Beijing, February 4 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully held. On this day, it coincides with the "Li Chun" festival.
On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing was held at the National Stadium. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
"The spring breeze is like a distinguished guest, and it will be prosperous as soon as it arrives." From preparation to opening, the Beijing Winter Olympics went all out to write the answer sheet, taking traditional Chinese culture as the background and perfectly interpreting the "Chinese romance".
At the opening ceremony, the countdown to the 24 solar terms was unique. Lichun is the first of the twenty-four solar terms in chinese tradition. The Beijing Winter Olympics is also the 24th in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
Children blow dandelions, white seeds float into the air, and "dandelion" fireworks appear in the sky. The Chinese and English "Lichun" and "SPRING" were played in the air, and the Chinese and English fireworks appeared at the same time.
On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing was held at the National Stadium.
A drop of ice-blue ink fell and turned into the water of the Yellow River. Such a magnificent artistic conception comes from the poem "The water of the Yellow River rises from heaven", which is a romantic imagination and praise of China's mother river.
The moment the five rings broke through the ice, it made people's blood boil. The ice ball crashes into the "Ice Cube", and a crystal clear ice and snow ring is carved out of the ice cube. "Breaking the ice" means breaking down barriers, getting closer to each other, and everyone becoming one.
The on-site guide wears a delicate tiger head hat, and the guide card in his hand is a "snowflake", and the "petals" of the snowflake are integrated into the design elements of the "Chinese knot", which means unity and auspiciousness.
"The world is one, the world is one." Romantic, aesthetic and warm, this is the keynote of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and it also leaves a different Chinese memory for the world.
The scene of the opening ceremony. Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jun
Not only the opening ceremony, for every participant, this is destined to be an unforgettable Winter Olympics, but also a cultural "carnival".
"The world is looking forward to China, and China is ready." Looking back at 2008, the Olympic Games came to China for the first time. Fourteen years later, the 24th Winter Olympics opened smoothly, and Beijing became the world's first "city of double Olympics".
The thick traditional Chinese culture has added an unusual connotation to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Venue construction, medal design, and even award bouquets contain timeless cultural charm. The design of the Shougang Ski Jump was inspired by the flying shape in the Dunhuang mural.
Coinciding with the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, festive Chinese knots, traditional Food for the Spring Festival... Athletes from afar have felt the taste of The Chinese New Year through different ways, and also praised the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On January 31, coinciding with the Chinese New Year's Eve of the year of the ox in the Chinese lunar calendar, media reporters from various countries at the main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics also felt the strong taste of the Chinese New Year. The picture shows the traditional Chinese art of paper-cutting to attract foreign media reporters to try their hand. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
From the perspective of humanistic core, both the Spring Festival and the Olympic Games advocate peace and attach importance to reunion, reflecting the yearning for a better life.
Previously, the 138th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee voted to add "more solidarity" after the Olympic motto of "faster, higher and stronger", which was revised for the first time in more than 100 years.
Spring Festival is an important festival of the Chinese nation and is also synonymous with reunion. A series of ritualistic activities such as ancestor worship and New Year's greetings embody the beauty of Chinese human ethics and the beauty of the art of life, and express the wish for peace and tranquility.
In terms of time, Li Chun is often close to the beginning of the year. Natural timing and humanistic customs mingle, and people celebrate the New Year while welcoming spring with full vigor, which means a new beginning.
The Winter Olympics meet the Chinese Year, and "unity" and "reunion" have a richer connotation in this winter. The Beijing Winter Olympics are showing the world the charm of traditional Chinese culture and the charm of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
Today, the events of the Winter Olympic Games are carried out in an orderly manner. China welcomes visitors from all over the world, goes to the covenant of ice and snow, and works together to the future.