On February 4, the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics was relayed at the Summer Palace, with a total distance of 6.182 kilometers, completed by 97 torchbearers. At the Summer Palace, which symbolizes the "Huaxia Garden", torchbearers wear uniforms with a white background and red and yellow patterns, and walk between the lake, water, cultural relics and monuments, showing the charm of the world cultural heritage and the integration of the Olympic spirit.
Ding Ning
Ding Ning, a 31-year-old table tennis player and world champion who plays as a torchbearer here, is full of energy and has participated in two Olympic Games, and she is full of expectations for the Winter Olympics. "The Olympic Games is an international platform representing exchanges and friendship, and I hope that athletes can do their best and enjoy the competition, so that more people can feel the charm of sports and the excitement of the event!" She said.
Tinnin Sabine
The Summer Palace was an imperial garden during the Qing Dynasty in China, formerly known as the Qingyi Garden, adjacent to the Yuanmingyuan. It is a large landscape garden based on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, modeled on Hangzhou West Lake, and built by drawing on the design techniques of Jiangnan Gardens, and is also the most complete preserved royal palace garden, known as the "Royal Garden Museum".
Chi Xiaoqiu
Pu Cunxin
Pu Cunxin Liu Qingquan
Van Diean
Also participating in the relay were Chi Xiaoqiu, secretary of the party branch and head of the Beijing Peking Opera Youth League, pu Cunxin, a national first-class actor and chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, Liu Qingquan, deputy secretary of the party committee and president of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Liu Qingquan, an expert on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Beijing, and Fan Di'an, an expert in the cultural and artistic review of the Winter Olympics, chairman of the China Artists Association, and president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
The theme of the Summer Palace is "Huaxia Garden", and the core connotation is to reflect the charm of the ancient capital style and world cultural heritage, show Beijing's profound historical and cultural heritage, and be a witness to the historical situation and the pearl of the Yongdinghe Cultural Belt in Xishan.
The distance of the Summer Palace is 6.182 kilometers, and the overall transmission route is from the zhichun pavilion bridgehead, through Wenchang Pavilion, Bafang Pavilion, Xiuyi Bridge, etc., through the Jade Belt Bridge, the Cultivating Map Scenic Area, and finally to the East Half Wall Bridge to collect the fire.
At the torch relay site, the local people performed Tai Chi Chuan, Tai Chi Fan and Empty Bamboo Performances that reflected the Chinese cultural heritage. Among them, the members of the Haidian Taiji Association who participated in the Tai Chi Fan performance participated in the Tai Chi Fan Demonstration performance at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games. Inside the Zhichun Pavilion, Qiu Huifang, who won the World Wushu Championships In Tai Chi, performed Tai Chi in an orderly manner. In Wenchang Pavilion, Wang Hechun, Chen Qiyuan and other empty bamboo enthusiasts of the Haidian District Empty Bamboo Association displayed the national intangible cultural heritage of shaking bamboo that has been circulating in the mainland for more than 1,000 years, which complements the Summer Palace, the representative of the Huaxia Garden.
According to the torch relay plan previously released, the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch Relay will be held from February 2 to 4 in three competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, of which the closed-loop torch relay will be held in the South Park of Beijing Olympic Forest Park on February 4. About 1,200 torchbearers from all walks of life participated in the torch relay. Among them, the oldest is 86 years old, the youngest is 14 years old, and 57% of the production and work front-line representatives. Among the torchbearers, there are also international friends from more than 20 countries and regions.
Each relay point of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Torch Relay has a distinct theme and characteristics, such as the theme of the Beijing Olympic Forest Park point is "Central Axis Shen Yun", which means the intersection of the ancient capital's history and culture and the Olympic spirit on the central axis of Beijing. The theme of the Badaling Great Wall point is "The Ridge of the Nation", which embodies the open and peaceful Chinese attitude and demonstrates the national spirit of fearlessness and bravery. The Archaeological Site Park, located in Yangyuan NiheWan, Zhangjiakou, with the theme of "Ancient Footprints", shows the magnificent process of the ancestors of the Chinese nation in multiplying, creating culture, and finally igniting the spark of human civilization.