This winter, Shunyi is “heating up”: the fiery passion of chasing Olympic dreams, the soothing warmth of underground hot springs—crafted around the principle of “weekly events, monthly highlights,” nearly 100 diverse-themed winter tourism activities in Beijing will take turns to unfold. The Shunyi District Tourism Development Commission, in collaboration with leading tourism enterprises in the district, will grandly kick off the “First Shunyi Ice, Snow & Hot Spring Carnival” on December 19. With the theme of “Ski Wildly, Soak Slowly,” the event leverages the district’s resources of “ice, snow, hot springs, and wine” to connect a variety of tourism offerings including ice and snow, hot springs, industry, agriculture, and sightseeing. Centered around four major holidays—Christmas, New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, and Valentine’s Day—it creates a winter tourism ambiance that is pure, genuine, beautiful, and joyful. The carnival will run until February next year.
Holistic Tourism – Creating a Citywide Winter Carnival
The launch ceremony of the First Shunyi Ice, Snow & Hot Spring Carnival is uniquely designed, unfolding through a “triple gate” concept: the Gate of the Nation, the Gate of Leisure, and the Gate of Health.
As the national capital’s gateway, Shunyi embraces the world with openness and sharing. Its rich and diverse international tourism offerings transcend time and space, touching hearts and crossing borders. With the arrival of the era of universal leisure, Shunyi’s leisure tourism will make a dazzling debut, supporting the transformation and upgrading of the entire region’s industries. Healthy tourism resources such as winter sports, hot spring wellness, forest oxygen bars, wetland ecology, and mountain hiking trails nurture a “Healthy Shunyi” and contribute to the vision of a “Healthy China.”
For this event, tourism enterprises across Shunyi respond comprehensively, tourism products are innovated across the board, and tourism needs are fully met. Covering all times of day, offering full experiential processes, and equipped with all necessary elements, the event fully showcases the fruitful results of Shunyi tourism’s high-level integration with industries such as “sports,” “industry,” “agriculture,” and “culture,” providing citizens with a winter journey of “high-end quality and healthy experiences.”
Winter Sports – Sparking a Fitness Boom in Winter
In response to the mass winter sports goal of “300 million people on snow and ice” proposed for the 2022 Winter Olympics, three ski resorts in Shunyi will roll out a series of cool, fun, and surprising experiences.
The Cradle of Olympic Champions – Qiaobo Snow World, the nation’s first indoor all-season ski center founded by Olympic champion Ye Qiaobo, features national-level professional coaches and top-tier training facilities, offering top-notch services and exhilarating peak experiences to numerous winter sports enthusiasts.
Beijing’s Yabuli – Lianhua Mountain Ski Resort, managed directly by the team behind Heilongjiang Yabuli Ski Resort, currently China’s largest international-level tourist ski destination. It has newly incorporated Yabuli-standard equipment, facilities, and service concepts, added night skiing sessions, and hosts various themed activities such as the “Lovers’ Romantic Snow Competition,” providing citizens with the closest-to-the-city, most standardized and professional, and highest-service-level skiing experience.
Winter Wonderland “Olympics” – Olympic Water Park, which built the nation’s largest snow slide, introduces new Olympic-standard curling experiences, along with other ice activities like Ant Commando and snowmobile off-road. A variety of ice tools such as snow flying saucers, sleds, ice skates, and ice carts are also available... allowing visitors to passionately enjoy the thrill of playing in the snow and nostalgically relive the boundless joy of childhood.
Leisure Experience – Spreading Regional Tourism Culture
Centered around ski and hot spring enterprises, and leveraging Shunyi’s advantage of convenient transportation without traffic hassles, the area curates a range of one-day and two-day tour routes that connect unique tourism resources across the district. These offer citizens a taste of Shunyi’s nearby beauty, easily accessible joy, and warm romantic experiences, showcasing the panoramic charm of Shunyi tourism.
“Hotel Deals.” Zhongjia Xinyuan Hot Spring Resort – a high-end Zen-inspired hot spring hotel blending Chinese and Western elements – launches the “Break the Internet” themed activities: Show your oppa, show delicious food, show cute kids, show amazing gifts, and more, with non-stop highlights. Rui Lin Wan Hot Spring Resort – a “Hot Spring United Nations” meeting platinum five-star standards – offers parent-child activities such as fun trivia contests, Christmas hot spring knowledge competitions, and hot spring treasure hunts. He Yuan Jing Yi Grand Hotel – a five-star garden health hot spring hotel nestled in an 800-acre forest oxygen bar – presents the “Authentic Lapland Christmas Month” series, allowing the whole family to enjoy Christmas culture. Other hotels including Chunhuiyuan Hot Spring Resort, Sunshine Rich City Hot Spring Hotel, Jinbao Garden, Shunyi Hotel, and Jinchao Yuma International Hotel also launch various promotional events.
“Attraction Experiences.” A variety of leisure venues are connected, including Seven Colored Butterfly Garden—the nation’s only parent-child education and science base themed around butterflies and the city’s largest live butterfly viewing garden; Italian Farm, exuding rich Italian international flair; European Castle Winery, an outpost of wine culture featuring Beijing’s largest underground wine cellar; and Chimu Cave Hotel, blending the grandeur and mystery of Chinese and Western cultures. These offer multiple personalized options for family trips, parent-child travel, and couples’ getaways.
“Industrial Interaction.” Leveraging Shunyi’s position as a leader in Beijing’s modern manufacturing, the district offers interactive and engaging industrial tourism routes. Citizens can experience firsthand the charm of modern manufacturing at national industrial tourism demonstration sites such as Shunxin Holdings, Yanjing Beer, and Hyundai Motor, enjoying an alternative thrill alongside skiing and hot spring soaking.
It is understood that this Ice, Snow & Hot Spring Carnival brings a series of delightful surprises throughout Shunyi, offering passionate ice and snow, relaxing hot springs, gourmet food, and fine wines. For specific event details and discount information, please follow the official WeChat account “Shunyi Tourism.”