The Olympic Games are not only a stage for athletes to show their sportsmanship, but also a cultural feast.
At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, whether it is the emblem "China Seal", the auspicious cloud pattern of the Olympic torch, or the opening and closing ceremonies, they all showed the profound and profound Chinese culture, and countless Chinese style elements made people shine.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is another opportunity for cultural exchanges and highlighting The self-confidence of Chinese culture. The Beijing Winter Olympics are full of colorful Chinese elements, from mascots, emblems and sports icons, to the Three Olympic Venues, as well as torches and medals, all the design details are integrated into Chinese cultural elements, so that the world can feel the charm of Chinese culture.
Players from all over the world will also follow the local customs, such as the figure skating arena of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Chinese-style repertoire will also become popular.
At the Winter Olympics, Chinese style is everywhere
On the evening of December 31, as the new year is approaching, the sports icons of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are officially released. There are a total of 30 sports icons, including 24 Beijing Winter Olympic sports icons and 6 Beijing Winter Paralympic sports icons.
The icon design, inspired by Chinese characters and the art of seal engraving as the main form of presentation, skillfully combines the elements of winter sports with traditional Chinese culture, which not only shows the characteristics of winter sports to challenge themselves and pursue excellence, but also condenses the thickness and depth of traditional Chinese culture, highlighting the concept and vision of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The icon is 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 Olympics to be held during the Spring Festival.
The emblem of the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Winter Dream", released four years ago, skillfully combines traditional Chinese culture and Olympic elements. Inspired by the Chinese character "winter", the upper part of the figure shows the shape of the skater, and the lower half shows the heroic posture of the skier. The design of the emblem of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games adheres to the concept of showing the culture of the host area and embodying the athlete-centered concept, combining the art of Chinese calligraphy with the characteristics of the Winter Paralympic Games. The design shows the dynamics and strength of the Chinese character "fly", subtly transforms into an athlete who slides forward and rushes to victory, and visualizes the special sports equipment forms of the Winter Paralympic Games such as wheelchairs.
The "ice pier" and "snow rongrong" of the Beijing Winter Olympic mascot, a panda image using a National Treasure of China, a design taken from the image of a traditional Chinese lantern, and also combined with Chinese paper-cutting art.
The idea of the Torch Relay Tinder Lamp for the Beijing Winter Olympics originated from the Changxin Palace Lamp of the Western Han Dynasty, which has the reputation of "China's First Lamp". In Old Chinese, "Changxin" has the meaning of eternal faith, representing people's pursuit and yearning for light and hope. In addition to the traditional charm, the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch Relay Tinder Lamp also has a modern feel. The red ribbon around the top of the tinder lamp symbolizes the Olympic passion of hard work; the square circle nesting symbolizes the round place of the sky, and the silver metal and crystal clear glass express the perfect fit between the national culture and the Olympic spirit.
Based on Chinese culture, highlight cultural self-confidence
The "golden jade" medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was recognized as one of the most beautiful medals in the previous Olympic Games. The Beijing Winter Olympic Medal "Concentric" transcends on the basis of "gold inlaid jade", taking the five-stringed jade bi excavated from the tomb of Yin Xu as the visual source, and the concentric circles give people a sense of cohesion and unity.
The front of the medal has five rings, five rings of concentricity, concentric circles, expressing the cultural connotation of "heaven and earth, people's hearts and minds", and engraved with auspicious cloud patterns and ice and snow patterns, the center is the olympic five rings logo; the back center is engraved with the emblem of the Beijing Winter Olympics, surrounded by 24 points and sports arcs. According to Hang Hai, the main creator of the medal and a professor at the School of Design of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, "The auspicious cloud pattern is the cultural inheritance of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and conveys the auspicious meaning; the ice and snow pattern reflects the characteristics of the Winter Olympic Games." ”
The uniforms of the Beijing Winter Olympics also contain profound Chinese cultural connotations, integrating traditional Chinese landscape paintings with the snowy mountain picture of the core graphics of the Winter Olympics, perfectly combining functionality, nationality and artistry, and the design is inspired by the traditional Chinese landscape paintings and the snowy mountains of the core graphics of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Beijing Winter Olympic uniforms include clothing for staff, technical officers and volunteers. In terms of color selection, the staff uniforms use a calm ink color and a pulsating Xiaguang red, showing the hard work and enthusiasm of the staff; the main color of the technical officer's uniform is gray, which is derived from the "Great Wall Gray" in the color system of the Beijing Winter Olympics to highlight the objectivity and impartiality of the technical officials; the "Tianji Blue" in the volunteer uniform is the color of the traditional Chinese ceramics - the color of the Ji blue glaze, the hair color is calm, with a jewel-like luster, and "Rui Snow White" as the harmonic color of the uniform, symbolizing the purity and purity of the world under the snow cover, " The auspicious phrase of "Ruixue Mega Year" also fits the time of the Beijing Winter Olympics - spring festival.
In addition, the venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics are also very Chinese-style. For example, the Shougang Ski Jump, which will compete in the freestyle ski jump and snowboard jump, integrates the "flying sky" element in the Dunhuang mural, and the jump curve is extremely similar to the flying streamer charm, so it is called "snow flying".
The architecture of the Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Center is inspired by the traditional Chinese ornament "Ruyi", so it is called "Snow Ruyi".
It is not difficult to find that the Beijing Winter Olympics exude strong Chinese cultural elements everywhere, and almost all the design details are integrated into the Chinese poetic cultural conception, based on Chinese culture, highlighting China's cultural self-confidence.
Entering the countryside and following customs, players from all over the world integrate into Chinese culture
In fact, Chinese culture is not only reflected in the design details of the Winter Olympic Games, but also the upcoming athletes of various countries will also take the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to experience and integrate Chinese culture.
Taking figure skating as an example, during the Beijing Winter Olympics season, in order to let more people understand Chinese culture, the Chinese style repertoire is favored by the team members.
The free skating tracks of Chinese pair skaters Peng Cheng/Jin Yang are from the movie "Night Feast". When explaining the reasons for the selection of songs, Jin Yang bluntly said that Chinese style is the "first choice", "This season's free skating track we prefer Chinese style, after many times of communication and coordination, finally chose to use the music of "Night Feast". First of all, we like this song very much, and at the same time, we also want to convey Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories through our own interpretation. China's number one men's singles player, Jin Boyang, has a short program track called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Foreign players also follow the customs, and the Winter Olympics will choose Chinese-style repertoire. South Korean popular youngster Cha Joon-hwan will perform the classic song "Turandot", while Chinese-American players Chen Kaiwen and Zhou Zhifang will perform "Liang Zhu" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" respectively.