Experience silvery winter in Jilin Province
- By Mi Xingang
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E-mail China.org.cn, January 26, 2017
Popular Ice Sports
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The painting entitled Ice-skating Game created in the Qing Dynasty. [File Photo] |
Ice sports are extremely popular among people living in northeast China since ancient times. The painting entitled Ice-skating Game collected at the National Palace Museum depicts scenes of the Manchu people playing on ice in the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912). Nurhaci (1559-1626), the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was skilled at skating and organized a skating troop during his conquest, capable of marching 350 kilometers within a day, even while transporting cannons by sledges on ice. During his reign, various events and ceremonies featuring skating, dances, acrobatics, and slaughtering cows and sheep were all held on the surface of the ice. Ice sports were popular across the whole nation during the Qing Dynasty.
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Songhua Lake Ski Resort in Jinlin City, Jilin Province. [Photo by Chen Boyuan/China.org.cn] |
Since Beijing won the bid to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in 2015, winter sports have gained growing popularity among the general public in China. While the preparations for the event are in full swing, there is a trend of Chinese people starting to choose skiing as a fashionable way to spend their holiday. Jilin Province is abundant in skating rinks and ski resorts, such as Jingyuetan Ski Resort in Changchun City, Songhua Lake Ski Resort in Jinlin City and so on. With a growing nationwide tide for winter sports, people across the country can come to Jilin Province to enjoy skiing.
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