Mr. Gong
"No two snowflakes are the same, but today everyone gathers in Beijing to become a brilliant snowflake together, which is the big concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the common human emotion of 'going to the future together'." The famous director Zhang Yimou recently said when talking about the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics that he hopes that it can convey more common human emotions.
Zhang Yimou talks about the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Zhang Yimou also revealed that the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics will use on-site real-time capture technology to achieve a sense of interaction. In some venues, the audience will see the flow of snowflakes and actors, and it is interactive.
Such "spoilers" can be described as bold, which seems to be inconsistent with the convention of keeping the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games secret, but it is not a strong confidence that comes from the heart.
Zhang Yimou clearly has such self-confidence. After presenting the magnificent and magnificent opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games to the world, how Zhang Yimou interpreted the Olympic spirit at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was expected and aroused people's reverie.
The scene of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
According to the "spoilers" and narration of relevant parties, Mr. Gong combed through it, and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was like this -
More minimalist and ethereal – given the epidemic prevention and control and cold weather, the opening ceremony will not exceed 100 minutes, and only about 3,000 actors will participate in the performance. The two figures for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games were 4 hours and 15,000 people respectively.
Although there are fewer people, in terms of presentation effect, Zhang Yimou is confident that he can show an ethereal, aesthetic and simple modern art style, and convey a sense of romance that is crystal clear and clear of ice and snow, "so that it is few and not empty, let it be very full, let it be ethereal and romantic." ”
On August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of the 29th Summer Olympic Games was performed.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
More technological, greener – new elements of technology will be added, including robotics, AI, 5G, virtual vision and cloud technology. In addition, it is said that the Winter Olympics will light the main torch in a way that has not appeared in the history of the Olympic Games in a hundred years, "unexpected, reasonable". Let's wait.
More humanistic, more heartfelt - the opening and closing ceremonies of large-scale sports games, people are always the focus of expression, including people's spiritual outlook, people's hearts and emotions. The Beijing Winter Olympics are held in a complex international environment, so Zhang Yimou "hopes to show Chinese self-confidence, affection for the people of the world, and also include the 'greater unity' of the newly added Olympic motto, through the opening ceremony, let people see the true heart of the Chinese." "To this end, the opening ceremony will also have a link called 'Salute to the People', allowing ordinary people to stand on the Olympic stage and show the extraordinary strength of ordinary people."
On August 8, 2008, the last torchbearer, Li Ning, flew around the field at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, preparing to light the main torch.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fei Maohua
If the focus of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games is "me", "history", Chinese culture, tradition, and the road we have traveled, then the focus of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics is "we", "together to the future", and the "more united" of the community of human destiny.
Today, in the context of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, we choose a more simple and frugal way to express our understanding of the Olympic spirit and the yearning for human unity, and show the natural beauty, humanistic beauty and sports beauty of the Chinese, which is not only due to the requirements of the Winter Olympics itself of "simplicity, safety and wonderfulness", but also reflects our great power responsibility and cultural self-confidence.
The theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is "Together to the Future".
Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
From "me" to "we", from "different" to "common", from "telling history" to "going to the future", the different expressions of the opening ceremonies of the two Olympic Games have their own different logics, and they must have their own wonderful. When the singing and singing of the Beijing Olympic Games and the ancient relics become eternal memories, we can once again embrace the glory and dream of the Olympic Games, which is undoubtedly a particularly exciting thing.
February 4, 2022, is the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the spring of the traditional Chinese 24 solar terms. Spring is intentional, but the spring has arrived. Let's gaze at the "Bird's Nest" and look forward to that beautiful Olympic night.