The scene of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is full of emotion off camera

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 4

On February 4, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was underway at the National Stadium "Bird's Nest". Being there, you can feel some full emotion.

Patriotism is particularly specific on this scene.

When the little boy blew "My Motherland and Me" with his trumpet, a five-star red flag on the stage began to pass in people's hands. From children to the elderly, fifty-six nationalities, representatives of all walks of life... Everyone smiled and took the flag with both hands, and watched affectionately as the flag was passed to their companions. When the flag raiser stretches the flag into the air, the "March of the Volunteers" plays...

At the scene of minus five degrees Celsius, the audience took off their hats, sang the national anthem, faced the national flag, and performed a gaze ceremony, and many people shed tears. At that moment, you can feel strongly that "patriotism" is never an empty word, it is kind and real, warm and touching. When the five-star red flag is rising, the pride and glory of the "City of Double Olympics" will make you stand up straight. You will be grateful for the strong motherland behind it, and thank the lovely people who have supported the republic building.

On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium. This is the chinese delegation entering the opening ceremony. (Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Yang Lei)

The beauty of culture is particularly felt at this scene.

Heaven is sometimes ordered, and the four orders are equal. The day of the opening ceremony coincided with the spring of the twenty-four solar terms, which was the first festival of the year. Using "24" as the number countdown to the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympics is full of creativity and surprises.

Spring birth, summer long, autumn harvest, winter Tibet, the twenty-four solar terms of the year are different, which can be glimpsed in a frame of "screensaver" images. In the stands, foreign reporters occasionally exclaimed "amazing" at the big screen on the scene.

The state of self-confidence is particularly natural in this scene.

In the warm-up session of the opening ceremony, when the scene of men and women and children dancing square dance together, their confident and sincere laughter, full of strength dance, infected everyone on the scene. Those familiar square music still sang loudly in the "Bird's Nest": "I am still the teenager I once was, without the slightest change", "Move, look forward to every second; move, cheer for the new record"...

There are many people, and the dance species are naturally rich. Samba, drag dance, ethnic dance, children's exercise, twisting song, qipao show... As long as there is a song, it can be brilliant. Just a few songs, quasi-guaranteed dance. You will be deeply impressed by Chinese's healthy attitude and self-confidence.

When the host Chinese delegation entered, "Singing the Motherland" sounded, and the ice and snow athletes walked through the "China Gate" with confidence and vigor. The Chinese audience at the scene held up their mobile phones, or took selfies, or took pictures of each other, just to be in the same frame as the national flag and Chinese athletes, just because of the proud Chinese red. (End)