In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating men's free skating competition, Japan's two-time Winter Olympic champion Yu Yu yu tied the string two consecutive falls, challenged the 4A failed, and finally ranked fourth, failed to stand on the podium, which also means that he did not get the commemorative version of the ice pier. In this Winter Olympics, the ice pier exploded out of the circle, which triggered the world problem of "one pier is difficult to find", but in fact, there are many interesting stories on the ice pier.
As we all know, the prototype of the ice pier is derived from the Chinese national treasure animal giant panda, but the inspiration for the outer layer of shell is not the astronaut's spacesuit, but the ice sugar shell of the "ice sugar gourd", which is easy to connect people with the winter in northern China. The circle of colored edges on the face of the ice pier is the "ice ribbon". The reason why the ice pier looks cute is that there is another important element: it is like the giant panda, which is walking "inner eight".
In addition, with recent media interviews with the designers, as well as various official news, we have also learned three new and interesting little secrets about the ice pier.
First, is the gender of the ice pier male or female? This question has been bothering us for a long time! Officials revealed that according to the rules of the International Olympic Organizing Committee, mascots cannot have gender differences. Therefore, the ice pier does not distinguish between genders.
Second, why can't the ice pier speak? Many children have imagined how a cute ice pier would sound if it could speak. Unfortunately, though, because mascots can't have gender differences, it's easy to tell the gender once they're talking, so the ice pier can't speak. Isn't the reason a little cute and funny?
Third, what is so special about the ice piers won by the top three olympic players? After the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, some people joked that if they wanted to solve the problem of "one pier is difficult to find", they could only get the top three in the Olympic Games. However, this golden version of the ice pier is actually a high-end version, because the medal winner got the ice pier around the golden garland, this garland is woven with pine, bamboo, plum as the theme, and these three substances are China's famous "three friends of the cold year", symbolizing the vigorous vitality and the fighting spirit of standing proud of the wind and snow without fear of difficulties, which has great encouragement to athletes. In addition to this, the golden garland surrounds the ice pier and is also a symbol of the Olympic motto "More Unity".
However, when everyone wanted to ask whether the golden ice piers obtained by the top three Olympics could be bought outside, according to the official disclosure, this is a special souvenir customized for the winning athletes and is not sold to the outside world. It can be seen that if you want to get the "golden ice pier", you may really have a relative and friend who can get the top three in the Beijing Olympic Games...