A snowflake, floating towards the bird's nest, witnessed the romantic rendezvous between China and the winter Olympic movement. In 2008, Beijing in the middle of summer dedicated an imposing opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to the world; on the evening of the 4th, the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off at the Bird's Nest, the Olympic fire was burning, and the world once again entered olympic time.
At the Bird's Nest on February 4, the cold wind had dropped below freezing, but tens of thousands of spectators could still feel the warmth. This is because the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee distributed "cold gift packages" including hats, windbreakers, blankets, warm babies, etc. to the audience; it is also because the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics told the world the story of China and the concept of integration, harmony and warmth.
Zhang Yimou, the general director of the opening ceremony, said that his favorite is the ignition ceremony at the end of the opening ceremony, although unexpected, it expresses the original meaning of "fire" for human beings: endless life, forever inherited.
Chinese culture is telling the story
Unlike the Beijing Olympic Games 14 years ago, although this time, although they do not wear ancient costumes and do not tell the story of 5,000 years, every minute of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics reflects the values and philosophical ideas of Chinese, which is a deeper cultural self-confidence.
The opening ceremony began with a countdown to the twenty-four solar terms, and finally froze in the "Spring of Lichun" of the recovery of all things. Since then, the water of the Yellow River has come from the sky, rushed out, brought vigorous vitality, and landed on the ground to condense into an important element of the opening ceremony - Kyaukjie ice and snow.
A drop of water turns into ice. A drop of ice-blue ink fell from the sky, transforming into the water of the Yellow River and pouring down. The artistic conception of the whole picture comes from the ancient Chinese poem "The water of the Yellow River comes from heaven", which is a romantic imagination and praise of China's mother river. The churning waves eventually condensed into a crystal clear world of ice and snow, which seemed to freeze time.
The order of appearance of the delegations at the opening ceremony is also ingenious: using the Chinese character stroke order, the guide card is a crystal clear snowflake from a distance, and the close view is composed of a Chinese structure, light and warm, highlighting the chinese aesthetics of detail and balance.
A harmonious earth becomes one
Moving towards the future together is the theme of this opening ceremony. Every detail of the opening ceremony will tell this concept.
The "Yellow River water" poured down and rolled in. Subsequently, the river slowly freezes and becomes a world of ice. Gathered on the field, a huge ice cube appeared.
Then the laser carving knife began to carve, each Winter Olympics held the place successively appeared, the laser carving knife continued to carve, with laser engraving reviewed the emblem of the 24th Winter Olympics, and then the ice and snow melted, the five rings carved out of the five ice sculptures slowly "broke the ice" appeared, shocking, and finally fixed in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and then an ice and snow five rings broke out of the ice cube! "Breaking the ice" means breaking down barriers, getting closer to each other, and everyone becoming one.
The guide boards of the delegations are also unique, and the petals of the snowflakes are made of Chinese structures, which are pure and integrated with the dunhou in traditional Chinese culture. Every delegation is a snowflake, and these harmonious and different snowflakes will converge into a harmonious Olympian family, and the romantic and warm snowflakes will never melt.
This ice and snow has also fulfilled its promise. "Bringing 300 million people to ice and snow sports" is a vision that China put forward when it bid to host the Winter Olympics, and it has long been a reality. According to the data, as of October last year, the number of participants in ice and snow sports in China reached 346 million.
Ignition Ceremony Avenue to Jane
Where is the Main Torch? Experienced spectators may start looking for it from the moment they enter. It turns out that the last torch is the main torch, left in the center of the big snowflake and continues to burn!
Prior to this, Zhang Yimou, the general director of the opening ceremony, once said: "This time on the ignition and torch, there is an important reform, which is different from a hundred years ago. ”
As torchbearer Zhao Weichang walked into the National Stadium, passing by Li Yan, head coach of the Chinese speed skating national team, Yang Yang, winner of China's first Winter Olympic gold medal, track and field athlete Su Bingtian, and short track speed skating star Zhou Yang, passing in turn at the Bird's Nest Stadium.
Finally, young Chinese ice and snow athletes Diniger Yilamujiang and Zhao Jiawen walked into the heart shape surrounded by children holding peace pigeons, and as the lifting platform approached the big snowflakes, the two of them worked together to leave the torch in the big snowflakes composed of representative team guide cards shaped like small snowflakes.
In this link, the design of the main creative team of the opening ceremony is not only ingenious, but also a little cute humor: in the "Build a Snowflake" section, all the participating delegation guide cards form a huge snowflake table. This large snowflake, combined with the winding olive branches, makes up the torch stand – it has actually appeared in the audience's field of vision for a long time, until the final torch relay reveals another identity.
The biggest reaction of the audience to see the ignition method may be unexpected, but the concept conveyed will be understood at a glance, so it is unexpected and reasonable. In fact, the concept I want to convey is already very clear, that is: low-carbon environmental protection, showing cultural self-confidence.
(This newspaper Beijing, February 4 special telegram)