Introduction: In the ice and snow, we can see various snowmen made of snow. If you go to colder places further north, you can also see various ice sculptures. There is such a festival in our country that allows you to appreciate the beauty and fun of winter. This festival is the Ice and Snow Festival. So, when is the Ice and Snow Festival? When does the Ice and Snow Festival start? If you want to know what the Ice and Snow Festival is, let’s take a look at my introduction.
What is the Ice and Snow Festival?
The most popular ice and snow festival in China is the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, which was developed on the basis of the Harbin Ice Lanterns in China. The first local festival with ice and snow as the carrier. As the recognition of this activity continues to increase, a number of representative ice and snow festivals have emerged in various places, such as Changchun Vasa Ice and Snow Festival, Shenzhen Window of the World Ice and Snow Festival, Jilin International Rime Ice and Snow Festival, Inner Mongolia Manzhouli Ice and Snow Festival, Al Mountain International Ice and Snow Festival, Bird's Nest Happy Ice and Snow Season and Beijing Happy Water Cube Ice and Snow Carnival are all representative.
In what month is the Ice and Snow Festival
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is held on January 5th every year in the Gregorian calendar and lasts for one month. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is a grand festival for Harbin people. It is also the first international festival in my country’s history that features ice and snow activities. It is also one of the four major ice and snow festivals in the world. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is a festival unique to Harbin people with rich content and diverse forms. Now it has become an important window to showcase Harbin’s socio-economic development level and people’s spiritual outlook at home and abroad.
The longest-running ice and snow festival
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is as famous as the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, the Quebec Winter Carnival and the Ottawa Winter Music Festival in Canada. It is one of the few in the world. One of the most informative and lively winter festivals. Every winter festival, the streets and squares of Harbin are decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and men, women, old and young are beaming with joy. Ice and snow art, ice and snow sports, ice and snow food, ice and snow economy and trade, ice and snow tourism, ice and snow exhibitions and other activities are carried out vividly in the silver world. This famous city in northern China In an instant, it turned into a huge ice and snow stage without a roof.
The birth of the Ice and Snow Festival
In the early 1880s, Harbin Ice Lanterns had become famous all over the world, attracting thousands of spectators, and mass skating and ice sledding Ice sports such as ice sailing and winter swimming also add vitality to Harbin’s winter. Ice and snow cultural activities have received attention from some departments. When the relevant comrades from the Propaganda Department of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China received the compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who came to Harbin to watch the ice lanterns, they found that they not only loved Harbin's ice lanterns, but also loved Harbin's white snow. This led to the idea of ??organizing "Harbin Winter" The idea of ??"Ice and Snow Festival" was proposed to the Municipal Party Committee in October 1983. After more than a year of unremitting efforts, it was approved by the main leaders of the Provincial Party Committee. On January 5, 1985, it was held at the south gate of Zhaolin Park where the Ice Lantern Garden Party is located. A grand opening ceremony was held outside and it was announced that the one-month Harbin Ice and Snow Festival will be held every year from January 5th.
During the first Ice and Snow Festival, there were some original ice and snow activities such as the Ice Lantern Garden Party in Zhaolin Park (the 11th edition), the Mass Ice Sculpture Competition (the 4th edition), and the International Ice Sculpture Performance (the 2nd edition). , the ice sailing, ice sledding, sledge riding and winter swimming performances of Jiangshang Ice and Snow Sports Park have all improved. In addition, some new activities have been added, such as the first collective ice wedding, Harbin, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi and Kaifeng. The city’s first Northland Winter Swimming Competition, the first Ice and Snow Games, the first Ice and Snow Festival scientific and technological achievements and product trade fair, etc. Provincial and municipal news units also held ice and snow pen sessions, ice and snow photography competitions, and ice and snow prose grand prix.
Harvest of results
Although the first Ice and Snow Festival was hastily prepared, it aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad. In one month, it received more than 2 million domestic and foreign tourists, including 24 There were 12,000 tourists from China, Hong Kong and Macao, an increase of 60% over the same period of the previous year, and tourism foreign exchange earnings increased by 84.5% over the previous year.
The first Ice and Snow Festival Science and Technology Achievements and Products Trade Fair attracted nearly 10,000 people from more than 20 provinces and cities across the country, with more than 160 transactions and a transaction volume of nearly 2 million yuan.
More than 50 news units at home and abroad published more than 500 pieces of news reflecting the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, which greatly increased Harbin's visibility.
What sports are available at the Ice and Snow Festival
The solid ice and thick snow provide Harbin with a venue for winter sports. During the Ice and Snow Festival, in terms of international ice and snow sports competitions, activities such as the International Women's Ice Hockey Invitational Tournament, International Curling Invitational Tournament, International Tai Chi Invitational Tournament, International Winter Swimming Invitational Tournament and winter swimming performances were organized. In terms of sports with local characteristics, a series of activities such as "Ten Thousands of People on the Ice, Ten Thousands of People Fitness" and primary and secondary school students on the ice and snow, including ice dance performances, speed skating competitions, ice hockey competitions and other events, held snow football matches, national billiards Invitational tournament, bowling invitational tournament, "Ice Lantern Cup" basketball invitational tournament, "Hope Cup" chess tournament, "Nurture Cup" table tennis invitational tournament and performance activities. During the winter vacation, fun ice and snow sports games for primary and secondary school students will be held, as well as ice sports games for primary and secondary school students, children's ice sports games, speed skating competitions for primary and secondary school students, and ice hockey competitions. At the same time, traditional sports activities such as snowmobiles, ice sleds, ice sailing, and ice sailing are carried out.
What are the activities at the Ice and Snow Festival
The Ice and Snow Disneyland built on the Songhua River - Harbin Ice and Snow World, large ice sculptures on display in Stalin Park, and the Snow Sculpture Garden Party held at Sun Island; The grand ice lantern garden party held in Zhaolin Park is part of the Ice and Snow Festival. During the Ice and Snow Festival, winter swimming competitions, ice hockey games, snow football games, alpine skiing invitational competitions, ice sculpture competitions, international ice sculpture competitions, ice speed skating competitions, Ice and Snow Poetry Festival, ice and snow photography exhibitions, book exhibitions, ice and snow film festivals, ice and snow festivals, etc. are held. Weddings, etc.
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is the longest-running ice and snow festival in the world. It only has an opening ceremony on January 5 each year, and no closing ceremony. It was originally scheduled to last for One month, in fact, the festivals started at the end of the previous year and lasted until the end of the ice and snow activities at the end of February. This period included four important festivals: New Year, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, and Ski Festival.
The annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, based on the principle of "economic theme, international goal, commercial operation, mass activities", integrates ice lantern garden party, large-scale fireworks show, ice wedding, photography competition, The Book Expo, Economic and Technological Cooperation Fair, Economic Association Information Release Fair, Materials Trading Conference, and Patented Technology and New Products Trade Fair have attracted more than one million visitors, and the economic and trade fair's turnover has increased year by year. It is not only a tourist hotspot for Chinese and foreign tourists, but also a bridge and link for domestic and foreign merchants to carry out economic and trade cooperation and conduct friendly exchanges.