At the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Zhang Yimou's 8-minute beijing cultural performance left a deep impression on the audience. The performance perfectly combines Chinese culture with scientific and technological innovation, and the ingenious conception and spectacular scene once again shock the world. As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are about to open, we once again look back on the audiovisual feast of "Beijing 8 Minutes".
In front of the stage: Beijing 8 minutes to amaze the world
The theme of the 8-minute beijing performance is "2022, Meet in Beijing", and after the performance began, 24 roller skaters and 24 intelligent robots with transparent glowing screens came to the stage, symbolizing the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics. Among them, 22 roller skating teenagers are dressed in LED string light costumes, and the other 2 teenagers play "Captain Panda". With the help of high-tech image transformation, roller skating teenagers left a sliding trajectory on the stage, and the intelligent ice screen robot "danced" and turned into a "Great Wall brick". With the cooperation of roller skating teenagers and robots, the line patterns of ice and snow sports are slowly displayed on the stage, and winter sports such as ice hockey and curling are interpreted in three dimensions.
As the lights dimmed, the stage simulated the effect of the lake freezing, and the fish swam around in the clear waters of the lake, adding a vigorous vitality to the winter. At this time, the roller skaters began to slide, and the projections of polar bears, deer, birds and fish appeared on the ice screen, which reflected the gliding trajectory of the actors and interpreted the harmony between man and nature.
Chinese knot
As the roller skater glided, the gliding trajectory weaved a huge Chinese knot. Since the Beijing Winter Olympics coincided with the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, the Chinese knot also symbolizes festivity, peace, unity and friendship. Subsequently, the Great Wall, high-speed rail, bird's nest, sky eye, large aircraft, etc. appeared on the ice screen, showing the world the development achievements of China in the new era.
Chinese dragon
Phoenix
smiley
As the actors continue to glide, the colorful curves are painted successively into "Chinese Dragon" and "Phoenix" motifs, implying "Dragon and Phoenix Are Auspicious", expressing the ardent expectations and good wishes of the Chinese people for the Winter Olympics. Patterns such as the global village, smiling faces, olive branches, plum blossoms and the five Olympic rings have been presented one after another, reflecting China's vision of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and building a better world.
Winter dreams
Finally, the glide trajectory depicts the emblem of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Winter Dream", representing China's unremitting efforts to realize the dream of the Winter Olympics, the dream of "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports", and the dream of a sports power.
Behind the scenes: Intelligent robots are full of technology
As an important "actor" in Beijing for 8 minutes, 24 "ice screen" intelligent robots are the biggest highlights of the performance. Zhang Yimou once said that choosing to use robots is equivalent to choosing risk. The possibility of unpredictable situations for robots as their environment and conditions change is a double-edged sword. When the way of artificial intelligence is adopted, no one dares to guarantee that it will not be 100% wrong, and this also puts forward higher requirements for the team.
Ice screen robot
In order to reflect the theme of ice and snow, 24 large screens have been created into an "ice screen" with an effect like ice and snow, realizing transparent image display, and the effect is more realistic and flexible. Each "ice screen" is 3 meters long, there is no beam in the middle, and the distance between the card slot and the screen behind it can be calculated in microns. In addition, all screens have been tested in wind tunnels and cold storage to meet the requirement of wind speeds of 15 meters per second.
Robots at the bottom of the "ice screen" interact with roller skaters as they travel hand in hand from Pyeongchang to Beijing in 2022. This is the first time that China's new generation of intelligent robots has performed difficult dance moves in international competitions, and robots must not only complete the action choreography, but also perform in conjunction with actors and ground projections, and also realize the upgrading and innovation in the field of technology.
Evaluation: Beijing 8 minutes highlight cultural self-confidence
The cooperation between the ice screen robot and the actors is seamless, once again showing the world the powerful strength of China's intelligent manufacturing. Do not use the tactics of the sea of people, do not use the symbols of traditional Chinese cultural elements. In the 8-minute performance in Beijing, Zhang Yimou skillfully used high technology to show a rapidly developing China and highlight China's cultural self-confidence.
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou's team carefully created the Beijing 8-minute performance, so that the audience is more full of expectations for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. As a world-class well-known director, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics directed by Zhang Yimou will surely shock the world again. (Huang Kai)