Li Chun, together to the future

The Chinese delegation entered the opening ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei

Whoever reports people in the spring of the sky is a new weather in the country.

The XXIV Winter Olympic Games opened in Beijing on the evening of February 4, coinciding with China's Spring Festival. At this moment, I don't know how many reunited families talk about the night, and I don't know how many reunited friends are talking about goodbye. How many people will be left with the "New Year's Flavor" of the Olympic fireworks and the stunning opening ceremony that will break through the night sky?

We have heard the cultural resonance of China with the world.

At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the spectacular scene of the dance painting long scroll of ink and the thousand people striking the silk made the world marvel at the unique style of Chinese culture; at this moment, the simple, safe and wonderful opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games conveyed a strong belief in building a community with a shared future for mankind, and let the world see the openness and inclusiveness of Chinese culture. When the Olympics met the Chinese Year, when the countdown ceremony to the opening ceremony met the twenty-four solar terms, when the philosophy of the "Three Greek Saints" met the wisdom of Confucius, people were surprised to find that there was such a strong resonance between the two. Isn't the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in the spring a picture of "beauty and commonality"?

We see the fusion of tradition and modernity.

A snowflake, from Chamonix in France in 1924 to Beijing in China in 2022, wears nearly a hundred years of Winter Olympic history; the competitive footage of different eras, transformed from black and white images into 3D scenes, reflects the process of human modernization - the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and its pilot film convey a strong sense of "from history to the future". It is no longer a large-scale cultural performance in the general sense, but with the power of science and technology and innovative methods, it creates a rich viewing experience and a full artistic effect, and finally intersects the Chinese dream and the world dream. It provides us with such enlightenment: a nation with deep historical and cultural self-confidence must also be full of innovative and open vitality!

We feel the echo of competitive sports and economic society.

Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the world is generally calling for the arrival of the Olympic event, because the latter represents the spirit of overcoming difficulties, pinning on the ardent hope of working together in the same boat, and condensing the belief of fate and common destiny. Promoting the in-depth development of economic globalization and making the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win more strong has always been China's policy and pragmatic action. Indeed, the Olympic spirit advocates transcending political differences, racial divisions, and cultural differences, and condensing the strength of mankind for the future. "Faster", "higher", "stronger" is ultimately for "more unity", is this not exactly the proposition of advocating the unity of the world, the people and the Chinese culture?

In China, Lichun is the first of the twenty-four solar terms. Standing means "beginning" and "beginning"; spring, which represents the revival of all things and the germination of grass and trees, means that the new four-hour cycle of reincarnation has begun. The Winter Olympics, which opened in the spring, is a symbol and full of expectations: ice and snow sports are changing with each passing day, the Olympic movement is thriving, China's Chinese chapter is new, and the world's future can be expected. Together to the future, let us start from the day of spring!

(Author: Liu Wenjia)

Source: Guangming Daily