In order to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, during the Winter Olympics, all Olympic-related personnel will conduct life training in the closed loop. Therefore, setting up a traditional Chinese culture exhibition area in the Winter Olympic Village is an important window to display Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories well. Athletes and officials from all over the world can better understand China in the exhibition area and feel the charm and value of traditional Chinese culture. While the Chinese Medicine Experience Hall has received praise, the exhibition area of traditional Chinese culture is also eye-catching.
Xu Zeqing, volunteer of Beijing Second Chinese College:
Entering through the gate, a classical building gate with Chinese characteristics comes into view, and a 270-degree panoramic electronic display is embedded in the red door rail. The scrolling video on the screen tells about traditional Chinese culture: ethnic minorities, Yongle Ceremony, famous paintings of various dynasties, opera and Peking Opera, etc., which attracted many foreign friends to stop and watch, they discussed with each other, reminisced and thought, and lamented the breadth and profundity of Chinese culture.
Further inside, the Olympic elements display area is greeted, and volunteers are explaining the astrological chart behind the medals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: "The card body is composed of rings and circles, and the image is derived from the ancient Chinese concentric circles, with a total of five rings, five rings concentric, concentric circles. Elegant 'Chinese' details give the medal a more three-dimensional feel, with 24 dots and arcs of motion engraved on the back of the medal, meaning an ancient Chinese astronomical chart. ”
Medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Under the explanation of the volunteers, the foreign friends carefully examined the medals and exchanged their understanding and experience of the Olympic elements with the docents: "When I was a child, I loved to see the stars in the sky, and now the stars are printed behind the medals, which is so amazing! ”
As I watched the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a team athlete came up to me and proudly told me, "I have this original gold medal, which we won in the men's 4×100m relay at the 2008 Olympics." If you're interested in this medal, come to us, I have a real gold medal! "I smiled and said no problem, I must see your big gold medal with my own eyes when I have the chance!"
In the exhibition area, there is also a miniature Great Wall landscape, which has become a popular place for foreign delegations to punch in and take photos. The docent told me that foreign friends very much hope to climb the Great Wall after the competition. "They asked me how far the Great Wall is from the Winter Olympic Village, how many Great Walls there are, the history of the Great Wall, and so on, and said that after the epidemic has passed, we must come back to China and go to the Great Wall to have a look!"
Great Wall view
Several precious artifacts were placed in the display case next to it, and a foreign athlete walked by and said with surprise: "I like this jade carving very much, because my country produces jade." He said and showed me his jade on his mobile phone. At the same time, he is also curious about the two curling pots with pictures next to him. I said that this is actually China's intangible cultural heritage - the Beijing inner painting snuff bottle, the exquisite landscape decoration inside is painted by the artist one by one. He heard it and exclaimed, "It's amazing! ”
Jade carving and Beijing inner painting snuff "curling"
After walking around, I found that there are not only the export of Chinese culture in the traditional Chinese culture exhibition area, but also the collision of Chinese and foreign cultures, where colorful world cultures meet and blend.