Rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics Xinhua News Agency
At 20:00 on February 4, the Beijing Winter Olympics will hold an opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest Stadium. Compared with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is relatively compact, expected to take no more than 100 minutes, and the goal is "simple and wonderful".
Winter debut of the Bird's Nest
Hosting both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympics, Beijing became the first "city of two Olympic Games". At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou served as the general director of the opening ceremony, and after nearly 14 years, the famous director served as the general director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games lasted nearly 4 hours, becoming a classic in the history of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Zhang Yimou said that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games can have a considerable amount of space to talk about the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization and show the ancient and traditional civilization of the Chinese nation, and the world has seen such wonderful content. This time the weather is cold, the audience is outdoors, and there are also requirements for epidemic prevention, so the plan for the opening ceremony must be adjusted.
According to Zhang Yimou, the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was cut and cut for a long time, and a large-scale theatrical performance was no longer specially set up, which greatly reduced the number of actors, and used the content of science and technology to make it small and not empty, very full, ethereal and romantic. That is to say, the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics should be performed with technology and new concepts.
This is the first time that bird's nest stadium has held a large-scale cultural event in winter, not only to consider the cold weather, but also to strictly prevent and control the new crown epidemic, which is quite challenging for the director team. Compared with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of this Winter Olympic Games will be relatively short, and the artistic performance will be naturally integrated into the process and ceremony, showing a simple and wonderful feature.
The opening of Lichun is positive and optimistic
The program design of the opening ceremony focuses on the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and the concept of China's promotion of 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, as well as the concept and culture of people around the world to share the Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony day happens to be the first of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms - Lichun, an important element that will also be fully reflected in the program.
Zhang Yimou said: "This day coincides with Lichun, which is a very good sign. So, be sure to use it for the opening ceremony. Wan Zi Qianhong is always spring, there is such a positive and optimistic spirit, really like the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics 'together to the future'. ”
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the Olympic movement, adding "more solidarity" to the Olympic motto. Promoting global cooperation and reconstruction under the epidemic is also an important concept to be conveyed at this opening ceremony.
Wang Ning, head of the working group for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, said: "The opening ceremony of our Winter Olympic Games has demonstrated the beauty of nature, the beauty of humanities and the beauty of sports, radiating the strength of everyone to defeat the epidemic and giving everyone passion. ”
The ignition ceremony is in high anticipation
The ignition ceremony has always been one of the biggest highlights of the opening ceremony, and when interviewed at the Beijing Winter Olympic News Center, Bi Zhenshan, a special reporter of Yangcheng Evening News and a reporter of Workers' Daily, were full of expectations.
Zhang Yimou previously said that the ignition method of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is different from that in the past 100 years. Zhang Yimou said that he would like to be the first person to eat crabs and reflect cultural self-confidence in this aspect.
An important concept of the ignition ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is "low-carbon environmental protection", which has also been fully affirmed by the International Olympic Committee. Therefore, the way this Winter Olympics ignites is likely to subvert many people's cognition.
In addition to the ignition method, who will light the main torch tower is also of great concern. Wu Dajing and other active athletes, although they have both strength and popularity, but because they need to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games, they can basically be sure that they will not appear in the shortlist of ignition.
For the Chinese team to achieve brilliant results in the Winter Olympics, such as Yang Yang, Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, Ye Qiaobo, Han Xiaopeng, Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo, Zhang Hong, one or more of them have great hopes of lighting the main torch.
Ye Qiaobo won two silver medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics, which is of epoch-making significance, achieving a breakthrough of zero medals at the Winter Olympics for China's winter sports. Yang Yang is China's first Winter Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the women's short track speed skating 500 meters at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Wang Was an ace athlete at the Chinese Winter Olympics and won three gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo were the first pair of Chinese players in the history of the Winter Olympics to win a gold medal in double figure skating, and their love story and comeback to win the championship were talked about. Han Xiaopeng is China's first male athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, winning the men's aerial skills competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Zhang Hong won the gold medal in the women's 1000 meters of speed skating at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics with an absolute advantage, and won the first gold medal at the Chinese Winter Olympics, and she is one of the image ambassadors of Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics.
Yangcheng Evening News special correspondent Su Jing
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Yi
Source: Yangcheng Evening News