Golden lights shone brightly, the National Speed Skating Hall was draped in a sparkling "golden silk coat", and two blue pillars of light plunged directly into the night sky from the venue, forming a "V" shape to cheer for the victory of the Chinese team.
On the evening of February 12, the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating men's 500 meters competition was held at the National Speed Skating Hall, and China's Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record in 34.32 seconds and won the gold medal - this is China's first gold born in the "Ice Ribbon" venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in order to congratulate the champion, the "Ice Ribbon" opened the exclusive golden light of the Chinese team's Winter Olympic gold medal that night - so that the "Ice Ribbon" became the "Golden Ribbon".
Using a special lighting mode to present the Chinese team to win the championship is actually an idea that has been brewing for a long time by the "Ice Ribbon" venue operation team. Zhu Jingming, deputy general manager of the National Speed Skating Hall Company, a subsidiary of Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation, said that the reason for this idea is that it is very simple to say, that is, from the beginning, we felt that our athletes were likely to win gold in this beautiful venue.
"The final set of solutions presented, our team polished for two or three months, after repeated revisions, everyone felt that it was still shown in the simplest and most direct way, and finally chose to turn the venue into a gold medal plan, so that it is enough to express our respect." He said that from a technical point of view, there have not been too many problems, mainly reflected in the service concept, hoping to do a better job of venue protection, this time for the Chinese team to win the Winter Olympics to play an "exclusive version" of the light, is a very specific embodiment.
As the only new ice venue for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the design of the "Ice Ribbon" was inspired by speed skating. The 22 spiraling "ribbons" resemble the marks left by speed skaters when they glide at high speed. The exterior of the venue is light and ethereal, and it is even more beautiful at night.
Zhu Jingming said that at the beginning of the establishment of the museum, the night lighting of the venue became an important part of the venue's work. From the design concept of night lighting, more attention is paid to the close combination between architecture, sports and lighting, and the characteristics of the building and the melody of sports are fully reflected through night lighting.
In addition, since the Beijing Winter Olympics are held during the Spring Festival of traditional Chinese festivals, it is naturally indispensable to use light to create a strong festive atmosphere, mainly through the classic colorful light, Chinese red and other elements to show, of which the colorful night lighting effect comes from the color effect of the circle of the face of the ice pier.
Behind the gorgeous and colorful night scene of the "Ice Ribbon", there is a professional team of more than 10 people, composed of relevant technical personnel of the National Speed Skating Hall Company and its partner Liangye Technology Group Co., Ltd., who will light up the lights according to the unified arrangement to create different lighting effects. At the end of 2019, the night lighting technology scheme of the "Ice Ribbon" venue has been formed, and with these hardware foundations, the professional team can carry out artistic creation according to the scene, show different lighting effects, and can "tell the story of the city with light, and tell the story of China with light".
Zhu Jingming said that now the team has created a lot of plans, when to cooperate with what kind of atmosphere and theme, at any time can be "bright" out. Like this time, after Gao Tingyu won the championship, there was a special person standing next to the controller at that time, and after receiving the command, he immediately switched the light mode to the "golden ribbon" mode, from the time of winning the championship until 12 o'clock that night.
"This is specially prepared for our Chinese athletes. If we have athletes winning here again, we will shine the same golden light to congratulate us. Zhu Jingming looked forward to it.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Sun Jie
Edited by Wang Wenmiao
Process Editor Liu Weili
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