With less than 10 days to go before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the city culture of the Winter Olympics has also ushered in a hot and energetic climax. Beijing Business Daily reporter learned from the Office of the Beijing Municipal Urban Cultural Activity Group and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism that the 51 member units at the two levels of the urban area included in the activity group organized and planned 659 offline and online Winter Olympics urban cultural activities, 11,600, and 3318 have been completed so far. From January to March, 538 events and 8,266 games will be conducted.
The Winter Olympic Cultural Plaza will be officially operated
Cultural public facilities for the Winter Olympics
From February 4, the Winter Olympic Cultural Plaza, an important part of the city's cultural activities, will be officially put into operation. Until the end of the Winter Paralympic Games, the public is greeted every day with a variety of activities.
It is reported that the city has built a total of 16 Winter Olympic cultural squares, such as Beijing Badaling International Convention and Exhibition Center Cultural Square in Yanqing District, Aosen Chess Garden Cultural Square in Chaoyang District, Canal Cultural Square in Tongzhou District, Pinggu District Museum Cultural Square, and Caijiawa Rose Love Garden Cultural Square in Miyun District. From January 1, 2022, the Winter Olympic Cultural Plaza began trial operation, officially operating from February 4, until the end of the Winter Paralympic Games.
The environmental layout of the Winter Olympic Cultural Square highlights the characteristics of the Winter Olympics. The design of the square uses a unified color standard, with sky blue and ruixue white as the main colors. A prominent position is marked "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Cultural Square", and a large three-dimensional mascot is set up with ice piers and snow melting. At the same time, the center stage theatrical performances are colorful. Each square has a central stage, and two theatrical performances will be staged every day, for a total of 1,008 performances.
The 91 Winter Olympic demonstration facilities facilitate the participation of the public
Compared with the Winter Olympic Cultural Square, the Winter Olympic demonstration facilities are closer to the public and more convenient to participate in activities.
The Beijing Business Daily reporter learned that a total of 91 winter Olympic demonstration facilities have been built in the city, including communities, villages, public libraries, cultural centers, museums, and theaters. The facilities are decorated with blue and white as the main color, and mascots, landscape sketches, and Winter Olympic knowledge publicity display boards are set up to exude the charm of the Winter Olympics.
It is understood that the Capital Library and the Capital Institute of Physical Education jointly built an Olympic book house and held the "Ice and Snow Winter Olympics" digital reading experience exhibition. The Winter Olympic Community of Guangning Street in Shijingshan District launched the second ice and snow sports season. The South District Community of Grand Shanshui Phase II of Rulin Street, Yanqing District, will carry out a series of activities such as Winter Olympic English training, Winter Olympic children's hand-copied newspapers, and cultural gatherings. In addition, Haidian District also organized the "Winter Olympics Experience into the Community" activity, through song and dance performances, fun sports experience and other forms, so that citizens can feel the fun brought by ice and snow sports at their doorstep.
423 performances and 6,722 performances were staged in various theaters
Center stage performance
Winter Olympic-themed literary and artistic works and cultural performances have also become one of the focuses of this urban cultural activity.
In terms of literary and artistic works, the Municipal Bureau of Radio, Film and Television will premiere the documentary "About Winter", broadcast the TV series "Winter Olympic Family", "The Name of Ice and Snow" and the radio drama "Gui Yan", and the performing arts group will create children's dramas such as "Ice and Snow Dream of Ice and Snow Melting".
Cultural performances with the theme of the Winter Olympics also "flocked to the scene". The Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism will organize the Beijing Opera House, the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra to hold a series of Peking opera performance activities such as "Celebrating the Winter Olympics in Beijing" and "Celebrating the New Year?" "Winter Olympics" Together to the Future Kunqu Concert and "Winter Olympics? Celebrate the New Year" concert. The Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature held a concert of original songs of "Singing the Olympic Games". Not only that, but the various districts are also actively laid out. Daxing District held the fifth "Colorful Daxing Charm Blooming" mass cultural fashion season of "Jingcai Daxing Helping Dreams and Ice and Snow". In addition, Shunyi District held the launching ceremony of the 29th "February New Year" cultural activities and the fine literary and artistic performance. Pinggu District held a theatrical performance of "Flying Dreams and Walking with the Olympics". Miyun District held the Winter Olympics Theme Opera Week and so on.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that from January to March, various theaters will stage 423 dramas, Peking operas, dance dramas, children's dramas, acrobatics, magic, cross-talk, concerts and other 423 units and 6722 concerts. Not only can adults relax their nervous mood on weekdays, but children can also spend a pleasant winter vacation.
The culture of the Winter Olympics is integrated with traditional Chinese culture
The Winter Olympic Games coincided with the Chinese Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, the Winter Olympic culture and the excellent traditional Chinese culture were integrated, and the colorful urban cultural activities highlighted the unique charm of Beijing's urban culture.
The Beijing Business Daily reporter learned that various cultural activities involve many forms such as performances for the benefit of the people, ice and snow experiences, community activities, intangible cultural heritage displays, mass events, Winter Olympic knowledge lectures, theme exhibitions and so on. Among them, the Municipal Education Commission will hold the Beijing Municipal Primary and Secondary School Students Winter Olympic Knowledge Contest; the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism will hold the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival Beijing Cultural Week; the Municipal Sports Bureau will hold the 8th Beijing Citizens Happy Ice and Snow Season Series of Activities; and the Municipal Park Management Center will hold the 2022 Municipal Park Winter Olympic Ice and Snow Season.
Not only are the elements of the Winter Olympics gradually enriched, but also the folk activities of the Spring Festival Lantern Festival are also actively making layouts. The Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism will organize the Municipal Cultural Center to carry out the cultural volunteer service activity of "Sending Blessings to Home, My Family Spring Festival". The Municipal Federation of Trade Unions launched the "Beijing New Year Together to the Future" New Year warmth activity. Dongcheng District held the "Fu man capital city spring congratulations Shenzhou" to celebrate the winter Olympics and the new spring temple festival in ditan cultural square. Mentougou District held the "Celebration of the Winter Olympics and Pray for Peace" Thousand Army Platform and Zhuanghu Walking Meeting.
In addition, not long ago, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism also released 10 "Strolling through Beijing × Internet celebrity punch card - the Spring Festival tide of the Year of the Tiger to play Beijing tourism routes", providing travel guides for citizens and tourists who come to Beijing for the New Year in Beijing.
Gu Huimin, dean of the School of Tourism Science of Beijing Second Chinese University, said, "This year's Beijing Winter Olympics coincide with China's traditional festival Spring Festival, the Winter Olympics can introduce the Olympic spiritual culture into China, so that the Chinese people can participate more, and the Spring Festival can well show China's excellent traditional culture, thereby promoting the exchange of Chinese and foreign cultures, so that all countries in the world can know more about China's history and culture."
Beijing Business Daily reporter Guan Zichen Wu Qiyun