The medal is an important part of the Winter Olympic Games, and the design of the medal should not only reflect the cultural connotation and spiritual pursuit of the host country, but also show the ingenious ideas and wonderful ideas of the designers.
Recently (January 7), the medal acceptance ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games was held in Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd., and more than 1,000 medals were officially handed over to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee after passing the inspection one by one.
The medals of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are composed of rings and circles, and the image is derived from the ancient Chinese concentric circle jade bi, with a total of five rings. The five rings are concentric and concentric, expressing the Chinese cultural connotation of "the unity of heaven and earth and the unity of the people", and also symbolizes that the Olympic spirit brings together the people of the world to share the glory of the Winter Olympics.
The unit that undertook the trial production of medals for the Winter Olympics has experience in the production of medals in the "gold and jade" medals of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This time, in order to make the medal have the best presentation, the production team and the medal design team repeatedly communicated and adjusted, and up to 29 complete samples were guaranteed.
The medal shape of the five-ring concentricity is simple and simple, but it shows the high quality of "simplicity is not simple". On the surface of the gold medal, the production team adopted shot peening to make the medal appear frosted, and then used the traditional metalworking pressing and polishing technique to polish all the intaglio patterns and words, which not only reflected the metallic texture but also took into account the characteristics of jade warmth.
The process of single pressure lighting, generally speaking, a medal takes 6 to 8 hours to complete, and the whole process must be finely polished under the microscope. The combination of sandblasting and lighting increases the layering of the medal.
From blanking, embossing, surface effect treatment to final packaging, each medal must go through 18 processes and 20 inspections before it can be finally made. Craftsmen will also make process cards to make each medal production process traceable.
Every time we make a medal, what we look forward to most is actually when the athlete finally hangs this medal on his chest, and every athlete can like this medal very much, which is the greatest affirmation and encouragement for our work.
(CCTV News Client)