The most remarkable Ice and Snow Carnival in Beijing is coming. Are you ready?
On December 2, Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort, resounding with the roll and clang of music, saw ski coaches and skiers gallop past the ski track, with colorful flags fluttering around the stage. The 2018 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Ice and Snow Tourism Experience Activity & the 33th Ice and Snow Carnival of Yanqing District officially kicked off, firing up the people.
As one of the venues for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Yanqing is endowed with abundant and high-quality ice and snow tourism resources. There are not only filled with passion for downslope skiing, but also decorated with bright and beautiful ice lanterns. The carnival, which began in December and will last until next February, features nearly 50 ice and snow activities and major sports events, including downslope skiing, ice lanterns and ice and snow temple fairs. In addition, there will be a series of New Year folklore activities. With temple fairs, lantern admiration and New Year wishing, the tourists will be exposed to a lively and prosperous new year.
Major Events
The events include the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Undergraduates Alpine Ski Racing, the 2018 Beijing-Zhang Alpine Ski Racing, the National Speed Skating Marathon and other large-scale sports events. These events increase the people's enthusiasm for Winter Olympics while helping Yanqing gain experience in hosting the winter events as to offer its best service.
Spring Festival Folk Activities
The Spring Festival folk activities include the third Grand Temple Fair of Snow and Ice Culture in the International Grape Expo Garden, the Spring Fetival Lantern Temple Fair of Yongning, Yanqing and folk talent shows on Lantern Festival in Yanqing District. All these will fill the tourists' trip with extensive cultural atmosphere and folklore flavor.
Ice and Snow Attractions
There are all kinds of ice and snow attractions for visitors: Downslope skiing at Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort and Badaling Ski Resort stirs up people’s passion for sports; the themed ice and snow parks ring with cheers and laughter; Ice Lantern Festival in Longqing Gorge combines the classics and innovation, which makes it one of the first choice for citizens; splendid firework display takes place in the Great Wall; an frozen waterfall spectacle stages in Yudushan Scenic Spot, showing a distinctive snow scene.
Accommodation and Catering
Boutique homestay, hot springs, homestays and local delicacies are also worth mentioning. The homestays, such as Yuanxiangli, Shiguang Changcheng, Zuolin Youshe, bring visitors a high-end residential experience. During the Spring Festival, folk activities will be held there. Peasant food, spring pancakes, Li Ji fried cake and other folk cuisines are enough to satiate visitors.
This carnival, based on the high-end homestays in Yanqing, employs featured resources, namely, the ice and snow scenic spots in Beijing and Zhangzhou, hot springs, lanterns of the ancient city and the folk custom to embrace a new year. It is a breakthrough. 10 travel packages have been provided according to different themes and groups, so as to plan a more personalized vacation for tourists.
10 Travel Packages
The 10 travel packages contain the Great Wall Ice and Snow Carnival, Ancient Town Culture Tour, Leisure Tour of Lantern Appreciation and Skiing, Hot Spring and Delicacy Tour, Winter Olympic Ice and Snow Extreme Tour, Haze-free Parent-Child Tour, Dream Tour, Winter Olympic Ice and Snow Tour, Ice Sculptures Tour, Spring Festival Folklore Tour. Visitors can know detailed introduction of the packages and interactive activities via the official WeChat account "Beautiful Yanqing", which helps you find a novel way and the most favorable package to spend your holiday.
This winter, let's immerse ourselves in this piece of snow-wrapped world ~
