On February 8, after Chinese athlete Gu Ailing won the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gou Zhongwen, director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, called to thank the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee for their important contributions to Gu Ailing's successful gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing platform. He also specifically pointed out that Gu Ailing's final winning jump was the result of training in Chengdu, and it was the result of careful protection by Sichuan Province and Chengdu.
On February 7, Su Yiming made history by winning silver in the men's snowboarding men's slope obstacle skills final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
His success also has an "assist" in Chengdu.
In the past two years, in order to prepare for the Winter Olympics, Su Yiming has followed the national team to train in Chengdu for a long time.
To this end, he even transferred his student status from Jilin No. 1 Middle School to Wenjiang Campus of Chengdu Experimental Foreign Language School.
Behind Chinese athletes' continuous refresh of history and good results, Chengdu, the southern city, has also been repeatedly mentioned.
Chengdu is the best place for the national team to train, even a blessed place.
Why does the national team "seek far away" and arrange many important trainings in Chengdu?
The answer is that Chengdu has the world's top dry ski resorts, where athletes can practice difficult movements or off-season training.
Why did the national team "seek far away" to arrange training in Chengdu?
During overseas training, it was found that the dry snow blanket was "Made in Chengdu"
Flammulina velutipes became popular because of an accidental discovery.
Zhang Wei, the head of Jianfeng Dry Snow Ski Resort, told reporters that in the past, the national ski team usually chose to train abroad in Japan, the United States, and Austria.
As a result, when they were training abroad, a team member accidentally found the dry snow blanket used in the dry snow field where the training was located.
After inquiring, I found out that this "Enoki Mushroom Dry Snow Blanket" was actually produced by a factory in Chengdu.
Soon, the national team got in touch with Jianfeng. In order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, it is hoped that the training venue will be located in Chengdu in the future.
In order to ensure the training quality of the national team, Xindu Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort has also built a professional ski run - Jianfeng Dry Snow Jumping Platform "Big Air".
The ski run has a total height of 43 meters and a total length of 112 meters. It is currently one of the most standard dry snow training platforms in China. It will be completed in June 2020 and will begin to undertake professional team training in July, including the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration8 The national ski team and 14 provincial-level teams from Sichuan, Beijing, Guangxi, Jilin and Heilongjiang have all completed off-season skiing training here.
The reporter learned that the "Flammulina velutipes dry snow blanket" produced by Jianfeng can protect the skier to the greatest extent and avoid scratches, scratches and cuts when the skier falls.
In addition, the shock absorption and pressure absorption and rebound ability are excellent, and it is very similar to real snow.
It can also adjust the difficulty of skiing according to the distribution density of the bedding, and the installation, disassembly and post-maintenance are very convenient.
The main inventor of this technology is Jianfeng, the founder of Xindu Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort.
Jianfeng, who will be 62 years old this year, is a native of "Old Chengdu" and is known as "Mr. Dry Snow" in the industry.
Jianfeng studied art at university and chose to do business after graduation.
In the 1980s, after earning his first pot of gold, Jianfeng "retired bravely" and went to study in the UK.
In the UK, Jian Feng stumbled upon dry snow, and he felt amazing. He didn't expect to be able to "ski" in summer.
Then he moved his mind and wanted to introduce the concept of dry snow into China.
In 1992, after Jianfeng returned to China, he found that the conditions for the development of dry snow in China were not yet ripe, so he could only choose to continue to settle and wait for the opportunity.
During this period, Jianfeng Research found that the foreign "brush"-like dry snow blanket was not perfect, such as easy to hurt people, too much friction, and inconvenient to install. He continued to improve it.
In order to find a suitable material, Jianfeng and his team went through 10 years of research, tested and excluded from more than 1,000 plastics in the world, and finally selected an engineering plastic (polyester compound) with its own lubricating properties, and then modified it. After forming, it becomes the material used for the Flammulina velutipes dry snow blanket.
In a blink of an eye, it was 2012, domestic skiing has become more popular, and dry snow has become more and more familiar to more and more people. At this time, the enoki mushroom dry snow blanket developed by Jianfeng was also born.
"In 2012, we started to promote Flammulina velutipes dry snow blankets, and plan to build a special snow field for Flammulina velutipes dry snow blankets in Chengdu." Jian Feng said that in 2016, Xindu Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort began to be built, and it was officially put into use in 2017.
Today, Jianfeng Dry Ski Resort receives nearly 40,000 skiers a year and provides skiing training for more than 5,000 Chengdu students.
