Winter sports fever grows in Jiangxi as Games near(1/9)

A tourist skis at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo by Liu Lixin)

On the occasion of the 30-day countdown of the 2022 Winter Olympics, many tourists played winter sports here in the snow park.

The 10, 000 square-meter snow park sits at an altitude of 1,580 meters above sea level, allowing the artificial snow to stay longer before melting.

A tourist exercises skiing skills with a coach at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

A child practices skiing skills with the coach at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

A tourist skis at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

A child practices skiing at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

A tourist skis at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

Tourists board on the elevator with snowboards at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

Aerial photo of tourists ski at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)

Aerial photo shows tourists practice skiing with coaches at a snow park in Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Lixin)