Learning to give winter a warm embrace

Braving the cold can be a dreadful prospect, especially in January. Though spring looms, this can be the bitterest month.

By properly adapting, though, it's possible to enjoy, and not merely tolerate, the cold. This is especially important as more Chinese learn to appreciate winter sports in the run-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

I became acclimatized to frigid weather early in life. I grew up in Nebraska in the heartland of the United States, where temperatures, particularly in January, usually dip well into the danger zone.