Crochet into a fleece flower that never fades! The Beijing Winter Olympics awards bouquet was announced

In the early morning of January 1, Beijing time, with the ringing of the New Year's bell, the bouquet of awards for the Beijing Winter Olympics was officially announced. Different from the traditional bouquets of flowers in the past, the award bouquets of this Winter Olympics are crocheted with the technique of Haipai velvet weaving, which is a velvet flower that never fades.

The Bouquet of the Beijing Winter Olympics awards was provided by Hengyuanxiang Group, the official sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and also the inheritor of the "Haipai Velvet Thread Knitting Technique". There are seven types of flowers in each bouquet, including: roses symbolizing friendship, symbolizing the tenacious moon season, suzu orchids symbolizing happiness, hydrangeas symbolizing unity, laurel symbolizing victory, osmanthus flowers symbolizing harvest, and olives symbolizing peace. The selection of these flowers is very exquisite, such as the moon season, it is the protagonist of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games award bouquet, the moon season originated in China, prevailing in the world, is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, is also the city flower of Beijing, the choice of the moon season is echoed with the Beijing Olympic Bouquet, showing the cultural heritage of the "City of The Two Olympics", and the choice of olives means to pay tribute to the Olympic tradition. The flower material is shaped and bundled into a bouquet of flowers with a height of 34 cm and a chest diameter of 24 cm, which is just right in volume, striving to be exquisite and expressive. The bow ribbon of the bouquet handle is printed with the words "BEIJING2022", and the bouquet is fresh and natural as a whole, which is in line with the main color of the Beijing Winter Olympics, highlighting the distinctive characteristics of ice and snow sports.

"As a double Olympic enterprise, Hengyuanxiang has joined hands with the Olympics for five times, and in the process, Hengyuanxiang has mainly provided ceremonial clothing for Chinese sports delegations and other teams in the past. In addition to providing clothing and home textiles from the Winter Olympic Village, Hengyuanxiang also created a unique gift - using Hengyuanxiang's intangible cultural heritage skills to weave and make award bouquets. Flowers have always been with heroes, we find that the winners on the podium, wearing medals on their chests, holding bouquets, paying tribute to the national flag and thanking the audience, is their most brilliant moment, but unfortunately the bouquet is not like a medal, it is inconvenient to preserve, can we make this bouquet of glory never wither, become an eternal memorial? We think of Hengyuanxiang's intangible heritage - haipai velvet thread weaving technique. Chinese often say 'love leads the way', we hope that this velvet thread that carries truth, goodness and beauty can make the people of the five continents who have become alienated by the impact of the new crown epidemic more united, and weave a constant future for the world with infinite threads." Chen Zhongwei, chairman and general manager of Hengyuanxiang Group, explained the original intention of making velvet flower bouquets.

In this regard, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee said: "The Beijing Winter Olympics is a global sports event, and our use of The Haipai velvet weaving technique that integrates Chinese and Western techniques presents the bouquet of awards, which represents our warm welcome and congratulations to athletes from five continents, and also represents our expectations and wishes for a better future for mankind." In addition, on the one hand, the velvet bouquet is not like the fresh-cut bouquet that needs to be transported from the southern planting base, which greatly reduces the cost of transportation and management, on the other hand, it is also convenient for athletes to carry back to China and keep it for a long time, which is both carbon-reducing and carbon-reducing, frugal and full of humane arrangements. ”