With the increase of wind power penetration, the ultra-short-term wind power climbing events exert more and more significant influence on power system. The domestic definition of climbing event is not yet clear at present, and lack of the corresponding detection methods and statistical analysis. This paper expounds the definition of climbing events, proposes a ultra-short-term wind power climbing event detection method, and makes a statistic in terms of ramp duration, rate, and swing for up-ramps and down-ramps. Finally, it analyzes the ultra-short-term wind power climbing events distribution regularity in the form of daily cycles and yearly cycles. Instances prove that the proposed detection method can rapidly and accurately detect the wind power climbing event and its characteristic value. Statistical calculation shows that the ramp duration, rate, and swing of the up-ramps and down-ramps have high symmetry, but the high incidence of the two types of climbing events happen in different period of the day, they also show an obvious daily and monthly distribution characteristics. This work is supported by National Major Basic Research Program (973 Program) (No. 2013CB228201) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51307017).