CCTV News (Focus Interview): The Beijing Winter Olympics coincided with the Chinese New Year, which is a joy and a double happiness. When the Winter Olympics meet the Chinese New Year, when the white ice and snow and the red fire of the New Year perfectly meet, the annals of the Olympic Games will also be engraved with unique Chinese marks. IOC President Bach, who celebrates the Spring Festival in China for the first time, said there is nothing better than starting the Year of the Tiger with the Winter Olympics, and he feels that the Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival are the perfect combination. Let's take a look at the Winter Olympics in the Spring Festival and the Spring Festival in the Winter Olympics.
The Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival have never been so close together. The Winter Olympics is not only a sports event, but also a cultural feast, but also an important time for athletes, coaches, journalists, technical experts and other guests from all walks of life around the world to understand the host city and experience the culture of the host country. When I first arrived in China, everyone was watching and experiencing with great interest.
The wukesong sports center venue operation team has a group of foreign experts, some of whom have participated in many Olympic Games. This time they came to China, and it coincided with the Chinese New Year, which brought them a different experience.
Monique Lacost, sports showcaster at the Beijing Winter Olympic National Aquatics Center, said: "I am very excited to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, let alone spend the Spring Festival here. This year is the Year of the Tiger, the tiger represents courage, these meanings are very interesting, I like traditional Chinese culture, there are many things I want to learn and understand. ”
Festive Spring Festival, "Fu" window flowers, cute tiger decorations, fiery red lanterns, and Chinese knots lit up the station and venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The strong taste of the New Year is full of joyful and auspicious blessings. A "Fu" character represents the best wishes for the Spring Festival, in a hotel where foreign media staff settled, volunteers ingeniously painted cute tigers on the word "Fu" and specially customized the exclusive "Fu" word for foreign friends.
The volunteer said: "He wanted to give the two names to the person who wanted to bless the most, so he wrote a 'fu' under the two names of them, and drew a cute little tiger on it." ”
A small design, with a strong New Year flavor, with the best wishes, but also let foreign journalists bring back the Chinese New Year full of memories. Cultures are different, but everyone's expectations for a better future are the same, and good expectations allow different cultures to blend.
Although this Winter Olympics implement closed-loop management due to the epidemic situation, within the closed loop, this Winter Olympics has more of a strong Chinese New Year's flavor; outside the closed loop, this year's Spring Festival also has a strong winter Olympic atmosphere.
Beijing's Dongsi Street has held many ice hockey competitions during this winter holiday, and children must also feel the atmosphere of the stadium during the Spring Festival.
The Winter Olympics were held in China for the first time, and it was also the first time that the Traditional Chinese Festival was encountered at close range. However, for Beijing, it is already the second time to usher in the Olympic Games, and it is a "double Olympic city" that has hosted the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.
Gong Hubiao, a resident of Dongsi Street in Beijing's Dongcheng District, said: "Gourd paintings are intangible cultural heritage, and according to historical records, they have been recorded for more than 2,000 years. Gourd means Fluke, the vine above its dragon head is longevity, and the gourd seed is more than a multi-child and blessed. In the 2008 Olympic Games, the icons of 35 sports were very beautiful, and the beauty of the seal book, because the meaning of the gourd was auspicious and very good, so it was branded with a gourd. ”
Gong Hubiao, an old neighbor of Dongsi Street in Beijing, began his association with the Olympics on July 13, 2001.
Gong Hubiao said: "The neighbors all shouted, and there was a lot of traffic on Chang'an Avenue, all holding up the national flag and shouting' Beijing has won!' Beijing has won! 'Very pleased. ”
Two years later, in 2003, Dongsi Street successfully created the world's first community named after the Olympics, and in 2022, Dongsi became a "Winter Olympic Demonstration Community", and the "Double Olympic Community" is a matter of pride for the residents of Dongsi Street.
Beijing has a unique ancient capital culture with a history of 700 years, and Dongsi is also a historical and cultural protection block in Beijing, where traditional historical culture and modern Olympic culture are integrated and inclusive in Dongsi Street.
The curling competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics began on the evening of February 2 and was the first event of the Winter Olympics. Chinese styles such as Meilan bamboo chrysanthemums, lotus year fish, and a good full moon are blended with the light show, and through a fantasy rafting trip of "Xiaoice pot", it shows a beautiful and colorful picture, and also conveys good wishes to the world.
The Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will have 12 different types of entertainment performances, which is an audio-visual feast integrating traditional Chinese culture, modern culture and world culture.
Tian Feng, director of the Sports Exhibition Department of the Cultural Activities Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: "Wherever we play, there is a home effect, this is a game in China, so we must consider integrating the traditional culture of the Chinese New Year with the international culture of the Olympic Movement." ”
Chang Rong, chairman of Bei'ao Group, said: "We have designed five themes for these ice venues, focusing on China's power, Chinese speed, Chinese story, Chinese culture and Chinese trends. ”
Tian Feng said: "After all, it is an international, cosmopolitan and eye-catching event, so we must consider the transition and integration of Chinese culture and world culture." For example, the bagpipe performance in curling in Scotland is also a tribute to the origin of the sport, although it is played in China, but we respect tradition and respect international culture. ”
Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, once said that the Olympic Games are not a competition, but a kind of cultural exchange and integration that originates from the heart. Adhering to this concept, the Beijing Winter Olympics have integrated cultural elements into venue construction, logo, landscape design, sports display and other aspects, conveying the charm of Chinese culture and showing the integration of world culture.
Chang Rong said: "We hope to leave a pleasant and unforgettable impression of Beijing for athletes, media and audiences from all over the world, show them a cultural China, an open China, and an enterprising China, and realize the beautiful vision of pure ice and snow and passionate dating." ”
The four seasons are reincarnated, and the plan of the year lies in the spring. Over the years, Dongsi Street has excavated traditional history and culture, and there will be activities such as "primrose" and "whipping spring cattle" every Spring Festival. Everyone is happy and festive, looking forward to a better future and prosperity.
Watch the Olympics, celebrate the New Year. In the past, old neighbors could go from house to house to visit the New Year, because of the epidemic, this year everyone passed on good wishes online.
In the closed loop, from the Winter Olympic Village to the Winter Olympic venues to the main media center, you can see the Chinese Spring Festival elements everywhere, which not only allows people around the world to see Chinese culture and experience the strong New Year flavor, but also shares the joy of the Chinese New Year. Outside the closed loop, the Winter Olympic elements also bring a different taste to this Spring Festival, making our Year of the Tiger more thick and joyful, and making this New Year full of movement. The exchanges and mutual learning between the civilizations of the East and the West have collided with the "Winter Olympics meet the Chinese Year" and have produced a dazzling spark. Winter Olympics, Chinese Year, together to the future!