As one of the hosts of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Hebei Province, on the basis of making every effort to do a good job in the preparations for the Winter Olympics, accelerated the popularization and promotion of ice and snow sports, and set up more than 500 "ice and snow caravans", which sank to the grass-roots level and combined with local characteristics to let ice and snow sports fly into the homes of ordinary people and into more than 10,000 rural communities to spread the knowledge of the Winter Olympics and popularize ice and snow sports.
In Wuqiao, acrobatics are an indispensable form of entertainment in the homes of ordinary people. Wuqiao Acrobatics, which has a long history of more than 2,800 years, has been selected as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Here, the indomitable spirit of acrobatics and competitive sports complement each other, and the ice and snow caravan enters the people's masses and bursts out of surging vitality. Today, we followed the reporter into Wuqiao to see how the Wuqiao people with extraordinary skills combine ice and snow and miscellaneous skills.
In the early morning of December 18, at the scene of the "Ice and Snow Caravan" activity in the Acrobatic Cultural Park in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, the performance of a group of students attracted many passers-by to stop and watch. Students wear roller skates and carry acrobatic props such as straw hats, hand sticks, and water meteors, and skillfully perform unique skills. Although they are all traditional acrobatic programs, combined with ice and snow sports, the novel form is still eye-catching, and even the citizens of Wuqiao, who are accustomed to watching acrobatics, can't help but praise one after another.
One of the boys caught the attention of reporters, not only the roller skating movements were skillful and coherent, but the acrobatic movements were also pure fire. In the face of reporters interviewed, he said that he had been learning acrobatics for 3 years, and when he saw the ice and snow caravan coming to Wuqiao, he was eager to try.
During the visit, the reporter also met the ice and snow sports promotion volunteer - Liang Lei, a physical education teacher at Wuqiao Middle School. He instructed the children in professional curling moves and added a little difficulty, wearing roller skates to challenge curling, making the scene full of joyful atmosphere.
At the event site, many parents accompanied their children to experience ice and snow. Parents told reporters that they hope that their children can participate in more ice and snow sports, which can not only enrich their after-school life, but also exercise their bodies. Students also find ice and snow sports fun and fitness, and they gain a lot from it.
At the other end of the square, the Ice and Snow Sports Team of Wuqiao County Canal Primary School is engaged in an ice hockey match. Although the students were in contact with ice hockey for the first time, the young players united and cooperated with each other, and on the basis of following the rules, flexibly applied the tactics and skills they had just learned, and completed one fierce fight after another on the field. After the game, the small team member Liang Liang said that he did not expect land hockey to be so fun and exciting, and playing with his friends can also exercise teamwork ability, and he will strive to be a professional ice hockey player in the future.
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Organizer: Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau
Producer: Guo Lijun
Editor's proofreading: He Wanxuan