CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Passionate snow and ice ignite the winter in the south, and hot springs nourish the beautiful mountains and rivers. The opening ceremony of the 21st Jinfo Mountain Ice and Snow Festival has recently begun. The bipolar combination of “cold” and “hot” has prepared a winter event for tourists from all over the world to enjoy snow, interactive experience and spa health.

The opening ceremony of the 21st Jinfo Mountain Ice and Snow Festival (Picture provided by Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area)

International Ski Federation awards licence to Jinfo Mountain

At the opening ceremony, Zou Ying, the representative of SnowKidz and chairman of Shenyang Yidao Tourism Management Co., Ltd., awarded the “FIS Junior Ski Training Base” to Jinfo Mountain on behalf of Snowkidz.

The full name of the international snow federation Snowkidz is the International Ski Federation, which is the largest official organization in the skiing circle. The award is the first license awarded by the International Snow Federation Snowkidz in China. The Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area will also provide a full range of professional ski training for youngsters, together with the IFS Snowkidz and Yidao Tourism.

International Ski Federation awarding licence to Jinfo Mountain (Picture provided by Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area)

Tourists playing with snow in Jinfo Mountain (Photographed by Sun Xiaogang)

Jinfo Mountain welcomes the best snow season and “Southland Snowfield” looks forward to meeting you

Over the next three months, Jinfo Mountain will usher in an ice and snow event. After tourists go up the mountain, in addition to enjoying the beautiful misty scenery rare in the south, they can also play snow, play with snow and ski, and experience the unique charm of the southern snowfield at a close distance and “Thousands of miles of ice, snow drift” the scenery of the north.

Jinfo Mountain is the best snow-covered resort in Chongqing, with the longest snow period and the closest distance to the main urban areas of Chongqing. Jinfo Mountain Qianniuping Ski Resort can hold thousands of people to participate in snow sports at the same time. During the period, the festival not only follows the tradition of skiing and hot springs in the scenic area, but also carefully prepares a variety of fun snow sports such as horse-drawn floats, dog sleds, snow tanks; Tianxing Township Blessing Lantern Festival, Tianxing Township Drama Culture Festival , Tianxing Town New Year’s Day and other activities, so that tourists can enjoy the snow scene of Jinfo Mountain while participating in it, and enjoy the fun of quality travel!

The “4th Tianxing Township Blessing Lantern Festival” will contain three traditional festival, respectively New Year’s Day, Spring Festival and Lantern Festival this year. (Picture provided by Jinfo Mountain Scenic Area)

Traffic guide:

Departing from Chongqing — Inner Ring Expressway — G65 (Yuxiang Expressway — Jinfoshan West Road (70 minutes) — Tianma Highway — Sanhuichang — Tianxing Resort — Jinfo Mountain Xipo Tourist Service Center

Internal traffic: Transfer to the bus at West Gate — Bitan Valley — Lower Cableway Station, Lower Cableway Station — Upper Cableway Station, Qianniuping Interchange Station — Jinfo Temple — Yaochiba Interchange Station

RMB 20 for the mountain bus (round trip), RMB 80 for the cableway (round trip), RMB 10 for the Peak Bus (one-way trip) (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)