Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point reporter Liu Bingwen Intern Xu Yijie
On January 23, at the coastal happy sea beach, the comprehensive service center of Weifang International Kite Club organized and hosted the kite flying activity of "Flying Kites and Pursuing Dreams for the Winter Olympics". Including the 2,022-meter-long string of kites that blessed the Beijing Winter Olympics, 13 teams from all over Weifang flew more than 20 high-quality kites.
On the morning of January 23, at the flight site, the 2022-meter-long string of kites attracted the attention of many event participants.
"We kite people specially made this long string of kites for the Winter Olympic Games, which contains olympic champions, Olympic emblems, Paralympic and Winter Olympic sports to celebrate the Beijing Winter Olympics." Xie Shengli, chief designer of this long string kite and the municipal inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage Weifang kite project, said.
The kite uses the promotional materials of the official theme culture of the Winter Olympic Games, which can not only intuitively understand the historical review of the Winter Olympic Games, but also concentrate on the event culture of the Winter Olympic Games. The kite pioneered the circular waist piece, single-line series, through three-dimensional modeling, hand-tied to show the unique craft skills of Weifang kite. Through the unique design of the kite, it embodies the traditional Chinese idea of "Taoism and Nature, Unity of Heaven and Man".
The kite made by Wang Tieyuan, deputy secretary general of the Shandong Kite Association, national kite referee, and secretary general of the Kite Industry Association, is also very eye-catching. The unique design style allows this kite to fly smoothly in the sky.
Wang Tieyuan said that the meaning of the kite is to fly dreams and healthy China. In response to the epidemic, I hope that the people will be healthy and the country will be healthy. The color of the kite is mainly red, representing "red and fiery", and below it is the logo of "Kite Capital of the World" and the slogan of "Flying Dreams, Healthy China".
The pilot kite of "together to the future", the large soft kite in the shape of the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong"... More than 20 high-quality kites in the air "dream of the Olympic Games", the flight activities attracted more people to participate, and some international students studying in Weifang also came to the scene, and everyone took photos to commemorate it.
Zhang Jianwei, secretary of the party group and director of the Weifang International Kite Association Comprehensive Service Center, said that the purpose of holding this event is to help the Olympic Games through the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, to promote the transformation of kite culture in creation and innovation through the Winter Olympics, to integrate the Olympic spirit into kite culture, to promote the International Kite Federation to join the World Sports League organization, to help kite sports become a non-Olympic sports project, and to contribute to the construction of a sports power.
Weifang is the world-famous kite capital of the world, the kite culture is deep, has a long history, And Weifang kite making skills are also national intangible cultural heritage. In order to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games, the Weifang International Kite Club Comprehensive Service Center organized kite artists, combined with the characteristics of kite sports and traditional cultural characteristics, with the emblem, mascot and theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games as the basic elements, respectively, produced a large traditional string kite and a large modern soft kite, in the form of flying to express good wishes.