Hebei News Network News (Hebei Daily reporter Tang Runqing correspondent Wu Kechao) "7 seconds is very short, but it is very long for me, and the good memory of this moment will accompany me for the rest of my life; 70 meters is very short, but it is very long for me, and this road will be cast into eternity in my life." On February 6, after the end of the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch Relay and the national flag relay at the opening ceremony, Zhang Xuesong, a national moral model, a national labor model, the "most beautiful railway man" in 2021, and a senior technician of CRRC Tangshan Company, returned to his home in Tangshan, still unable to hide his excitement.
The picture shows Zhang Cedar's commemoration of participating in the torch relay. I provide the picture
unforgettable! The flag is passed for 7 seconds
At 20:00 Beijing time on February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics attracted worldwide attention. The five-star red flag entry link ignited the passion inside and outside the venue.
Before the national anthem was played, on the scene on the side of the stage, more than 100 representatives from all walks of life in China, national meritorious personnel, and 56 nationalities stood in two columns, passing on the bright five-star red flag to the hands of the national flag class, expressing the admiration and love of the Chinese people for the national flag. Zhang Xuesong, as an excellent representative of the mainland high-speed rail workers and a big country craftsman, is among them.
This moment is a moment of pride and pride!
Zhang Xuesong said excitedly: "I participated in rehearsals again and again, and passed the national flag again and again, but when the national flag passed through my hands at the opening ceremony, my heart was full of excitement!" It was a moment of immense sacredness and great pride, and I was proud of our great motherland and proud of our great people! According to Zhang Xuesong, in September last year, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions informed him to participate in the national flag relay activity at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On January 14 this year, Zhang Xuesong came to Beijing to participate in the first rehearsal of the opening ceremony.
In the process of rehearsal, Zhang Xuesong found that it was not easy to complete this seemingly simple link, and representatives from all walks of life, national meritorious personnel, representatives of 56 nationalities, a total of 190 people stood in two columns along the center of the Bird's Nest Stadium in an east-west direction.
"The national flag is passed from east to west, and the time it takes for the children to pass the national flag to us to the National Flag Guard is exactly 95 seconds (190 people are facing each other, a total of 95 groups)". Zhang Xuesong said that this 95 seconds can neither be long nor short, and the time should be very accurate. "I counted, in the national flag passing, at each moment there are two columns of 7 people each holding, the national flag in each person's hand from beginning to end to pass 7 seconds, to ensure that the national flag in the process of transmission is both smooth and like a fire in the flow ..."
"In order to ensure that the national flag is transmitted accurately and foolproof, director Zhang Yimou has guided this link many times, explaining to everyone the concept expressed in this link, guiding everyone to show respect and reverence for the national flag, and to show the patriotic feelings in their hearts through actions and images." Zhang Xuesong recalled.
From January 14 to February 4, before the opening ceremony, Zhang Xuesong participated in a total of 6 training sessions and 5 all-element rehearsals. Among them, the rehearsal on January 30 was carried out in the snow, the white snowflakes in the sky flew and fell on everyone's heads and bodies, and the bright red national flag flowed in people's hands, and the warm current in their hearts melted the ice and snow on their bodies.
Before the opening ceremony, Zhang Cedar waited at the entrance of the National Stadium. I provide the picture
On the evening of February 4, the exciting moment finally arrived. "When we came on the field, quickly and accurately found the point of light in our own position on the screen, in the melodious trumpet, the flag flowed, and at the moment when the flag was passed to my hand, tears flowed out at once." Recalling that unforgettable moment, Zhang Xuesong was still in tears.
eternity! Torch relay 70 meters
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Xuesong not only participated in the national flag relay, but also participated in the previous Winter Olympic torch relay. On February 2, Zhang Xuesong completed the torch relay relay in Beijing Olympic Forest Park as the 24th torchbearer.
As a high-speed rail worker in the new era, Zhang Xuesong bravely undertakes the historical mission of a strong transportation country and a railway pioneer, and has made extraordinary achievements in ordinary posts. Since 2017, he has led his co-workers in the process of digital transformation of enterprises, especially in the construction of intelligent detection, intelligent tooling, intelligent grinding, and intelligent production line construction, and has carried out 109 technological innovations, explored a number of technical parameters of high-speed EMUs aluminum alloy body, conquered one key core technology after another, and made outstanding contributions to the "Fuxing" Mercedes-Benz in the vast land of the motherland.
From declaring the torchbearer's qualifications to completing the personal information form, until the moment when the torchbearer promised to bookmark his name and officially become the torchbearer of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Xuesong's mood was extremely excited, which was his dream.
On February 1, Zhang Xuesong drove to the Beijing Convention Center to report for duty and received the clothes and equipment of the torchbearer. On the morning of February 2, he came to the Olympic Forest Park and entered the official part of the Winter Olympic Torch Relay. A total of 135 torchbearers participated in the torch relay that day, and Zhang Xuesong was the 24th of them.
Torchbearer Zhang Cedar is in a torch relay on Feb. 2. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
At about 9:00 a.m. on the same day, in the square outside the south gate of beijing olympic forest park, with the official start of the torch relay relay of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the audience danced the five-star red flag and the Olympic five-ring flag in their hands, and expressed their welcome to the torch with applause and cheers, and the scene was full of a festive and peaceful atmosphere.
With the sound of the song "Together to the Future", Zhang Xuesong held the torch high and ran to the next relay point, at this moment, the next torchbearer Luo Shuangwu was already waiting not far away, with an excited mood, Zhang Xuesong stretched out his arm, ignited the two torches relatively, completed the handover of the Olympic flame, and left a precious moment in front of the camera. Looking at the back of the next stick running forward, Zhang Xuesong said to himself, "This is the Olympics we Chinese!" ”
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