China News Service, Beijing, January 30 Title: How to stimulate the "spark of civilization" when the Winter Olympics meet the Spring Festival?
China News Service reporter An Yingzhao
A few days later, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will arrive as scheduled. From The curling mixed doubles tournament on February 2 (the second day of the Lunar New Year) to the closing on February 20, this Winter Olympics coincides almost perfectly with the Spring Festival.
The Olympic Movement originating from ancient Greece and the Spring Festival culture born in China meet cleverly, what kind of "civilization spark" will be stimulated by the two most representative events?
The picture shows the "Cultural China" exhibition area of Beijing Winter Olympic Village decorated by Spring League and Fuzi on January 25. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
The Winter Olympics meet the Spring Festival, and the Winter Olympics are more "cultural".
In ancient times, the full name of the Spring Festival was "Li Chun Festival", that is, the festival that arose from Li Chun. As a traditional agricultural country, China has attached great importance to Lichun since ancient times, and as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the ancestors of the Land of China created a series of ceremonies to welcome "Lichun". The Book of Rites and Moon Orders records that Zhou Tianzi fasted three days before lichun, and on the day of lichun, he personally led the three dukes, nine secretaries, princes, and doctors to the eastern suburbs to hold a "spring" ceremony to pray for a good harvest, reward the courtiers, and benefit the people. After the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the custom of "welcoming spring" flew into the homes of ordinary people, and women "cut ribbons to make headdresses for swallows" and pasted "Yichun" on the door. During the Tang and Song dynasties, on the day of the "establishment of spring", all the courtiers below the prime minister were required to enter the court to pay tribute. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, customs such as "welcoming spring", "whipping spring", and "biting spring" have long been inseparable from temples and rivers and lakes, "the law turns to Hongjun and the same atmosphere, shoulder rubbing and percussion music and harmony." There is no need to go to the eastern suburbs, spring is in the midst of thousands of households. ”
Chinese has had a "Wing Chun" tradition since ancient times. The Book of Poetry has "Spring is late, huimu is long", describing the vigorous vitality of spring flowers and trees; Han Le Fu's "Long Song Line" uses "Yangchun Budze, all things are born of brilliance" to lament the prosperity of all things in spring. The sages of Confucius said "Twilight Spring, Spring Dress, Crown Five or Six, Boy Six or Seven, Bath, Wind Dance, Wing and Return"; the Taoist "Changchunzi" Qiu Zhiji left "Spring Spring Breeze Spring Scenery". Spring water flows in the spring valley of spring mountains. Spring grass and spring flowers bloom all over the ground. " three stacks of pre-rhyme sentences. When the centennial Winter Olympics first come to China and integrate into the millennium Spring Festival culture, this date under the pure ice and snow will also be more passionate and poetic because of "Chinese red".
Pictured here on January 26, the Beijing Olympic Tower shines against the background of New Year illuminations at night. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
The Spring Festival meets the Winter Olympics, and the Spring Festival is more "international".
Where there are Chinese, there is the Spring Festival. Today, the Spring Festival is not only the spiritual link of Chinese people around the world, but also an important window for foreign people to understand Chinese culture.
In an interview with Zaiqing, vice president of the International Olympic Committee and vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, yu Zaiqing said, "As early as the bid for the Winter Olympics, we designed the Spring Festival link to display China's traditional festival culture and New Year culture by holding the Winter Olympic Games. "When lanterns and couplets appear in the lens of international media, when dumplings and tangyuan are placed on the tables of Olympic athletes from all over the world, when dragon dances and lion dances are active in the spotlight of the international stage, the elements of the Spring Festival will be refracted to more foreign people through the Winter Olympic Games, which is conducive to the further "breaking of the circle" of spring festival culture overseas.
The Perfect Overlap of the Winter Olympics and Spring Festivals allows the world to produce more stable expectations and allows mankind to see a brighter future.
Pictured here on January 27, the flags of various countries fluttering in the wind decorate the Beijing Winter Olympic Village with charm. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
Since the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, the Winter Olympics have gradually developed from the solitary self-appreciation of winter sports in Northern Europe and the Alps to a visual feast for ice and snow sports and cultural lovers around the world.
Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, all the Winter Olympics have opened in early February. The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on February 4, which happens to be the first spring of the 24 solar terms, the beginning of the year, the renewal of Vientiane, the hope of Chinese civilization and the expectations of the international community for the Olympic spirit.
It is worth noting that dozens of international dignitaries and heads of international organizations will overcome the difficulties of the epidemic and make a special trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. As IOC President Bach put it, "the support of the international community for the Beijing Winter Olympics is clear."
Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, advocated at the first international sports coordination conference, "The ideal of reviving the Olympic Movement aims to bring together tradition and modernity, Eastern and Western civilizations. "When the Olympic torch is lit in China at the same time as the lights of traditional festivals, a grand event that brings together elements of Eastern and Western civilizations is worthy of everyone's expectations. (End)