4th Happy Ice and Snow Season at Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park

The 4th Happy Ice and Snow Season at the Old Summer Palace (known as Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park nowadays) has kicked off! The stunning Songfeng Luoyue Lake serves as the backdrop for this year's snow-related activities. The snow area, which is roughly 22,000 square meters in size, boasts 46 slides, ten more than the previous year. The dimensions of the snow circle slide are specifically 32 meters long by 80 meters broad and six meters high.

Along with exhilarating programs like the snow zorbing, snow trains, snow merry-go-rounds, electronic dog sleds, and snow tanks. This year, a brand-new experience area for curling has been added to let guests enjoy this Winter Olympic sport.

There are now new service stations with hot beverages, gloves, and tools for playing with snow (like snowball tongs) both within and outside the snow area.

Notice

The opening hours of the snow area at Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park:
8:30-17:00 from January 1 to February 4

The cost of admission to Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park does not change during the Happy Ice and Snow Season. The snow area requires separate tickets, which cost CNY 30 per person. There are also separate tickets for certain programs. The recommended tickets for the snow area are package tickets costing CNY 98 per person (CNY 188 for two persons). Visitors can spend as much time as they like on non-motorized sports like snow zorbing and snow cycling.

Please note that the ice area is currently closed to the public for safety reasons due to temperatures not meeting safety standards.


Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Carnival

Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Carnival is a much-anticipated annual event in Yanqing, Beijing. This year's session will begin on the evening of January 10 and run through February 28.

The lantern area, the ice lantern art area, and the ice gorge region make up the majority of the about 500,000-square-meter area used for this carnival. For this year's event, the 8,000-square-meter ice lantern art area will highlight fashion, coolness, and anime-related elements, separated into parts with themes related to the Chinese New Year of the Snake, Pop Mart, Journey to the West, immortal heroes in classic Chinese fantasy literature, and the ice waterfall.

Additionally, this year, a larger part of the glacial canyon in the scenic area will be opened, covering over 300,000 square meters. It will feature ice amusement facilities and host various fun ice sports competitions, such as the five-a-side soccer on ice, ice tug-of-war, ice bowling, and family-friendly snow ring activities.
 
During the event, a series of exciting sub-events will unfold, including the opening ceremony, the Fun Sports Games of the Glacial Canyon, Longqing Gorge International Food Festival, and a huahui (a collection of recreational activities) featuring the intangible cultural heritage and folk customs in Yanqing.

(Sources: WeChat account "Beijing Haidian", Beijing Evening News)