Winter Olympic torchbearer "Double Olympic Director" Zhang Yimou sent a blessing: I hope Gu Ailing can win the gold medal

Live bar February 2 news At the scene of the Olympic Forest Park, as the 134 stick torchbearer, "Double Olympic Director" Zhang Yimou has passed the Olympic flame for the second time. He said that he hopes that through the torch relay, the Olympic concept of "higher, faster, stronger and more united" will be passed on to more young people. Zhang Yimou also revealed that his favorite ice and snow projects are speed skating, high platform jumping and U-shaped grooves, hoping that Gu Ailing can win the gold medal.

Compared with the last time the torch was passed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Yimou said that this time the torch relay was held during the epidemic and the event was more simple. As a Winter Olympic torchbearer, he said that he is very happy and honored, "It feels very honorable, not everyone can be a torchbearer twice." ”

Through the torch relay, Zhang Yimou hopes to pass on the Olympic concept of "higher, faster, stronger and more united" to more young people, and large-scale events like the Olympic Games should promote the understanding and unity of people around the world. This is the most important thing, and it is also the meaning of the Olympic spirit plus "more unity".

As a well-known Chinese director at home and abroad, Zhang Yimou has made outstanding contributions in the industry and field, and his works have also achieved outstanding results. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, with him as the general director, were a great success and became one of the classics in Olympic history. This time, as the general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Zhang Yimou was responsible for the creative plan of the opening and closing ceremonies to highlight the requirements of "simple, safe and wonderful".

On February 4, the torches handed over by about 1,200 torchbearers will ignite the main torch tower of the National Stadium for an exciting Olympic moment. Compared with the magnificent scene of the torch lighting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Yimou said that the ignition method will be "different" this time.

"The plan of the year lies in spring" and "thousands of purples and thousands of reds are always spring", which are all related to spring, and people always have good expectations for spring. Zhang Yimou said that the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 happened to be the 24th festival of the Chinese lunar calendar, and these traditional elements will enter the opening ceremony creativity, hoping to express the Chinese view of nature, life and values.

(Beijing Daily)