Performers performed at the opening ceremony of Beijing Cultural Week.
On February 11th, the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Art Festival - Beijing Cultural Week kicked off at the Tianqiao Art Center. Clay figure sheets, movable type printing, inner painting techniques Many of Beijing's intangible cultural heritage projects were unveiled on the opening day, attracting many citizens to come and watch. Among them, curling made with internal painting techniques is widely loved by the audience. Mr. Liu, the audience, said that such a crystal clear curling is really reluctant to touch. He also saw the game "Old Beijing Pulling Cats" that he used to play when he was a child at the Beijing Cultural Week Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition.
The photo exhibition, which was unveiled together with the interactive activities of intangible cultural heritage, also showed the ancient capital culture, red culture, Beijing flavor culture and innovative culture of Beijing, the "City of The Two Olympics", from multiple angles.
The theme party of the opening ceremony reviewed the history of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games from the bid to the successful hosting with music. The song "Please Come to the Great Wall for Skiing", which was widely circulated during Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics, was reproduced on the stage in the form of folk music performances. Chinese and Russian teenagers jointly took the stage to sing the song "Beijing Bless You" written by Beijing to the 2012 London Olympic Games, recalling the touching experience of the Summer Olympic Games. The single "Hello, Winter Olympics" launched 50 days down to the Beijing Winter Olympics expressed the concern and passion of the whole people for the Winter Olympics, and also praised the hard work of the Winter Olympic athletes on the field through singing. The song of the volunteers of the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Burning Snowflakes", which recently appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger, was also sung on the stage again.
Young Yang Shaopeng, young Cheng sect master Guo Wei, young Lao Dan famous zhai mo, and young Qiu pai famous fang Xu also took the stage to sing the Winter Olympics Beijing song "Beijing Snowflakes Floating Up". Multi-line and multi-genre singing style shows the unique charm and style of Peking Opera music.
With the five-stringed pipa, The Internet celebrity pipa player Fang Jinlong has imitated the Arabian Ud, the Indian Tabra drum and the sitar, the Japanese shamisen and wooden fish, and the Spanish guitar, showing the similarity of Chinese and foreign plucked instruments to the fullest.
In recent years, the interactive magic of the human screen, which has been loved by young people, has also appeared on the stage. Magic "Ice Time" uses ice and snow as a creative element to lead the audience to start a stage skiing journey. The theme party ended with the audience singing "Together to the Future" with the actors.
It is understood that from February 11 to February 15, the theme party, intangible cultural heritage display interaction, Beijing characteristic photo exhibition, and more than 100 urban cultural square activities will create a rich cultural atmosphere for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, show the unique charm of Beijing, an ancient world famous city, and convey the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger - more united" to the world, adding luster to the "City of The Two Olympics".
Photo by Wang Haixin, reporter of the Winter Olympics
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Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporter Li Yang
Editor: Han Ye
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng