Zhang Yimou interprets the opening ceremony ignition ceremony: low-carbon micro-fire, unity snowflakes

Guangming Daily reporter Wang Dong Hou Keke Huang Xiaoyi

On the evening of February 4, the last surprise of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was presented, and the mystery of "ignition that has not yet appeared in the history of the Olympic Games" was finally unveiled: "no ignition" instead of "ignition", "micro-fire" instead of the burning fire, the transmission of low-carbon and environmentally friendly green Olympic concept, and the realization of an ignition ceremony innovation in the history of the Olympic Games.

On February 2, the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was passed in Beijing Olympic Forest Park. The picture shows the torchbearer Zhang Yimou in the torch relay. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng

The way the main torch is lit has always been the biggest secret and the biggest highlight of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. In this link, the design of the main creative team of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is not only ingenious, but also has a cute sense of humor: "The main torch" has appeared in everyone's eyes long ago, but none of us will think of its real role. In the "Build a Snowflake" section, all the participating delegations formed a huge snowflake platform with guide cards. This large snowflake, coupled with the winding olive branches, has been hanging high in the center of the "bird's nest" for a long time, shining silver and dazzling.

It was not until the last moment that we suddenly found that the main torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics completely subverted the so-called main torch in people's memories and imaginations, that is, the huge "snowflake". The link of lighting the torch has practiced the concept of low-carbon environmental protection to the greatest extent.

One main torch, one way to ignite, two of the biggest innovations, highlighting the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese in the new era. In this way, the main creative team tells the story of China and also tells the common concept of mankind to the world.

Zhang Yimou previously revealed: "In the past, almost all torches could reflect their own culture and design, only our torches were written with the names of all delegations, and the snowflakes of the world gathered in China." Zhang Yimou explained that the concept of "snowflakes" has been paved from the countdown, and the guide wears a costume with ice and snow patterns and holds aloft a snowflake to enter. Each snowflake represents a country or region, and snowflakes from all over the world converge in Beijing to become the brightest snowflake – and eventually become the unique torch of the Winter Olympics, and the names of all participating countries and regions are left on it.

Whether it is the "water ignition" at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, or the trapeze artist at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the final ignition is a raging fire. "In this way, every minute, it burns a lot of fuel, from the Winter Olympics to the Winter Paralympic Games, for more than a month. The burning torch is certainly a symbol of the Olympic spirit, but I have been wondering, is it not environmentally friendly enough? This time, the last torch no longer needs to be ordered, placed on the torch stand, it is the main torch. The next thing to continue to burn for more than a month is this small flame, which conveys the concept of low-carbon environmental protection. Zhang Yimou said, "This will become a classic moment in the history of the Olympic Games." ”

For the way the torch is lit, Zhang Yimou said: "The tinder collected from the ancient Olympia site, sent to China across the ocean, cannot be extinguished, and then passed in China, and the last stick reaches the 'Bird's Nest', which is endless, it is a symbol, a symbol of the Olympic spirit, which has lasted for a hundred years." This time we designed it this way, and the last stick was put on the torch stand, which was the main torch, and no more fire was lit. ”

According to the opening ceremony of the main creators disclosed, the Beijing Winter Olympic torch is used in the aerospace hydrogen oxygen engine combustion technology, compared to the traditional propane fuel, hydrogen is green, environmentally friendly, pollution-free, but flammable, explosive, easy to leak, control is difficult, if not treated, it is bound to affect the main torch effect, so the previous Winter Olympics have not successfully used hydrogen as a precedent for torch fuel. However, with the efforts of many scientific researchers, combined with the creativity of the director team, the hydrogen combustion flame stabilization structure was finally designed, and the flame chromogen was cured on it, so that the burning hydrogen showed a warm and beating visual effect.

"In the process of design and development, we have collected the relevant information of the torches of the Previous Winter Olympics in the past century and learned from the successful experiences of various countries. The Olympic torch fuel has gradually evolved from the initial magnesium block to propane, and then to the hydrogen gas with no pollution and zero carbon emissions, which reflects the green environmental protection pursuit of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the scientific and technological strength of our country, and also helps to promote the promotion and development of domestic hydrogen energy technology in the follow-up. Compared with the previous burning torch, it can save about 99.9% of energy, and the concept of low-carbon environmental protection is fully displayed. The relevant person in charge of the development team introduced.

Guangming Daily ( 2022-02-05 06 edition)

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily