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Original title: The wonderful start of the snow season at the foot of the Qinling Mountains (the Winter Olympics, snow and ice sports heat up)
Ski lovers in Aoshan.Photo by our reporter Zhang Danhua
Basic reading
By the end of 2020, there are almost 40 ski resorts in Shaanxi province. Relying on the construction of the site, Shaanxi has extensively carried out massive ice and snow sports, vastly improved the level of competition in ice and snow, and accelerated the construction of an industrial ice and snow system. Winter here is “the colder the better”.
In the early morning, the mobile phone of Yang Xiaohui, a citizen of Xi’an, was constantly ringing. In the WeChat group, ski enthusiasts “run and say”: Aoshan is snowing! After the videos and photos of the snow scene were sent, Yang Xiaohui suddenly lost sleep, fixed his ski equipment, and immediately left.
The northern foot of Aoshan, the second main peak of the Qinling Mountains in Taibai, Baoji County, Shaanxi, is the destination of Yang Xiaohui. The Aoshan Ski Resort, which was built here in late 2016, is now one of the “home grounds” for him and his snow friends in the snow season.
I used to travel through the snow, skiing all over the world
I drove more than two hours from downtown Xi’an to Aoshan Ski Resort, and there were no more parking spaces left in the huge parking lot.
On the trail not far away, snow friends in different colored ski suits gallop in the wind, spin, jump, fall … the temperature is below freezing, but the air is full of joy.
Yang Xiaohui, 45, is an employee of the company and began to learn to ski in 2013. “This sport has little age restriction, from 3 to 60 years, as long as you are healthy, you can play.” Yang Xiaohui said, “My daughter is in elementary school and learned to ski in Aoshan.”
“I learned to ski in the Northeast with my friends and I fell in love with the sport several times.” Yang Xiaohui, like many snow friends, walks on snow every year: in winter to Hokkaido, in summer to New Zealand, east of North America, west to south of Europe ……
“Speed and terrain are constantly changing, and attention must be very focused, especially when sliding down quickly. You only hear the clean sound of the snowboard skimming the snow and the sound of the wind whistling in your ears. No there are distracting thoughts, like you’ve taken off a lot of load. Yang Xiaohui is obsessed with this sport that combines speed and passion. His only regret is that “there were few ski resorts in Shaanxi back then, so you had to run outside. “
Now in the country, the ski field is close.
In 2018, Yang Xiaohui came to Aoshan Ski Resort for the first time. Unexpectedly, there is also a ski resort with excellent hardware and complete infrastructure conditions on the doorstep: the highest altitude is 2,595 meters, the slope is 810 meters, and the snow area is 126 hectares. Currently there are 17 ski slopes for junior, medium, and high levels with a total length of 15 km.
When he turned his attention to the province, Yang Xiaohui quickly discovered that “cable cars and snow blankets in many ski resorts in China are new, and protective measures are in place.” The provincial ski resorts like Tongchuan Zhaojin, Xi ‘an Fuxiling, Yan’an Huanglong, etc. In recent years, they have become the “home court” for him and Xueyou one by one.
Whether it is to meet the Aoshan Ski Resort or discover the ski resort in his hometown, Yang Xiaohui would like to thank a friend of the snow, Li Jianxi, director of the Shaanxi Winter Sports Management Center. In 2017, in response to the call for “Development of the South, Expansion to the West, Advance to the East” of ice and snow sports, and to promote “to encourage 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports” , the Shaanxi Provincial Winter Sports Management Center was established to be responsible for work related to winter sports in Shaanxi.
According to Li Jianxi, the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains has low winter temperatures and sufficient rainfall throughout the year. The climate, topography and other resource endowments are suitable for snow and ice sports. The “Shaanxi Province Snow and Ice Sports Development Plan (2018-2025)” proposes to create a “Xi’an-Baoji-Tongchuan” Qinling Mountain Tourist Route. Aoshan Ski Resort was built by Taibai County in 2016 under the ecotourism project of “promoting ice and snow sports and building highlands for outdoor sports.”
Relying on the construction of the site, Shaanxi has extensively carried out mass ice and snow sports, and has accelerated the construction of the ice and snow industry system: the ski conference established in 2015 is now the highlight of the Shaanxi branch of the national public ice and snow season. . In the past two years, it has also established the provincial ice hockey league and youth winter sports summer camps and other events; From the first ice and snow tourism season in Shaanxi in 2018 to the “Winter Tour of Shaanxi Cultural Tourism and Benefiting People Season” in 2020, the winter tourism activities carried out in successive years are integrated into the trips, allowing that “cold resources” release “heat effects.”
Li Jianxi said that by the end of 2020, Shaanxi has nearly 40 ski resorts and the masses have participated widely. The snow season has opened wonderfully and winter in Shaanxi “the colder the better”.
Meet the needs of snow friends and accelerate the development of the industry.
In Li Jianxi’s memory, before 2015, there were only eleven or two ski resorts in Shaanxi, and most of them were youth ski slopes. That year, Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, providing opportunities for the development of the ice and snow industry in Shaanxi. “In 2015 alone, the number of ski resorts increased to 21, and the number of intermediate and high ski resorts -Increased level roads “.
In order to seize the “window period” for the development brought about by the Winter Olympics on the doorstep, Shaanxi issued the “Implementation Opinions on the Vigorous Development of Ice and Snow Sports” in June 2020, proposing that the popularity of ice and snow sports will increase. significantly by 2022. Social influence is more extensive, reaching 5 million person-times; The ice and snow industry has developed rapidly and the number of locations has increased significantly, basically meeting the real needs of the ice and snow and competitive ice and snow masses.
“Yan’an International Ski Resort was completed and put into operation in 2017, receiving more than 120,000 tourists and revenue of 13.21 million yuan; Cuihua Mountain Ski Resort received 147,500 tourists from 2015 to 2020, and revenue was 31.71 million yuan … “Li Jianxi Not satisfied with the” cake “before us:” We must continue to accelerate the development of the ice and snow sports industry, promote the deep integration of the ice and snow sports industry with tourism, education, health and other industries, and create high-quality ice and snow tourist routes and destinations. “
As a stop on the Qinling Mountain Snow Tour route, Aoshan Ski Resort received a total of 388,300 visitors from 2017 to 2020, and earned revenue of 130 million yuan. This snow season has between three and four thousand visitors every weekend. Xu Qing, president of the ski resort, said: “Some fans even live around the resort for a long time and ‘check in’ every day. The ski market is ‘hot’, and sales of equipment and clothing are skiing is also ” warming me up. ‘I hope to ski like a marathon. To become the’ standard ‘for more people to live healthy lives. “
Yang Xiaohui now has two “snow friends” with 500 people: “The Winter Olympics are approaching day by day and there are more and more friends who start skiing. Now in winter, meeting in the snow field is called ‘fashion’, not like before. “Maodong”. Lifestyle change makes people healthier and happier! “
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