The Longchi Snow Festival, initiated at the end of 1995, is one of the largest tourism-oriented events sponsored by Dujiangyan City. It starts in December and ends in March. The period includes Christmas, the New Year's Day, the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and Women's Day on the 8th of March. The festival provides people living in the south with a wonderful place for spending holiday, appreciating snow and skiing in winter. It has now become a golden route for winter tour in the southwest China region. During the period of the festival, items available include ice carving, snow carving, cross-country skiing, free-style skiing, high-slope sleighing, horse-driven sleighing, and ice and snow photography. Meanwhile, activities with extensive participation of tourists are organized. They include snowballing, making a snowman, tug of war and running on snow-covered ground, and puck shooting.
