Opening Ceremony Fireworks Show (Xinhua News Agency)
On February 4th, the 24th Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Beijing, and the beautiful opening ceremony received widespread attention from people from all walks of life abroad, who expressed their testimonials on this breathtaking "visual feast".
Dr. Bo Xiwen, former director of the Department of European and International Affairs of the State of Hesse, Germany and senior adviser of the China International Investment Promotion Center (Germany), said: "After the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, people expect China to achieve great achievements in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. And Once again, China has surpassed itself. "In the countless wonderful moments of the opening ceremony, I was deeply impressed by the light show performance that symbolized the coming of winter and spring, warmth over the cold, and the entire opening ceremony showed the dream of human peace to the future."
Ma Fanrong, president of italy's New Silk Road Promotion Association, said that before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Yimou said in an interview that it would be an "ethereal and romantic" performance, and last night, we witnessed his commitment. "At the opening ceremony, China chose to send a profound humanist message to the world: the torch was placed in the center of a large snowflake, and each petal of this large snowflake was composed of small snowflakes engraved with the names of different countries. This symbolizes the unity of the whole world, respect for cultural diversity, difference, harmony and coexistence, and also means that there is no small snowflake, and the big snowflake will not be complete, which is a good interpretation of the theme of 'together to the future'. ”
Elias Jabour, a professor of economics at rio de Janeiro State University in Brazil, said the Bird's Nest stadium carries fond memories of the 2008 Summer Olympics and is of great symbolic significance to peace-loving Chinese. After fourteen years, the Olympic Games have once again come to Beijing. "The opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics not only allowed the world to see the level of China's scientific and technological development, but also made us feel the spiritual core of the pursuit of peace and unity in Chinese culture."
Ekaterina Davovska, Executive Member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and President of the Biathlon Federation, said: "I was deeply impressed by the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Although it does not have the grand scale of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the style of technology, thrift, wisdom and green embodied in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is very inspiring and fully in line with the Olympic spirit. ”
Pete Kazinowski, editor-in-chief of the Polish "Tribune", said that Zhang Yimou, director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, is one of the outstanding film directors in the contemporary world. Fourteen years ago, he amazed the world with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This year, because of the new crown epidemic, although only 3,000 people can participate in the opening ceremony, the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics still amazes the world. Agnieszka Wu-Skawińska, chairman of the Polish-Chinese Friendship Association, said that under the night of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, the Olympic flame symbolizing peace, friendship and unity is slowly lit, and there is no doubt that the Beijing Winter Olympics will become another important milestone in the history of the Olympic movement.
Countdown Performance (Xinhua News Agency)
Performance before the opening ceremony (Xinhua News Agency)
Urusov Volodimir, associate professor of the Department of History of Kiev State University in Ukraine, believes that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is a very elegant, exquisite and shocking opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Ukrainian journalist Okusana said, "Everything at the opening ceremony is so beautiful, snowflakes and fireworks are beautiful!" I want to give a thumbs up to the volunteers who have done a lot of work for this wonderful opening ceremony! ”
Marcella Mousabellou, executive director of the Albanian Institute of Globalization, said that the Beijing Winter Olympics coincided with the Chinese New Year, and on the occasion of this festival of special significance for Chinese, Beijing ushered in the honor of "City of Double Olympics". The whole opening ceremony followed the concept of "simplicity, safety and wonderfulness", and welcomed the athletes with bright and dazzling performances to the world with open arms and warmly welcome the athletes. (Hot Spot Watch Commentator)