Recently, the Chinese elements of the Winter Olympics swept the screen, making us feast our eyes and once again be proud of Chinese culture.
On February 4, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics attracted the attention of the world with a combination of poetry and creativity. If the glorious grand ceremony of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games allowed the world to see the rise of a big country, then the romantic ethereal opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics allowed the world to see a more confident and calm China.
Counting the Chinese elements and culture at the Winter Olympics, every place contains Chinese values and philosophical ideas, which is a deeper cultural self-confidence.
Opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
I still remember that in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the countdown to the four major inventions, the papermaking of the four major inventions, the interpretation of the Olympic situation by ink painting, the 2008 people playing taijiquan together, the dream five-ring flying sky and the traditional Chinese opera shadow puppet... The classic interpretation of China's 5,000-year history and culture shows the style and spirit of a big country. After 14 years, the opening ceremony of this year's Olympic Games, the combination of traditional culture and modern technology, every detail is a Chinese story.
24 solar terms countdown
The ancient ancestors looked up at astronomy and geography, and summed up the "twenty-four solar terms", which represented the cycle of time of the year and the way people got along with nature and the world. Coinciding with the Beijing Winter Olympics, it is the 24th in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. Use it to count down and reflect Chinese's understanding of time.
Spring, all things grow
On the opening day of the Winter Olympics, it coincided with the "Li Chun" of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms", which was also the first of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" of the year. On the day of "Li Chun", the opening of the Winter Olympic Games also means that friends from all over the world are welcoming a new spring together.
The festival of "Li Chun", since its birth, has always been a festival to celebrate the coming spring in the season of ice and snow. The reason why a cold and frozen day is named as the starting point of spring is because Yi Xue believes that new life is often bred in the extreme cold.
The water of the Yellow River rises from heaven
The Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization, carries the origin of Chinese culture. A drop of ice-blue ink fell from the sky, transforming into the water of the Yellow River and pouring down. The artistic conception of the whole picture comes from the ancient Chinese poem "The water of the Yellow River comes from heaven", which is a romantic imagination and praise of China's mother river.
The rushing river slowly freezes, and an ice cube slowly rises on the field. The logos of the previous Winter Olympic Games were carved out one by one, and finally fixed in the logo of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and then the five rings of ice and snow broke through the ice.
The Chinoiserie style in the venues of the Winter Olympics
Chinese elements in the Winter Olympics can be described as everywhere, from clothing to tracks, from Chinese dragons to the Great Wall. Gu Ailing's "dragon pattern battle robe", Zhou Jiaying's Chinese dragon pattern helmet protector, the Great Wall beacon tower element of genting track, the Ruixue Xiangyun symbol on the awards dress... The Chinese style element adds a bright color to the Winter Olympic Games and conveys the charm of Chinese culture to the world. These Chinese style elements not only add a bright color to the tense competition, but also inadvertently convey the aesthetic charm that belongs to China, let's enjoy it together!
National Ski Jumping Center – "Snow Ruyi"
"Ruyi" is a traditional Chinese auspicious object, to show auspiciousness and smoothness, symbolize beauty and happiness, and pin people's spirit and wishes. The National Ski Jumping Center is the first ski jumping site in mainland China to meet international standards, and the ski jumping profile fits the S-shaped curve of the traditional Chinese mascot "Ruyi".
One Heart Medal - The World Is The Same
"Heaven and earth, people's hearts and minds", the Winter Olympic medal is composed of rings and circles, the design inspiration comes from the ancient Chinese concentric circles, a total of five rings, five rings of concentricity, concentric circle, symbolizing the people of the world in the Olympic spirit under the inspiration of unity, sharing the Winter Olympic event.
The back of the medal is engraved with 24 dots and sports arcs, taking the ancient astronomical map, symbolizing the stars of the Winter Olympic athletes, and also coinciding with the 24th Chinese solar terms, and echoing the 24th Winter Olympic Games.
