In winter, Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site in Beijing, becomes the city's major ice rink for winter fun.

rink/ring

ice rink, 溜冰場

UNESCO，聯合國教科文組織

World Heritage site, 世界遺產地

The natural ice rink in the northwestern part of Beijing has a total area of 350,000 square meters, able to accommodate 5,000 people at a time. In January, it received more than 230,000 players in activities such as ice-cart racing and speed skating.

ice-cart racing,冰車滑行

speed skating, 速滑

Several rounds of snowfall this winter have adorned the grand ancient architectural structures in the park, garnering widespread popularity among tourists.

adorn,裝扮

garner,給予，獲得

"Skating on the ice lake in the former royal garden, with the backdrop of the famous 17-arch bridge, is like a dream for me," said a tourist surnamed Liu from Shanghai.

arch bridge, 拱橋

After hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing had a packed schedule of giving its sports venues to international competitions of winter sports this winter. Beijing's Shougang Park, an iconic venue from the Winter Games, welcomed the return of big air action with the FIS Snowboard and Freeski Big Air World Cup between Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 in 2023.

FIS=International Ski and Snowboard Federation, 國際滑聯

In addition to using the Winter Olympic heritage to stage professional matches, Beijing has been keen to attract locals and tourists to experience the ice and snow fun with the public facilities.

More than 10 commercial districts in the national capital have offered more than 100 ice and snow venues, staging a series of recreational activities. The Beijing municipal bureau of sports also held 15 public sports events, encouraging local residents to experience ice-and-snow sports.

recreational activies, 娛樂活動

According to the Beijing municipal park management center, there are eight natural ice rinks open in five parks in the city. From nostalgic ice bikes to novel ice drifting carts, electric sledges, and ice slides, tourists of different ages can enjoy the ice-and-snow entertainment.

nostalgic, 懷舊的

drifting cart, 漂移的冰車

electric sledge, 電動雪車

ice slide, 滑冰

Beijing currently boasts more than 1 million square meters of ice rinks and skiing areas. The municipal bureau of culture and tourism has designated the ice-and-snow tourism as a new growth point for tourism development. 

municipal bureau of culture and toursim ,市文旅局