Gu Ailing's "Golden Dragon Snow Suit" has a strong Chinese element.
The Olympic Event is not only a stage for participating athletes to show their youth, but also an opportunity to build a cultural bridge. Halfway through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in addition to the exciting events, the costumes and equipment worn by athletes have also become eye-catching.
Gu Ailing's "Golden Dragon Robe", McMorris's "Panda Snowboard", Zhou Jiaying's "Dragon Tiger Leaping Wall Shield", ice dance combination "Motor Engine" of "Only This Green"... These Chinese elements not only add a unique Chinese interest to the competition, but also convey the aesthetic charm of the Chinese land to the world.
In fact, cultural symbols such as dragons, pandas, and landscape paintings have been well known to the world with China's frequent appearances on the international stage, and at the Winter Olympics, they have become clever footnotes to the personality style and spirit of the times of a large number of young athletes, shining in the ice and snow world.
The "Golden Dragon" brings good luck to Gu Ailing
The four and a half-earth leaps made 18-year-old Gu Ailing become a well-known star in China, and the scene behind her "Chinese Golden Dragon" and the clear sky of Beijing is also destined to become a classic moment in the history of China's Olympic Games.
As early as before the Start of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing had shown this set of equipment now known as the "Golden Dragon Snow Suit" during the live broadcast, "Gold can bring good luck to people, because gold is one of my goals." This set of ski suits with pure black upper and lower bodies and embroidered with golden dragons on the back was designed by Gu Ailing himself. Why spend a lot of effort to do something that seems to have nothing to do with the game, "Frog Princess" explains: "When skiing outdoors, we are all wrapped up, we can't see the facial expressions, and the costume becomes a window to convey personal attitudes and show spiritual outlook." Every year, Gu Ailing chooses a themed animal, from the initial frog to the two cats in the family last year, and in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Chinese dragon" is naturally the best choice.
From helmets, skis, to the entire dragon that extends from the back of the coat to the shoulders, and even the "dragon among men" written in English on the snowboard, Gu Ailing hopes to add some Chinese elements to the Olympic arena and show them to friends around the world, so that more people will be interested in Chinese culture. There is no doubt that Gu Ailing did it.
The panda motif on Canada's McMorris snowboard became the highlight.
"Panda represents my spirit"
In the men's slope obstacle course of the snowboarding project, people remember the cornice walking wall of the "small plug", and it is difficult to forget the Canadian player McMorris and his panda snowboard, who was called "idol" by Su Yiming. After completing his third round, McMorris first excitedly threw the snowboard into the air, and then lifted the snowboard to show the world the huge panda pattern on his white snowboard in front of the camera.
When asked about the "panda snowboard" after the game, McMorris said: "I have always felt that pandas are an animal that represents my spirit, and I like pandas very much. Painting pandas on a snowboard has a good visual effect, and it is also very special in China. McMorris admitted that before coming to Beijing, he did not know that the mascot of the Winter Olympics was also a panda, and his choice was "completely coincidental" .
In fact, the slope obstacle skill prop area site "Snow Great Wall" and this "panda snowboard" are indeed a perfect match. As the contestants leap over the roofs of Chinese-style houses, they are greeted by spectacular walls and beacons made of ice and snow. With such a clever design, it's no wonder that many runners refer to it as "skating through the best tracks".
The golden double dragon on the knee pad of Chinese female ice goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying and the dragon pattern on her helmet have been on the social platform hot search list with her.
"Dragon Leaping Tiger Leaping Wall Shield" defends the dignity of ice hockey
This is perhaps the most exciting time for Chinese ice hockey since finishing fourth at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics – in the third game of the women's hockey group stage, China defeated the Asian hegemon Japan 2-1 after a penalty shootout. Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying made 32 brilliant saves and shut out all five attempts of his opponents in the penalty shootout. Along with her on the hot search is her full of Chinese-style protective gear.
The red knee pads are embroidered with a soaring golden double dragon, and the helmet is painted with dragon patterns and Great Wall patterns, this set of equipment can be called "domineering", which is called "Dragon Tenghu Leaping Bright Wall Shield" by netizens. Due to the fast pace of the ice hockey game and the large number of shots, Zhou Jiaying repeatedly pressed the ball under himself, but also gave this set of equipment great exposure. She said that this set of equipment is specially prepared for the Olympic Games, hoping to show Chinese culture on the field and let the world see a strong China, because "the dragon represents China, and the dragon also represents the strong."
The chinese duo Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu's competition uniforms brought the Chinese style of "qingfeng stacking mountains, floating clouds and green water" to the Winter Olympics.
Paint a picture of "only this green" in the figure skating arena
In the spring evening of this year's Year of the Tiger, the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" was well received. At the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, the Chinese figure skating and ice dance duo Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu, known as the "Motor Engine", also used their competition uniforms to bring "Qingfeng Peaks, Floating Clouds and Green Water" to the Winter Olympics.
In the ice dance free dance event of the figure skating team competition, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu wore competition uniforms based on Chinese landscape paintings. The boys' clothes are painted with green peaks, and the female mates' dresses are like floating clouds and green water, accompanied by the kung fu panda theme song "Kung Fu Piano", a performance that can be called the most "Chinese style" so far in the Winter Olympics was performed. In addition, Jin Boyang's short program soundtrack "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Peng Cheng/Jin Yang's free-sliding soundtrack "Night Feast" also let the audience taste the profundity of Chinese culture in the performance. With the opening of the single event of figure skating, I believe that there will be more "Chinese style" elements presented in front of the eyes of audiences around the world.
Author: Guo Chaohao
Editor: Shen Qinhan
Image: Visual China