CCTV News: The fierce and exciting events at the 9th Asian Winter Conference allowed the audience to feel the charm of ice and snow sports one step closer, and the public welfare ice rink in Harbin also set off a wave of ice and snow sports.
A hockey match is underway at the Daixiu Lake Charity Ice Rink in Xiangfang District, Harbin. This seemingly ordinary ice hockey game, but the age of the players cannot be described as ordinary. Their average age is over 65 years old.
Chasing, colliding, offense and defense. Although they are in their sixties, the players are still agile on the ice rink. You can feel that ice and snow sports are the genes engraved in the bones of Northeast people.
Harbin amateur ice hockey team member Ding Keyong said: "We have played together since we were young, and we have been playing for more than 40 years. We have been playing in this ice rink for more than 20 years. The special climate environment in the Northeast, skating and skiing, is a special feature of our Northeast people in winter. Adults and children generally love to participate in this ice and snow activities."
This public welfare ice rink provides children's area, speed skating area, ice hockey area and other areas, providing a convenient space for people to experience ice and snow projects.
Many parents take their children to skate, play ice sledge, and smoke ice sledges on the ice rink. The public welfare ice rink is filled with a warm atmosphere.
Zhao Zhiqiang, head of the Daixiu Lake Public Welfare Ice Rink in Xiangfang District, Harbin, said: "We provide free ice skate borrowing activities. After the students' holiday, this year is also the Asian Winter Games. The daily traffic reaches 6,700 to 7,800 to 7,800. We have invested professional safety officers and coaches in safety measures to ensure the safety of the majority of ice and snow enthusiasts."
It is understood that in 2025, Heilongjiang Province made full use of rivers, lakes, squares, parks, and sports venues to pour more than 3,000 ice rinks, providing a sufficient field environment for the development of mass ice and snow sports. The holding of the Asian Winter Games has also accelerated the heating of ice and snow sports.
