The XXIV Winter Olympics will open in Beijing on February 4, 2022. The Sports Department of China News Network launched a series of columns "100 Questions about the Winter Olympics", which aims to popularize the knowledge of the Winter Olympics, answer hot questions, and talk about ice and snow anecdotes, so as to help everyone have a better viewing experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
No. 50 How does the art of seal engraving "move" in the Winter Olympic Games?
The Olympic sports icon is one of the basic image elements of the Olympic Games, which not only has a strong function, but also is an important carrier to convey the concept of the Olympic Games and the culture of the host country. From the Beijing Olympics to the Beijing Winter Olympics, how did China make the art of seal engraving "move" in the arena?
Beijing Winter Paralympic Games sports icon. Courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
The sports icons of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games take the seal structure as the basic form, and combine the pictorial and interesting characteristics of ancient Chinese oracle bones, gold scripts and other characters and the simplification of modern graphics, so that the sports icons show distinct sports characteristics, elegant sports aesthetics and rich cultural connotations.
In January this year, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games sports icon was officially released. These sports icons are a fusion of seal engraving and Chinese characters, echoing the emblem of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games "China Seal", and are another "Chinese cultural symbol" in the Olympic movement.
The icon design of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games skillfully combines winter sports elements with traditional Chinese culture, which not only shows the characteristics of winter sports challenging themselves and pursuing excellence, but also condenses the thickness and depth of traditional Chinese culture.
Beijing Winter Olympics sports icon (Bai Wen). Courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
There are a total of 30 sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, including 24 sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and 6 sports icons for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. However, converting the two-dimensional seal carving into a three-dimensional animation, highly refining the classic movement in a short period of 2-3 seconds, presenting the characteristics of movement, and at the same time conforming to the movement norms, naturally reflecting traditional Chinese culture has become a problem.
In this regard, Jin Jun, deputy dean of the School of Design of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, said that the powder that "collapsed" during the contact between the carving knife and the stone can be associated with snowflakes and ice flowers, "Which has produced a connection from static to dynamic, the combination of the traditional art of seal carving and fashionable ice and snow sports, the action of carving knives, the action of ice and snow sports, from static to moving, from ancient times to the present, has a new vitality." ”
It is worth mentioning that the icons of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are based on the background of Xiaguang red, which symbolizes the sunrise in the East, represents enthusiasm and hope, and also sets off a festive atmosphere for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games to be held during the Spring Festival. (Wang Yu)