Li Chen: The Winter Olympics have made me regain my love for the snow field

Actor Li Chen has been away from the snow field for more than ten years, and at the end of 2021, because of Zhejiang Satellite TV's variety show "Ice and Snow Is Burning", he has the opportunity to return to the snow field. Regaining his love and returning to the snow field, Li Chen himself was also very emotional. As a native of Beijing, he also has a lot of feelings about the changes that will occur in the city of Beijing because of the Winter Olympics.

He used to be good at snowboarding

For ice and snow sports, Li Chen is no stranger. He has his own fitness habits, and as early as 2009, he began to intensively learn and experience snowboarding. "I've been in love with snowboarding since then, and although I wasn't particularly professional, I didn't skate well." Li Chen is full of confidence in his skills, he once met with friends to go skiing on the slopes after work, enjoy the fun of snowboarding, "I like the free speed and passion on the snow field, and the sense of achievement that challenges nature." ”

In the past six years, because of the relatively intensive work arrangement, Li Chen admitted that he basically failed to return to the snow field during the snow season. This time he participated in the recording of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Ice and Snow Just Burning" program, as the country's first club-style ice and snow talent competition growth program, "Ice and Snow Just Burning" adopted the "Ice and Snow Club" model, convened the national ice and snow masters to form a strong team, opened the Winter Olympics project competition, Li Chen served as the "team leader" in the program, and needed to lead professional athletes and outdoor sports masters to experience and compete in Winter Olympics-related projects.

Li Chen

"The program includes parallel giant slalom, biathlon, veneer, figure skating, ice hockey, curling and many other winter Olympic and ice and snow sports, which in itself helps the audience to immerse themselves in a comprehensive science popularization of winter Olympic sports and ice and snow sports." Li Chen admitted that there are many variety shows with the theme of the Winter Olympics, and he finally chose this show because he saw that the program would take the ice and snow masters as an important participant, which could not only increase the viewing point of the reality show, but more importantly, show the real technology and charm of ice and snow sports through the ice and snow masters.

"Among the players are not only national champions, technical ice and snow bulls, but also senior sports coaches, who show the extreme charm of ice and snow sports. At the same time, there are also female dancers who have been practicing ballet since childhood and are now turning to figure skating, and behind this cross-border is the resonance between sports, which also shows the tolerance of ice and snow sports. He said.

Suffering to return to the snow

Returning to the snow through variety shows, Li Chen, as the "team leader", needs to take the lead in participating in various ice and snow project experiences. For him, what impressed him the most was the process of experiencing skiing. Because he is better at snowboarding, learning snowboarding, really let him suffer a lot. "Not only was I unable to stand up, but I couldn't walk smoothly, and I finally found a sense of balance." Through the program recording and the competition of ice and snow projects, he deeply realized that excellent ice and snow athletes are not only flexible in body function, balance and technology, but also need good prejudgment and thinking.

"Skiing requires choosing the quickest route, controlling posture and the speed of the board, which requires athletes to have good experience and thinking. Success is also inseparable from their usual accumulation of hard training, the players' usual training must have put a lot of hard work, which is the challenge of ice and snow projects, but also the charm of ice and snow sports. Li Chen said that he remembered the fun of snowboarding in the process of skiing, "Experiencing the transformation of speed and skill in the gallop, so skiing is 'addictive', which is not false at all." ”

This show also unexpectedly opened up Li Chen's understanding of ice and snow sports. There is a guest in the program, Liu Chang, who is a snowwear wear expert, Li Chen did not know much about the snowwear wearing industry before, but with the holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports gradually became popular throughout the country, and he intuitively felt that more and more people fell in love with ice and snow projects, and the emerging industry of snowwear wearing also came into being. In his view, more young people love ice and snow sports, and can combine fashion and sports to attract more people to join, which is also a way to popularize ice and snow sports.

Proud of the "City of The Two Olympics"

Although he did not return to the snow field during the snow season in these years, Li Chen's attention and enthusiasm for ice and snow sports has not diminished. Because of his work, he also met Wu Dajing, a member of the Chinese national short track speed skating team and world champion, and became good friends with him. "Wu Dajing is the world record holder for the men's 500 meters in short track speed skating and the Olympic record holder, and I usually pay attention to his sports. The short track speed skating project is also the competition project of Chen Dequan, a team member in my current program, and everyone usually communicates a lot, and they are really excellent. ”

Beijing hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but also became the first "double Olympic city", as a native of Beijing, for this Winter Olympic Games at his doorstep, Li Chen has been looking forward to it for a long time, and he has already done a lot of homework in advance for the major events carried out by the Winter Olympic Games. "Beijing is my hometown, and this year's Beijing Winter Olympics has 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 minor events." Li Chen said, "As an ordinary Beijing citizen, I feel proud and proud, I will pay attention to the whole process of the event, I hope that everything will go well, and the athletes will achieve excellent results." ”

He also felt that the Beijing Winter Olympics is an important window to once again show China's image and spread China's voice, "IOC President Bach once said, 'The history of world ice and snow sports will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as the dividing line', and the realization of China's vision of 'driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports' will greatly promote the leapfrog development of world ice and snow sports, and provide a broader space for the vigorous development of the world ice and snow sports and ice and snow industries." ”

In addition, Li Chen also noticed that in recent years, Beijing's snow resorts have come into being, no longer limited to the previous venues, the overall level of supporting facilities has also improved, as a city with professional ski resorts, Beijing is attracting ski enthusiasts across the country.

Winter OlympicS Q&A

Q: As the city of the "Double Olympics" in Beijing this year, have you participated in other Winter Olympic-themed activities in addition to participating in the program "Ice and Snow Burning"?

A: A few days ago, I participated in the recording of the theme song of "Together to the Future" sponsored by CCTV Movie Channel, and it is an honor to participate, and I have contributed my modest efforts to the promotion and promotion of the Winter Olympics. This time to participate in the recording of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Ice and Snow Burning" program is also, although we can not be as professional as the Olympians, but we are also popularizing ice and snow sports, popularizing the knowledge of the Winter Olympic Games, igniting everyone's Olympic enthusiasm, so that more people can participate in ice and snow sports. I think it's very meaningful and obligatory.

Q: During the Winter Olympics, did you have a special expectation of the competition and the performance of the athletes? Which athlete friends have you come into contact with, and how will you encourage and pay attention to our athletes?

A: My good friend Wu Dajing, I know he is actively preparing for war and will not bother him. On February 5, he won the gold medal in the 2000m relay of the short track speed skating mixed team at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which was also the first gold medal in China at the Winter Olympics. The new free skier Gu Ailing, I also paid attention to her from various sources, and her strength should not be underestimated. On February 8th she won the freestyle ski women's big jumping competition, which is a historical breakthrough and I am happy and proud of them! I will also cheer for the athletes on Weibo, and the Chinese athletes are very good! I will always follow the Progress of the Winter Olympics and cheer for you! Cheers for you guys!

Q: This year's Winter Olympics coincided with the Lunar New Year, how did you spend this year's Spring Festival? Finally, send some holiday greetings to the readers of Beijing Daily and Beijing Evening News?

A: There is still a crew filming work, and there is no way to celebrate the Spring Festival with my family. Today is the tenth day of the Chinese New Year, on the occasion of the Spring Festival, I wish all the readers and friends of Beijing Daily and Beijing Evening News a prosperous year of the tiger, a healthy and healthy new year, peace and security!

Biography

Li Chen, a native of Beijing, is a film and television actor, director, producer and racing driver. (Editor-in-charge: Chen Mengxi)