The Chinese youth phalanx came with their heads held high

Square dance performance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4. China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Li Junhui / photo

Dandelion seeds fly into the sky, and the night above the nest is lit up by brilliant fireworks.

With a passionate music, Yang Shuocheng made a wish at the service post outside the Bird's Nest and spent an unforgettable 20th birthday.

"The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics happened to be on the same day as my birthday, which was a surprise, a special gift for me, and the best time to realize my self-worth." He said.

On February 4, the long-awaited 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opened in a stunning way.

Encountered in the Spring Festival, young actors and Volunteers of Beijing Winter Olympics City are like snowflakes, warm and condensed in the Bird's Nest, cheering for the Winter Olympics with wonderful performances and serving the Winter Olympics with volunteer enthusiasm. The reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network learned in the interview that this group of young people composed of post-90s and post-00s has many people like Yang Shuocheng and has an indissoluble relationship with the Winter Olympics.

The eyes of the world are once again focused on China. The Covenant of Ice and Snow has begun.

Young people dressed in different costumes danced a "marching square dance" as a hot spot for the opening ceremony, like a fire in winter, igniting the atmosphere of the scene.

Zhang Jiayi of Beijing City College "danced" at the Bird's Nest. At this moment, her mood was excited and warm.

Zhang Jiayi's father was a police officer in the Special Service Bureau of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and participated in major national events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. "I used to be young, so I couldn't really feel the excitement." Today, the father and daughter have become "comrades-in-arms", "When I was preparing for makeup, I also saw my father who was patrolling, and he came to me and whispered 'come on'!" With her father's company, she is full of confidence in the performance, "My smile must be confident and bright!" ”

The hot actors from Tsinghua University have a deep relationship with the Winter Olympics.

Qu Qingyun, a direct doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry of Tsinghua University, served as the executive deputy captain of the Tsinghua University Student National Flag Honor Guard. In 2008, 44 students from Tsinghua University formed a volunteer team of flag raisers for the Beijing Olympic Games, and alongside the members of the famous honor guard of the three services, they undertook the task of raising the flag at the award ceremony of 6 venues.

Qu Qingyun was deeply attracted by the outstanding style and Olympic deeds of Tsinghua's predecessors, and also loaded a heavy responsibility in his heart, looking forward to participating in the work related to the Winter Olympics. Now, expectations have become a reality, and she has stood on the stage of the Winter Olympics with a more lively and enthusiastic expression.

The lights are bright, the light and shadow flow, and the bird's nest is full of youthful atmosphere.

Li Runfeng of Tsinghua University successfully completed the flag-raising task of the Awarding Ceremony of the Capital Gymnasium of the Winter Olympic Test Match "Meet in Beijing" series of events in May last year, "The award ceremony adopts the way of flag raising by cross pole, which seems simple, but behind it we have repeatedly run into the details of the flag-raising device and process many times." ”

Li Runfeng will always remember that on April 19, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Tsinghua University, and she had the honor to express to the General Secretary as a representative of undergraduate students the determination of Chinese youth to show their style to the world on the stage of the Winter Olympics. At the opening ceremony, Li Runfeng fulfilled his promise with actions.

When 100 youth representatives stretched out their hands to pass the five-star red flag, when the national flag honor guard raised the red flag to the wind, this flag-raising ceremony, which was called "no performance, but straight to the hearts of the people" flag-raising ceremony by netizens, made guo Siyu, the guide of the opening ceremony and a student of Beijing Normal University, almost shed tears, "The prosperity of the motherland is gathered bit by bit under the efforts of the ancestors, and our generation of young people have the opportunity to stand in the center of the bird's nest, watching the Olympic flame being lit sacredly, and showing the people of the world China's youth strength and youth style." ”

About 3,000 actors and actresses participated in the grand event, and young people of different nationalities and different colors walked together at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, and the symbolic meaning of the people of the world "going to the future together" has been vividly conveyed.

"I was one of the thousands of actors at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the only one among thousands of actors! On behalf of my motherland Turkmenistan, but also on behalf of the youth of Peking University. After the opening ceremony, Sapur, a 20-level doctoral student from Turkmenistan who is studying in the Energy Department of the School of Engineering of Peking University, said excitedly.