The Winter Olympic Torch – Flying
The Winter Olympic torch is named "Flying", the overall appearance of the torch is red and silver, implying the fusion of ice and fire, such as the red line of ribbon fluttering, indicating that it stretches over the ancient and modern, and exchanges and mutual learning. The core and key technologies of "Flying" come from the Sixth Academy of Aerospace, which uses the hydrogen energy technology of liquid rocket engines to realize the "hydrogen" dance of the Winter Olympic torch for the first time.
Winter Olympics Tinder Lantern - Derived from the Changxin Palace Lamp
The idea of the Torch Relay Tinder Lamp of the Beijing Winter Olympics originated from the "first lamp in China" - the lamp of the Changxin Palace of the Western Han Dynasty. Changxin Palace lamp is more than 2,000 years ago, the Western Han Palace lamp, the shape is light and gorgeous, the design is clever and environmentally friendly. "Long letter" refers to eternal faith, the square circle nesting symbolizes the round place of the sky, and the flying red ribbon surrounds the top of the tinder lamp, symbolizing the Olympic passion of hard work.
Winter Olympics Tinder Terrace - Heavenly Carrier
The Design Concept of the Tinder Terrace for the Winter Olympics Ceremony is based on the design concept of "Bearing the Heavenly Carrier", and the design is inspired by the traditional Chinese bronze ceremonial vessel - Zun, which adopts the curved shape of zun and the stable base, symbolizing "all things on the ground". The top stretches out and opens, implying to greet the pure Olympic fire; the auspicious cloud pattern gradually turns into snowflakes down and up, symbolizing the spiritual inheritance of the "City of The Two Olympics".
Intangible Cultural Heritage Craft - Handmade Velvet Flowers
The bouquet of awards for this Winter Olympics is crocheted by the knotting technique of the velvet thread of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Rose, Moon Season, Lizu orchid, Hydrangea, Laurel and Olive are six beautiful flower types, symbolizing friendship, tenacity, happiness, unity, victory and peace. A needle and a thread, the blossom is undefeated, never withered, just like the Olympic spirit that never fails.
Winter Olympic mascot - ice piers, snow melting
The cute ice piers of ice and snow, the joyful snow melting, and the cute and explosive Winter Olympic mascot have turned over a lot of netizens.
The image of the ice pier comes from the world's recognized Chinese national treasure - the giant panda. The panda's head is decorated with a colorful halo, which is inspired by the national speed skating hall of the Beijing Winter Olympics - "Ice Ribbon", flowing color lines, symbolizing the track of ice and snow sports and 5G high technology; the head shell shape is taken from the ice and snow sports helmet. The overall shape of the panda is like an astronaut, an expert in ice and snow sports from the future, implying the combination of modern technology and ice and snow sports.
The design concept of Xue Rongrong originates from the big red lanterns that embody traditional Chinese culture during the Spring Festival period, representing harvest, festivity, warmth and light, and the introduction of "ice and snow" elements, while embodying an anthropomorphic design and highlighting the cuteness of the mascot, is also a deep combination of joyful and festive atmosphere and the beautiful meaning of "Ruixue Mega Year".
Awards dress
Capturing the aesthetic imagery of ancient poems, the design inspiration of the award ceremony dress "Ruixue Xiangyun" is derived from the style of the traditional Chinese Hanfu deep coat with the collar of the right side, the bottom of the top and the placket. On the skirt, the mountain shape and snow track line elements extracted from the core graphics of the Winter Olympic Games are very dynamic. At the same time, the technique of "golden landscape" in traditional Chinese painting is transformed into the form of embroidery, showing the Chinese charm.
(Jinbi Landscape)
With an inclusive and inclusive attitude, China uses the global common sports language and Olympic spirit to unite the common pursuit and greatest consensus of the people of all countries to build a better world, draw the world's largest concentric circles, and move forward together to the future! Come on.