The main torch of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was lit, symbolizing the beginning of a new battle, reflecting the journey of athletes and making people full of expectations and expectations.
The torch people saw was not large, it was an ordinary hand-held torch, burned in an ice-flowered concentric knot. However, with a little observation and thinking, we can find that in the torch with a unique shape, there is a profound meaning, a large pattern, reflecting the idea of "simplicity", the goal of "environmental protection", and also hinting at a lofty ideal, which is very commendable.
It can be noted that in the past large-scale sports events, including the Olympic Games, which touched the hearts of the world, there were large-scale torch platforms, which were lit in different ways, but they were all huge and high, roaring fires, illuminating the main sports venues day and night until the closing.
Obviously, very prominently, the Winter Olympics in Beijing changed this program, replacing the tower with only an ordinary hand-held torch, the flame is weak, and the energy saved and the reduced pollution can be imagined. It should be said that such thinking is the embodiment of advancing with the times, in line with the current universal ideals and pursuits of the international community, so that people's awareness of environmental protection has been deeply advanced, it is bound to think about the use of one by one, and the positive role that can be played is naturally self-evident.
In addition, a "snowflake", when it is a typical symbol of the "Winter Olympic Games", tells people the content and purpose of the Games very vividly. In particular, it is worth mentioning that the details on the snowflake fragments that make up the snowflakes, that is, the snowflakes with the names of each participating member, are obviously a way of "surviving history". Snowflakes, coupled with the idea of the names of all the members, are ingenious and flow for hundreds of years, leaving an eternal record and memory for the history of the Winter Olympics.
Gathering the names of all the participating members on the snowflakes not only forms a historical record, but also the expectation of "co-construction, sharing, and co-protection". The earth is shared by mankind, and mankind is a "community". Building the earth, maintaining the earth, and making the earth more beautiful and livable is the unshirkable sacred responsibility of all earthlings. This idea and desire was also clearly reflected and embodied in the torchlight of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On the whole snowflake composed of "concentric knots", China has placed itself conspicuously and equally in it, which should indicate and indicate that China will take the initiative and actively participate in the construction of the "community of human destiny" together with the national society. Facts have shown that acting together, regardless of each other, is indeed China's consistent wish and criterion from beginning to end.
From a symbol that appeared on a large-scale international event like the Olympic Games that attracted the world's attention, I felt China's lofty ideals for a better future for mankind and the down-to-earth spirit of struggle, which inspired me to further experience responsibility, strengthen confidence and a sense of action for concrete implementation, although I was far from all the sports of the Olympic Games.
(The author is a researcher at the China Foundation for International Studies, www., Public Diplomacy Network. PDNET.cn.Invited Senior Consultant)
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