What's more, Sapur also contributed wisdom to the "Green Winter Olympics, Science and Technology Winter Olympics", and the "Research on the Integration Technology and Equipment of High-quality Dynamic Artificial Snowmaking and Snow Storage on Zero" and the "Carbon Dioxide Transcritical Direct Cooling Technology" projects that he and his mentor participated in were successfully applied to the National Speed Skating Hall Ice Rink.

In 2021, as a Russian student at Peking University, Alex received a reply from President Xi Jinping, "In the letter, President Xi called on our young generation to speak out bravely and promote people-to-people bonds. Alex completed a wonderful performance at the opening ceremony, and she is looking forward to being able to "be able to become a bridge between China and the world." ”

Outside the nest, many spectators were warmed by the warm service of volunteers.

"Welcome to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, please go to the front of the Bird's Nest." Before the audience entered, the city volunteers who evacuated the assembly post ignited the audience's emotions in advance with a cordial greeting.

Guiding the audience to enter and leave the opening and closing ceremonies, the seemingly ordinary language and movements were practiced many times by the volunteers.

Tang Su from Beijing Forestry University remembers that the opening ceremony rehearsal welcomed the audience for the first time, although the actions and lines had long been thought out in her mind, but the friends "froze in place and could not let go", she bravely took the first step forward, "Hello, I am a city volunteer to guide you, in front of the bird's nest entrance." Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Su's box was opened, the students around him became active in the "atmosphere group", and the gesture changed from monotonous guidance to waving interaction with the audience.

Tang Su, a native of Sichuan, is a sophomore this year. She said that serving the Winter Olympics is one of the wishes of the university stage, which is also an important reason why she chose to come to Beijing to attend university, "The mood of volunteering is urgent, and it is worth it to be tired." Tang Su showed more passion in the service of the opening ceremony, and won the praise of many audiences, "When we pass on our enthusiasm and kindness to others, others will also give this energy back to us." ”

The opening ceremony ended late at night. Directly below the Olympic Tower, Lu Jiaxin, a city volunteer at Beijing Forestry University, is guiding the audience to leave the venue in an orderly manner. After many days of fighting in the Bird's Nest, there was one thing that impressed her.

Lu Jiaxin's position is a sharp corner, where piles are set up to separate the flow of people. After a rehearsal, when it was snowing and the road was frozen, several volunteers kept reminding the audience to "pay attention to safety under their feet" while holding up their mobile phones to illuminate it. In order to ensure safety, volunteers pulled up their hands and built a "human wall" to protect the passage to avoid congestion.

"We hold hands, and that warmth comes from the bottom of our hearts, and that's the strength of volunteer unity." Speaking of this moment again, Lu Jiaxin's voice conveyed some emotion.

Wang Ziqi, a master's student at Tsinghua University, also felt "unity". Four years ago, he was a volunteer for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and four years later, he appeared at the Bird's Nest. "It is not easy to hold the Winter Olympics under the epidemic, at the opening ceremony, the strength of all people is woven into the same bond, everyone's efforts convey the same hope, and everyone's brilliance condenses into the same dream, so that everyone can usher in the same spring together."

Every snowflake is warm, and every Winter Olympic fate is special.

From 2008 to 2022, the spirit of volunteers was passed on, and Su Quan, a volunteer at Beijing Forestry University, took over the "baton" from his brother. 146 volunteers from Beijing Agricultural Vocational College served at the Bird's Nest and walked out of the summer passion on a cold winter day.

Tsinghua University volunteer Liu Enoch has a deep relationship with the Olympic Games, and in 2001, he was born in Beijing, grew up in the atmosphere of the Olympic Games for the whole people, and witnessed the changes brought by the Olympic Games to the motherland and the capital. "Take a long-term view, when I am old and reminisce about the past, I will certainly be proud of my 'double Olympic' experience."

China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Liu Shangjun Ye Yuting Wang Longlong Source: China Youth Daily

Source: China Youth Daily