China Daily, January 28, 2022 On the afternoon of January 28, 2022, the "Cheers for the Olympic Games and Send Blessings to The Winter Olympic Journalists" activity sponsored by the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Cheers was held at the News Building. Ten calligraphers represented by Wei Guangjun, director of the Institute of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of the National Academy of Painting of China, Hong Houtian, deputy director of the Institute of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of the National Academy of Painting of China, Mao Xiaogang, deputy editor-in-chief of Beijing Daily and head of the official journal of the Beijing Winter Olympics Chinese, Bian Jun, full-time vice chairman of the Beijing Daily Organ Trade Union, Yuan Hongheng, director of the Sports Department of Beijing Daily and head of the beijing Winter Olympics interview team, Peng Yu, director of the editorial department of the official journal of the Beijing Winter Olympics Chinese, representatives of reporters interviewing the Winter Olympics at the Beijing Evening News, and Wu Aihua, general manager of the Olympic cheers, and Wu Aihua, head of the Olympic cheers He Jialin, head of the "Cheers for the Olympics" art sketching troupe and vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteer Association, attended the event.
(Group photo of guests participating in this event)
On-site calligraphers through the art of calligraphy to promote the Olympic spiritual culture, and to the world to present our Side of China as a cultural power, the co-organizer of the event of the Chinese National Academy of Painting Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Director Wei Guangjun said: Today we came to the scene of the calligraphy and seal engraving institute of our National Academy of Painting are the backbone of our National Academy of Painting Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Institute, we participate in this activity today is also inspired by us to do our own service work for the Winter Olympics, for the motherland's national sports, as artists we can not directly go to the front-line field to watch the competition, But we can serve the journalists and friends working in the front line of the arena, bless them, wish the Winter Olympics can be successfully held, wish the reporters and friends a complete success in their reports, and hope to show the spiritual outlook of our Chinese athletes through their lenses and promote the mainland's prestige.
(Wei Guangjun, Director of the Institute of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of the National Academy of Painting of China, delivered a speech on the spot)
At the same time, the calligraphers on the scene also expressed their most sincere wishes to the athletes of the Winter Olympics and all the workers who worked hard to ensure the smooth holding of the Winter Olympics, Hong Houtian, deputy director of the Institute of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of the National Academy of Painting of China, said: Our Olympic Games are the competition of athletes, but the competition of athletes is also presented to our public through the lens of our reporters. Media reporters are an important medium for the Winter Olympics and our society. As an artist at the National Academy of Painting of China, we feel very honored to be able to perform for journalists in our own way. We artists are to use our own strength to serve the society to reflect our own values, we must use our own strength to bless the Winter Olympics, bless the Winter Olympic journalists.
(Hong Houtian, deputy director of the Institute of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving of the National Academy of Painting of China, delivered a speech on the spot)
It is reported that the Beijing Daily newspaper industry, as an important media platform in Beijing and even the whole country, has an important news reporting task during the Winter Olympic Games. At the same time, as the organizer of the "Official Chinese Journal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games", it will also display and record the Winter Olympic Games in a panoramic and three-dimensional manner during the Winter Olympic Games. Yuan Hongheng, director of the sports department of Beijing Daily and head of the Beijing Winter Olympics interview team, said in his speech at the scene: In seven days, the Winter Olympics will be officially opened, and Beijing will become a real city of double Olympics. Because of the epidemic, our on-site viewing will be greatly restricted, so news dissemination is more important than previous Olympic Games, and we journalists will work harder to complete this task.
(Yuan Hongheng, director of the sports department of Beijing Daily, delivered a speech on the spot)
At the scene of the event, the artists presented the handwritten "Fu" character to the representatives of the media reporters on the spot, and after the ceremony, they splashed ink and wrote more Fu characters and Spring Festival, and the scene was filled with the joyful atmosphere of the arrival of the festival. Li Li, a media representative and reporter of the Winter Olympic Games, shared her feelings, she said: Beijing is about to become a city of double Olympics, in 2008, as a media reporter, I went to the scene of the Beijing Olympic Games to interview, this time I can participate in the coverage of the Winter Olympic Games again is still very excited, but also hope to be able to successfully complete the coverage of the Winter Olympic Games. It is also very happy to be able to participate in this event today, and the artists on the scene have used artistic means to bless the Winter Olympics, bless us, and we feel very honored, thank them for their efforts.
(On-site blessing ceremony)
Wu Aihua, general manager of the "Cheer for the Olympics" project and chairman of Triumph Sports, said: "Cheer for the Olympic Games" project is an innovative cultural and sports project authorized and approved by the International Olympic Committee, and will continue to uphold the concept of disseminating the Olympic spirit and promoting traditional Chinese culture during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and further publicize and enhance the deep integration of multiculturalism.
(Calligrapher writes blessings at the event site)