Ski field photography clicks in Jilin

According to its provincial tourism industry development program, Jilin has 75 ski resorts and 319 snow trails. The province plans to raise snow and ice tourism revenue to 500 billion yuan within five years.

Since the beginning of this snow season, his photography team's schedule has been almost fully booked. Apart from local skiers, he has noticed more enthusiasts from other parts of China, for whom the experience is a valuable one that deserves to be recorded photographically.

Ski enthusiast Cheng Yang, from Nanjing in East China's Jiangsu province, told Xinhua News Agency she and her friends go skiing each year. In the past, they used to go to Japan or Europe. But now, with the rapid development of the winter sports industry and infrastructure at Chinese ski resorts, they have changed their preferred destinations to Jilin or the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

This year, she has ordered a few photos. "In the past, skiers used to take photos for each other, and the quality was not ensured," she said. "Now that we have professional photographers here, taking photos has become a necessary part of my skiing experience, and I am glad to share them on social media."

Satisfied skiers are what Zhang and his colleagues want to see.

"The photographer might have to stand on the slope for hours to capture a perfect moment of a skier," he said. "It is the biggest achievement for photographers to record wonderful memories for skiers through photos."

Xinhua