Cute penguins appeared in Hohhot
Theatrical performances on ice and snow
Citizens experience octopus on ice
Ice and snow themed activities are ongoing
At the ice picking activity site of the Dahei River, citizens shared hot dumplings.
Hasuhai Winter Fishing Festival
Fishermen are collecting their nets
There are many entertainment projects in Hasuhai in winter
In 2024, Hohhot will open warmly with rich cultural and entertainment activities, forgetting the cold of winter and starting the new year with full head. January 6 is the 23rd of the 24 solar terms - Xiaohan, and with the progress of "counting nine cold days", it is also the time when people feel the coldest. However, because of the abundant ice and snow tourism resources, it has now entered the most "hot" ice and snow tourism season. Let's step on the snow and feel the charm of ice and snow in the northern part of the country.
The cold is in full bloom from the cold to the winter
Xiaohan is the 23rd solar term in the 24 solar terms and the 5th solar term in winter, which is held from January 5 to 7 in the Gregorian calendar every year. According to Han Dong, president of the Hohhot History and Culture Research Association and folklore scholar, the cold season is the season with the lowest temperature, marking the beginning of the coldest days of the year, reminding people to do a good job in agricultural activities such as cold and frost protection. In the south of the Yangtze River, there are Xi customs such as eating vegetable rice and glutinous rice, and in the north, there are also Xi customs of preparing laba porridge.
As the fifth solar term of winter, the cold season also marks the arrival of the coldest and most romantic winter day. The northern land is covered with snow, and there are occasional rime landscapes, and the street scenery is extremely beautiful. In terms of agricultural production, the main focus is on the preparation and management of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.
Han Dong said that in the cold season, the lowest temperature in the north is mostly below zero degrees Celsius, so it is necessary to do a good job of keeping crops warm from the cold, pruning fruit trees and preventing freezing; Fish farmers will clear the snow on the ice of the fish pond in time when winter comes, so that the ice can receive more sunlight, and will also drill holes in the ice of the fish pond to ensure enough oxygen so that the fish can survive in the cold winter. In short, in the small cold season, most parts of the mainland have entered a severe cold period, the weather is very cold, people call it "counting nine cold days", and we must pay attention to cold protection and warmth when going out.
Ice and snow are good for tourism
"408,000 yuan once, 408,000 yuan twice, 408,000 yuan three times, hammer sale!" On December 30, 2023, the head fish of the second Hasuhai Winter Fishing Festival was auctioned at a high price of 408,000 yuan. In the sighs and cheers of onlookers, with the help of the spring breeze of the "14th Winter", vigorously develop ice and snow tourism, create a new tourism model of "all-for-all, all-season, and all-format", and the series of activities of the 2nd Winter Fishing Festival and Ice and Snow Tourism Season of Hasuhai in Tumut Left Banner kicked off in the Eilechuan Cultural Tourism Zone (Hasuhai), and a series of activities will last until February 15, 2024.
On the afternoon of January 3, in the Inner Mongolia Museum, Xinhua Square, Dazhao Square, and CapitaLand Plaza, many citizens encountered cute and cute little penguins, and everyone rushed to take pictures and record the cute appearance of the penguins. It turned out that it was a Gentoo penguin from afar, and this was its first time in Hohhot. According to the relevant staff of Hohhot Cultural Tourism Investment Group, at the end of the day's stroll, the little penguins will return to the penguin home in the Dahei River Military Cultural Park, and this group of "traveling little penguins" will also be officially met with everyone after the opening of the third Hohhot Happy Ice and Snow Festival on January 12.
In addition to these two grand ice and snow festival activities, Hohhot has carried out ice and snow activities with different themes in various counties and districts, practicing the concept of "ice and snow are also gold and silver mountains". In the cold season, citizens and tourists can experience a variety of ice entertainment projects, ice fishing, popular ice slides, ice bikes, snow bumper balls, ice ski cars, dream skating rinks, ice bumper cars, crazy octopus, motorcycle snow rings, horse-drawn sleigh, ice tug-of-war and dream light show, ice DJ show, colorful fireworks show and other play experience projects, which will make you feel the enthusiasm of Hohhot in winter and see the other side of Hohhot. Come on, let's enjoy the Hohhot Ice and Snow Season together!
(Text/Picture Reporter Wang Lu)