By Gao Zhan
Visitors having fun on the ice at the second "Meet 2022" Ice & Snow Cultural Festival which opened in the Beijing Olympic Park on Dec. 26 and will run till Feb. 8. The National Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, and the National Aquatics Center, or the Water Cube, were both built for the 2008 Olympic Games and are the venues for the festival. Here, visitors can enjoy winter sports such as curling, ice hockey, skating and skiing while appreciating several Winter Olympics-themed exhibitions and having a VR experience of Winter Olympics sports. Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympic Games and will be hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. [Photo by Gao Zhan / China SCIO]