(Beijing Winter Olympics) China-Singapore Times: Tell the story of "the most Chinese" in the way of "the most people"
Beijing, February 5 (China News Service) -- There is no celebrity, but the square dance has been put on the world-class stage, there is no "sea of people tactics", but everywhere reflects the concept of people first. On the evening of the 4th, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics told the chinese story of the new era to the world in a "most people".
After 14 years, the Olympic five-ring logo is once again suspended above the "Bird's Nest" of China's National Stadium, and the "State of Etiquette" once again opens a global sports event with a simple but wonderful ceremony.
On February 4, 2022, the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held, and the picture shows the scene of the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium. Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jun
Compared with the "unparalleled" presentation of the Beijing Olympic Games 14 years ago, such as the array, the Analects, and movable type printing, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics has less of a thick traditional cultural expression, but more elements of national participation, the atmosphere of global celebration and the concept of fate and commonality.
As "Double Olympic Director" Zhang Yimou previously explained to the media, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games will focus on emphasizing "people's nature", and the focus of expression of the opening ceremony will change from "I" to "we", telling the common spirit and concept of mankind.
Indeed, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on the evening of February 4, China interpreted the national style of the new era and the Olympic spirit of "more unity" in a "most people".
"The most people" were displayed on every face of the participants.
Before the opening ceremony, more than 1,300 ordinary Chinese from kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and communities danced marching square dances together. Children from four to five years old to the elderly in their 70s, accompanied by 24 pieces of music, welcome sports athletes from all over the world in the most common form of fitness on the streets and alleys of China.
On February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held, and the picture shows the scene of the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Fewer than 3,000 people participated in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, one-fifth of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Some media disclosed that because more than 90% of the participants were teenagers, the backstage of the opening ceremony rehearsal even equipped the students with tables and chairs that could write homework.
"The Most People" is evident in the music of the Winter Olympics that lingers in your ears.
"Wanjiang", "Teenager", "Me and You", "Mountain Song is Like Spring River Water", "Standing on the Grassland looking at Beijing", "Swan Lake", "Turkish March"...
From the opening ceremony to the athletes entering, these songs that echo at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics can be hummed no matter what country you come from, no matter what age group you belong to.
On social networks, "My mom danced to the music", "19 world famous songs can you answer correctly"... The heated discussion of the opening ceremony music by netizens will more intuitively present the atmosphere of the whole people participating in the Winter Olympics.
The "most people" are evident in the most ritualistic details.
In the national flag-raising session of the opening ceremony, representatives from all walks of life, national meritorious personnel, representatives of 56 nationalities... These ordinary Chinese hand-to-hand transmission of the five-star red flag to the flag-raising platform. The special flag entry ceremony illustrates the emotions between people and countries.
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
In addition, the opening ceremony also set up a special session called "Tribute to the People". 76 young people from different parts of the world walked in the same direction and walked side by side, and where they walked, a long river of images slowly unfolded, showing the living conditions of people around the world, with records of solidarity and solidarity in fighting the epidemic, and there were also moments when athletes fought for their dreams. On both sides of the long river of images, the words "Together to the Future" in Chinese and English are gradually becoming clear.
From "One World, One Dream" to "Together for the Future", in the past 14 years, Chinese presented two very different Olympic opening ceremonies to the world at the "Bird's Nest".
On the evening of February 4, the topic of "how to evaluate the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics" rushed to the Internet hot search list, and a netizen commented: Whether it is a neat and uniform spelling, or more romantic than personality, you can always believe in Chinese.
It is true that whether it is the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games with 15,000 participants or the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics with less than 3,000 participants, the supremacy of the people has always been the "most Chinese" narrative method. (End)