At 8:00 p.m. on February 6, the Chinese short track speed skating team, which won the first gold medal for the Chinese sports delegation, will participate in the award ceremony held at the Beijing Awards Plaza. Earlier, on the evening of the 5th, in the short track speed skating 2000 meters mixed team relay race, the Chinese team composed of Fan Kexin, Ren Ziwei, Qu Chunyu, Wu Dajing and Zhang Yuting won the championship.
Before the start of each award ceremony, a 20-minute comprehensive literary and artistic performance was held on the spot, with the theme of "Ice and Snow Passion, Glory Dream", the overall program style of ice and snow temperament and world style, integrating the regional characteristics of Beijing, and presenting the beauty of the consensus between tradition and modernity with the youthful and dynamic performance style. Cool lighting and rhythmic music set off the atmosphere to the highest level, and the audience raised their hands to dance to the music.
The awards plaza is an important cultural feature that distinguishes the Winter Olympics from the Summer Olympics. Because the weather in the Winter Olympic Games is relatively cold, after the competition, the ceremony of awarding souvenirs is usually held in the stadium, and then come to the award square specially set up by the Winter Olympics to hold a grand award ceremony for the award-winning athletes, award medals, raise the national flag and play the national anthem to the winning athletes.
Beijing Awards Plaza is located between the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) and the National Aquatics Center (Ice Cube) in the central area of Beijing Olympic Park, the main stage adopts the design concept of "Beauty and Harmony", the stage design integrates the visual elements of the "Igloo", and forms the element symbol of ice and snow with the background of the "Ice Cube" behind it. The entire stage design has both ice and snow characteristics and the temperature of "home". Tonight, the Chinese short track speed skating team will receive the Olympic gold medal representing the highest honor here.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Liu Shuang, Li Li, Liu Ping
Edited by Hu Decheng
Process Editor Liu Weili