After 14 years, the Olympic torch was lit again in Beijing, and the creative and romantic opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics stunned the world. From the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to show the splendid civilization of China for 5,000 years, to the "common snowflake of mankind" at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; from the relatively slow development of winter competitive sports at the beginning, to the national ice and snow enthusiasm of 300 million people participating in ice and snow sports today; this Spring Festival, we feel the pulse of China's 14-year leap, and we are touched by China's self-confidence and Chinese confidence from "I" to "we"!
On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
From "I" to "we", it is An amazing leap and development in China in the past 14 years. Holding a large-scale comprehensive sports event is a comprehensive test of the politics, economy, science and technology, culture, sports, and civilization level of a city and its host country. Fourteen years ago, people crowded in front of televisions to watch the games, providing pre-Olympic, during and post-Olympic information via TEXT and MMS. Today, not only can we watch the game on our smartphones and participate in interaction anytime, anywhere, but for the first time, the core system will be fully clouded.
"Nowadays, in the Zhangjiakou and Yanqing areas of the Beijing Winter Olympics, people can reach it in less than an hour by high-speed rail from Beijing. It was possible to travel between Beijing and Zhangjiakou and Yanqing in a single day, which was not possible before. Anthony Edgar, former director of media operations at the International Olympic Committee and senior expert of the media operation department of the Beijing Winter Olympics, has traveled to and from Beijing more than 40 times in the nearly 20 years during the preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but he is still amazed by the huge changes.
On December 30, the G2505 train entered Zhangjiakou Station of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shiyao
From "I" to "we" is the courage of a big country that overcomes difficulties. Unlike the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this year's Beijing Winter Olympics face the challenge of the epidemic. A video released by foreign media not long ago makes people laugh: in the closed area of the Winter Olympics, a robot found that foreigners greeting it were not wearing masks while working. It immediately stopped "footsteps" and issued a reminder of "please wear a medical mask".
China has applied a batch of scientific and technological achievements to the fields of epidemic prevention and control, media broadcasting and other fields, so that the vision of the green Winter Olympics and the Winter Olympics of science and technology has gradually entered the reality. American figure skater Women's Singles Sailor Maria Bell praised life in the Winter Olympic Village. "I felt very safe. The staff here really do a really great job. I was also worried that eating together in a restaurant might run the risk of infectious viruses. But in fact, in the restaurant, each of us has a separate space of our own, washing hands, disinfecting, wearing masks, and feeling safe and secure everywhere we go. ”
Diners experience smart food delivery at the Media Restaurant on January 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan
From "I" to "we", it is China's growing self-confidence. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics conveyed China's economic, scientific and technological strength, historical and cultural self-confidence. Japanese journalist Yoshido Tsujioka "showed off" the "ice pier" badge he bought to the studio host in the live broadcast connection, the wonderful twenty-four solar terms countdown at the opening ceremony let the world see the Chinese romantic aesthetics, and foreign players learned tai chi with artificial intelligence in front of a large screen in the Winter Olympic Village...
The picture shows foreigners playing tai chi.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the guides of the delegations held aloft snowflake-shaped guidance boards and gathered in the center of the "Bird's Nest", condensing into a large snowflake and protecting the Olympic fire in the middle. As Zhang Yimou, general director of the opening ceremony, said, what is shown here is not only "me", but also "we", showing the common human emotion of "going to the future together".
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph on February 9