Originality! Athletes walk through the huge five rings, and "China Gate" has multiple meanings

After the unveiling of the five rings of ice and snow, directly behind the Bird's Nest venue, the "Ice Waterfall" transformed into two ice-carved and snow-built "Chinese Doors", and the Greek delegation took the lead in entering, opening the longest-taking athlete admission link in the entire opening ceremony.

"At the entrance ceremony of the previous Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games, athletes walked through the huge five rings, and such scenes are rare." General director Zhang Yimou said. The opening ceremony of this session is expected to give more ornamentality to the entrance ceremony: the door and window patterns of "China Gate" are all derived from traditional patterns, synthesizing the essence of all parts of the country, and have undergone 30 to 40 changes, at the same time, the "window" shows the great rivers and mountains of the motherland throughout the year, "reflecting the profound and profound Chinese culture, and also opening the door to the world and warmly welcoming everyone to be guests"; the guides walking in front of the delegations wear clothing embellished with ice and snow patterns. In terms of background music, the most classic classical music excerpts such as Rossini's "William Retreat", Mozart's "String Serenade in G Major", Dvořak's Ninth Symphony "From the New World", Tchaikovsky's "Round Dance of Flowers", and Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Round Dance of Spring" are cleverly connected, which not only has an international perspective, but also inspires the enthusiasm of athletes and the audience...

"Generally speaking, the aesthetics of the entrance style are not too strong, it is important to let the athletes and flag bearers appear, and we complete these prescribed actions. If you pull the lens away again, from a long-range perspective, you can find that this entry ceremony is very modern and gorgeous. Zhang Yimou gave an evaluation, "It has both a sense of science and technology, but also reflects the mind of Chinese." ”

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Gao Qian

Editor: Zeng Jiajia, Gao Shanshan, Xie Yongli

Process Editor Tai Shaofeng