Editor's note: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are around the corner. The Beijing Winter Olympics coincides with this year's Spring Festival, giving people extra delight. What will happen when Chinese New Year meets the Winter Olympics? And how do people celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing while enjoying the vibe of ice and snow? GDToday (Newsgd.com) and Nanfang Daily invite four guest presenters from different countries and regions to discover the beauty Beijing and the charm of winter sports culture.
With the approach of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, winter sports are being boosted in China. In Beijing, all major ice rinks have been opened to embrace the sentiment of the Games.
David Ferguson, a writer and an editor at Foreign Languages Press, has been living in Beijing for 15 years. He often goes to Zizhuyuan park ice rink with his son David Li Ferguson, who came to China when he was one-year-old to play winter sports. According to David, winter sports are very popular in his hometown Scotland and curling is a sport that originated in Scotland. Li shared that his favourite sport in the Winter Olympic Games is Slope Obstacle Skills competition because the sport gives the rein to athletes' imagination.
In this episode, the father-son duo will experience 'frozen lake drifting' in Beihai Park, where Qianlong Emperor watched the 'Bing Xi (playing on ice)' show about 300 years ago. Let’s follow them to explore a fascinating world of ice and snow!
Co-presented by GDToday (Newsgd.com) and Nanfang Daily
Superviser: Li He, Luo Yanjun, Zhao Yang, Wing, Li Pei, Qiu Jiangjian
Producer: Backy, Keane
Script: Huang Kunyuan, Keane
Host: Backy
Translator/Liaison: Keane, Huang Chuxuan
Cameraman: Zhang Di
Video editor: Axin Xu
Poster: Mia
English dubbing: Jasmine
English editor: Wing, Jerry
Interviewer: Huang Chuxuan, Cao Aiai, Zhang Jin
