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A Thai girl's dream of the Beijing Winter Olympics

【Overlooking Beijing】

Fu Zhigang, a reporter of Guangming Daily in Bangkok

Thailand is tropical and does not have the natural conditions needed to carry out snow sports. However, this has not affected the people's yearning and love for ice and snow sports. The recent "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" Thai Youth Painting Competition has attracted many Thai teenagers to participate, and everyone has picked up a paintbrush to indulge in imagination, meticulously depicting their participation in winter sports, realizing the beautiful imagination of cloud participation in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and conveying the yearning and blessings for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

A Thai girl's dream of the Beijing Winter Olympics

The picture shows Tanyahualat posing with his own work. Photo courtesy of Fu Zhigang

On the occasion of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the Chinese Traditional Chinese New Year Festival, the "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" Thai Young Children's Painting Exhibition recently opened at the Ratcha Dannong Modern Art Center in the heart of Bangkok. This is a rare cultural event in Bangkok under the epidemic, although the audience is not large, but every visitor is particularly dedicated and dedicated.

In an obscure part of the exhibition hall, several student-like visitors are discussing a painting. One of the girls shyly said that this was her work, but did not win the grand prize, only the excellence award. When asked about the story in the painting, the girl changed her shyness just now, "My name is Tanyahualat, Chinese name is Lin Lening, and I am a second-year high school student at Jianhua Middle School in Fo Tong Province. This is me and the Winter Olympic mascot 'Snow Rongrong'." Tanyawalat pointed to the cute little girl and mascot in the lower left corner of the painting. "The painting competition asked us to take the Theme of the Beijing Winter Olympics and cloud to participate in a Winter Olympic project. Because I had only seen snow once in Korea, and I had only been to southern China once, and I was not familiar with ice and snow sports and the Beijing Winter Olympics, I worshiped 'Snow Rongrong' as a teacher and asked her to be my guide for the Winter Olympics. ”

Under the leadership of "Snow Rongrong", the little girl in the painting rides a cable car, takes a hot air balloon, visits the Winter Olympic venues, and experiences the hutong culture, and the Olympic and Chinese elements such as the Five Ring Road, "Together to the Future", and Chinese Red are dotted among them. In the most conspicuous place directly above the middle of the painting, the little girl is wearing a full set of Winter Olympic equipment and is hitting the ball in a dashing manner, while the Thai flag on her chest is particularly conspicuous. "I want the little girl to appear at the Beijing Winter Olympics as a member of the Thai national ice hockey team to win glory for Thailand."

Tanyahualat specially introduced to reporters an inconspicuous place in the upper right corner of the painting, which is painted with small shining stars. "The Olympic Games are held once every four years, and usually athletes are as obscure as this dark night, but as long as they persevere and train hard, there will always be this shining moment."

It took Tanyahualat five days to complete the Winter Olympics, and all the material came from his own online search. When it comes to the most impressive thing in the creative process, Tanyawalat does not hesitate to point to the high-speed railway in the lower right corner and says: "That must be the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway." China has built a special high-speed rail for the Winter Olympics, which is amazing! Under the epidemic situation, the Construction of this Railway by the Chinese Government will not only stimulate domestic demand and provide employment for the people, but also promote ice and snow tourism for the long-term benefit of the people. I think this is a manifestation of China's national strength, and it has strengthened my determination to study in China. ”

Today, the 16-year-old Tanyahualat has been learning Chinese for 6 years and is firmly moving towards his life goals. I wish and look forward to the early realization of Tanyahualat's desire to study China and the early arrival of the moment of light.

Guangming Daily ( 2022.02.07. 11th edition)

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily

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