At present, this Chengdu-made "Enoki Mushroom Dry Snow Blanket" has been exported to more than 10 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia and other traditional powerhouses in ice and snow sports.
In China, more than 40 ski resorts have adopted the dry snow blanket.
Why did Gu Ailing have special training in Chengdu?
With the help of black technology, you can practice difficult movements with confidence
"In the past, Gu Ailing liked to train in a dry snow field in Salt Lake City, USA. In fact, the enoki mushroom dry snow blanket used in that field is also ours, so she now chooses to train in Chengdu more." Jian Feng told reporters, in addition to the high degree of simulation, Flammulina dry snow blanket with high safety, Chengdu Jianfeng dry snow field also has many black technologies, such as "magic carpet" (jump conveyor belt), "wheat straw type" air cushion under the platform.
In particular, the straw-type air cushion is an important "contributor" to Gu Ailing's gold win this time.
Jian Feng introduced that this kind of air cushion is different from the traditional inflatable air cushion. After falling, a collapsed "pit" is formed. It is more like a "pipe" with moderate hardness and softness, which makes the athlete's landing feel more real and safer.
Jian Feng said that when Gu Ailing was training in Chengdu, she did a lot of difficult movements that she usually dared not do, because the air cushion allowed her to avoid potential injuries to the greatest extent, and she could practice with her hands and feet free.
On February 8, Gu Ailing successfully won the championship with a difficult movement of 1620 degrees.
She also said: I have never done 1620 on the snow or trampoline, and I practiced on an air mattress for two days.
"Gu Ailing's 5-day special training in Chengdu this time, she and the coaching team are very satisfied. It can be said that she has laid a solid foundation for winning the gold."
Why did you choose to make dry snow in Chengdu?
The famous event city has a vast ice and snow market and strong spending power
As a southern city, Chengdu has less snow, and its ice and snow sports background is not as good as that in the north. Why did you choose Chengdu as the origin to promote Flammulina velutipes dry snow blankets and build dry snow fields on a large scale?
Jian Feng explained that in fact, this is not simply because of the "hometown complex", he also sees the potential of Chengdu to develop ice and snow sports.
"When we started promoting Flammulina velutipes dry snow blankets, there were already more than 10 ski clubs in Chengdu, the skiing crowd was small and the skiing atmosphere was getting better every year. Moreover, Chengdu is a consumer city, people love sports and are willing to do it for the sake of sports. Spend money; of course, my resources and team are also in Chengdu, so we take Chengdu as the starting point to promote dry snow sports and help the development of ice and snow sports in Chengdu." Jian Feng said.
As Jian Feng said, dry snow is gradually becoming a major regional feature of Chengdu's ice and snow sports, which has also stimulated the consumption potential of Chengdu's ice and snow sports market, and the ice and snow industry chain has formed a complete closed loop, helping the high-quality development of Chengdu's sports industry.
According to the "2021 Chengdu Residents' Sports Consumption Survey Report", sporting goods and sports tourism are ranked first and third in citizens' sports consumption expenditures.
In terms of physical education and training consumption, skating and skiing have increased significantly, surpassing traditional sports such as football and sports dance, ranking seventh in the sports education and training consumption list.
According to data from the Chengdu Municipal Sports Bureau, as of last year, Chengdu had 11 ice rinks and 5 snow rinks (including 3 dry rinks), with an area of about 16,000 square meters of ice rinks and an area of about 7 square kilometers of snow rinks.
The areas covered by the ice and snow field include not only the main urban areas such as the High-tech Zone and Jinjiang District, but also nearby suburban counties such as Dujiangyan City and Jintang County.
Every year, nearly 1 million people walk into the ice and snow field in Chengdu.
Jian Feng told reporters that his biggest feeling abroad in the past few years is the wonder of the northern cities for the skiing ability of Chengdu people!
"Many northern skiers told me that they found that many skiers with excellent skiing skills spoke Sichuan dialect. There is even a rumor in the circle that skiing has formed a situation where the Northeast, Beijing, and Sichuan are the three major powerhouses." Jian Jian Feng said with some pride.
The vigorous development of ice and snow sports and the formation of a large-scale ice and snow industry will undoubtedly provide more momentum and confidence for Chengdu to accelerate the construction of a world famous city for competitions.
In Chengdu, ice and snow sports will no longer be affected by seasons and climates.
A famous event city makes all sports possible.
Puxi Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Hu Minjuan and Pei Han