Mountain officially issued an announcement that the 3-day ski packages for the New Year’s Day holiday were sold out, and a time-sharing reservation system was implemented.
“It turns out that I was not interested in these types of events before I learned how to ski. After I learned how to watch skiing games, the experience of watching skiing games can be greatly improved. I look forward to this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.” Ma Rui, a tourist from Anhui, said with a smile. Learning, I have already walked out of the "Novice Village", next time I want to challenge a more difficult board.
In fact, after the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, China has successively released the "Ice and Snow Sports Development Plan (2016-2025)", "Implementation Outline for "Bringing 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports" (2018-2022)", and "Ice and Snow Tourism Development Actions" Plans (2021-2023)" and other documents, the "National Public Ice and Snow Season" activities, the national women's hockey team training base and other projects have landed in southern provinces.
Under the guidance of policies, southern China is also gradually realizing "freedom of ice and snow."
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