Xinhua News Agency, Harbin, February 4th (Reporter Yang Siqi, Dai Jinyu) On the 4th, the ninth Asian Winter Curling Competition started in the Cashmer Hall in the Harbin Cable Fang District. In the event venue of this event, this curling hall is "special one".

"Here is the ice and petroleum in the country's first elementary school campus. According to the Asian Winter Session, the renovation and upgrading is carried out on the original basis." Jingming said.

This is the Curling Hall (drone photo) taken on Harbin City on January 21. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Songwang

This primary school is called Nancheng First Elementary School. Its predecessor was Xinhua Primary School. It was built in 1956. With the development of ice hockey in China, Xinhua Elementary School established the Women's Ice Hockey Team in 2002. In 2017, the first ice and bath in the country was officially completed.

This venue covers an area of ​​1711.5 square meters, and the facilities in the museum have reached the standard of organizing international competitions. In 2019, the school was renamed Nancheng First Elementary School. The school ice hockey team achieved good results in competitions at all levels, and a group of outstanding athletes emerged.

"Many children have trained on the ice rink since they were young, day after day, year after year, this is the inheritance of the spirit of the ice and snow sports, but also the interweaving of dreams and glory." Principal Li Yanfeng said.

Harbin Cultivation of Ice and Snow Reserve Talent Base School, the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey Team Reserve Talent Training Base, National Campus Ice Sports Featured School ... Sports education makes this primary school fame. The title of "ice hockey cradle" is awarded.

According to statistics, since 2000, it has been represented by the first elementary school in Nancheng, and 266 people in the national, provincial, and municipal teams have trained 266 people at all levels of national, provincial, and municipalities, of which 68 were selected as the national team. Among the Harbin Sports School Ice Staff, 30%of the players came from the bungalow area.

In March 2024, the ice and bathroom was identified as the Asian Winter Celling venue. According to the design plan, more than a hundred construction personnel, including professional engineers, have successively entered the field. The grounds of new grounds, decoration, radio sound expansion, sports lighting ... After more than 180 days of busy, the venue construction team and operating team have completed the transfer.

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On February 4, Chinese team player Han Yu (left) and his teammate Wang Zhiyu communicated in the game. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han Photo

During the Asian Winter Celling Curling Competition, more than 126 venue staff and more than 300 volunteers provide service guarantee for Chinese and foreign athletes and guests.

On the same day, the Chinese team's Han Yu/Wang Zhiyu ushered in the "opening of the door" in the mixed doubles competition. Wang Zhiyu said in an interview after the game: "The venue built in elementary school makes me feel deeply, especially the hand -painted works posted in the school, which makes me feel that the current children have a deep understanding and understanding of the ice and snow sports. I hope that more and more children like ice and snow sports, participate in it. A generation of teachers and students relay on the ice, the sports and education are deeply integrated ... This is the confidence of running a good international event, and it is also the epitome of the booming development of China's ice and snow sports in recent years. (End)