The visual shock brought to the world audience by the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is still a good story in the history of the Olympic Games to this day. The opening ceremony of that year was held in the National Stadium, which is known as the "Bird's Nest", which can accommodate more than 90,000 people, and 14 years ago, in this "Bird's Nest", China showed the world audience the brilliance of 5,000 years of civilization, and also left a unique memory belonging to the descendants of Yanhuang in the grand territory of the Olympic Games. Fourteen years later, the National Stadium will officially open its doors again, this time, it will share with the people of the world a feast of ice and snow belonging to the Winter Olympics.
The National Stadium was one of the most amazing Olympic venues during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and because it resembled a nest made up of multiple branches, everyone gave it a nice name - "Bird's Nest".
During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Bird's Nest will serve as a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Located in the south of the central area of the Beijing Olympic Park, the Bird's Nest is also the main stadium of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and according to the data, its construction area reached 258,000 square meters. With nearly 91,000 seats under the multi-storey structure, the venue is one of the largest Olympic venues in Olympic history.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, the "Bird's Nest", as a competition venue for athletics, football and other sports, has been well received by athletes from all over the world. Jamaican sprinter Bolt once said in an interview that in the track and field field where he has competed in the past, the "Bird's Nest" has impressed him the most. In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games will also serve as one of the venues for ice sports, playing a decisive role in the successful holding of the Winter Olympic Games. The construction of the National Stadium was officially started on December 24, 2003, and due to the tight time, everyone spent the entire construction period in a race against the clock. In early March 2008, the Olympic venue, which cost a total of 2.267 billion yuan, was finally completed.
After the Beijing Olympics, it has become a national landmark sports building and one of the Olympic heritage. The relevant person in charge said that the concept pursued at the beginning of the design of this venue is the cradle of life and the hope of mankind for the future. Therefore, during the design process, they did not do any superfluous repairs and treatments to the venue, but naturally formed the appearance of the building. At the level of the construction concept of Olympic venues, the construction of the "Bird's Nest", whether it is the use of materials, energy supply, or in the construction of the stadium, shape forging, is closely integrated with the idea of sustainable development. In the construction process, the use of the world's leading low-alloy high-strength steel, this steel structure is clean and environmentally friendly, and is not prone to plastic deformation, anti-extrusion ability and external corrosion strength is far better than the general steel.
In terms of energy use, the venue adopts advanced energy-saving design and environmental protection measures, efficient recycling of renewable geothermal energy and environmentally friendly and clean solar energy, maximum use of natural ventilation and natural lighting, fully realize rainwater recycling, centralized treatment of waste and garbage in the venue, compared with previous Olympic Games, in terms of cost, operation and intelligence have been significantly improved. As one of the three famous venues of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the National Stadium began to carry out targeted renovations in early 2020, and preparations are now in place, waiting for the arrival of the Beijing Olympic Games. As the main venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games, what surprises will the "Bird's Nest" bring to the world audience? On February 4th, the answer will be revealed!
(Luo Treasurer)