"And" culture blends with the Olympic spirit

When the Spring Festival and the Winter Olympics meet, the world will feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture and civilization exchanges and mutual learning, and gain confidence and strength to create a better future from reunion and unity

The Spring Festival is a moment of reunion for thousands of families, which reflects the beauty of "he" culture everywhere. The Beijing Winter Olympics is a global event that demonstrates the power of "greater unity" everywhere. The international community sends New Year greetings to the Chinese people, and also looks forward to sharing the joy and joy of China's "double happiness at the door", and gaining confidence and strength to create a better future from reunion and unity.

When the Spring Festival and the Winter Olympics meet, the world feels the charm of traditional Chinese culture even more. "This time slot is located during the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, and the rich traditional Chinese cuisine and colorful folk culture traditions will provide participants with a very special and unforgettable experience." In its Bid Report to the IOC on 6 January 2015, the Beijing Winter Olympic Bidding Committee highlighted the integration of the Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival. Today, the vision is becoming a reality. In Beijing, which is both ancient and modern, the urban landscape that integrates elements of the Spring Festival, folklore and winter Olympics can be seen everywhere. In the Winter Olympic Village, designed and built with the concept of the courtyard, dumplings and other Spring Festival delicacies and "Spring Festival Gift Bags" equipped with blessing characters, Spring Festival and lanterns allow athletes to feel the fun of "Celebrating the New Year".

When the Spring Festival meets the Winter Olympics, the world will feel the charm of civilization exchanges and mutual learning even more. "He" culture contains the cosmology of the unity of nature and man, the international view of harmony and all nations, the harmonious and different social outlook, the morality of people's hearts and goodness, and is highly consistent with the Olympic spirit of "unity and fraternity, fair competition and mutual understanding", and all represent the common vision of mankind to pursue peace, development, cooperation and win-win results. "He" culture and the Olympic spirit converge and integrate, which further highlights the precious value of the times.

As Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, said: "The Olympics is not a competition, but a cultural exchange and integration that originates from the heart." "The Beijing Winter Olympics will not only be a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding sports event, but also a grand event to promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and civilizations of all countries in the world." The image of the Medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Tongxin" comes from the ancient Chinese concentric circle Jade Bi, with a total of five rings, which means that the five rings are concentric and concentric, expressing the Chinese cultural connotation of "heaven and earth, people's hearts and minds", and also symbolizes that the Olympic spirit brings the people of the world together to share the glory of the Winter Olympics. The mascot of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, "Snow Rongrong", is based on lanterns, representing harvest, celebration, warmth and light, and Rongrong expresses the concept of exchange, mutual learning and harmonious development of world civilizations. The ingenious design makes the ancient Oriental civilization and the Olympic spirit shine together.

At the heart of the Olympic spirit is the unity of all humanity in friendship and peace through sport. The Olympic Charter states that the purpose of the Olympic Movement is to make sport serve human development, so as to create a better, more peaceful world that respects human dignity. At a time when COVID-19 is raging and global challenges are on the rise, hosting a "more united" Winter Olympics is more of a global significance than ever. The theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Together for the Future" reflects the common aspirations of people all over the world and shows China's sincere willingness to take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to join hands with other countries to fight the epidemic and build a better post-epidemic world.

The strength, bravery and fearlessness symbolized by the tiger are the qualities that humanity needs to meet the challenges of the present. Inspired by China's "peace" culture and olympic spirit, mankind will be able to continue to write a new chapter in enhancing unity and friendship, gather the strength to overcome global challenges, and embrace the bright future of the community of human destiny.

People's Daily ( 2022-02-03 Edition 02)

Source: Overseas Network