In the spring of 2022, the ice and snow melted and the spring mood sprouted.
The 29th Winter Olympics was grandly opened, and Beijing became the world's first "city of two Olympic Games".
From the opening ceremony to the competition projects, China's meticulous preparation has received attention and praise from all over the world, and the eye-catching elements with national characteristics are especially sought after by foreign media.
In addition to some Of the Chinese elements that have been hotly discussed, such as the Chinese character design of the Winter Olympic Emblem, the 24-solar countdown at the beginning of the opening ceremony, and the panda and lantern shape of the Olympic mascot ice pier and snow, there are actually many hidden Chinese style elements at the Winter Olympics.
Let's take a look at these hidden National Style Easter eggs, have you found them?
Opening Ceremony Fireworks - Welcome Pine
Before the opening ceremony, with the completion of the 24-solar countdown, the 120-second fireworks display began brilliantly.
In this whole set of performances, between the first wave of "Li Chun" and "spring" and the third wave of Olympic five ring shapes, the second wave of Welcome Pine patterns are particularly eye-catching.
Yingke Pine is one of the "Four Gems of Huangshan Mountain", because the shape of the canopy is upright on one side and the branches on the other side are extended, much like welcoming guests from afar with open arms, becoming a symbol of welcoming guests.
The meaning is very good, but when it comes to the fireworks, it is very difficult.
To perfectly achieve the appearance of the welcome pine, the proportion of trunks to branches, the arrangement of positions, the selection of fireworks varieties, the setting of the firing time point and the explosion time point need to be tested countless times.
Each firework must be exploded in a circle from the middle to the surroundings, and the roots are up, in order to depict the lifelike pine needle shape.
After the general design of fireworks Cai Guoqiang led the team to overcome difficulties and repeatedly debugged, in the fireworks display on the day of the opening ceremony, a beautiful welcome pine bloomed over the stadium, and the "Bird's Nest" together formed a traditional Chinese bonsai shape, which also reflected the enthusiasm and hospitality of the host.
Tinder lamp - Changxin Palace lamp
The Olympic flame finally presented at the opening ceremony was collected from Greece and transported to Beijing through the tinder lamp, where it was handed over to the torchbearers for transmission.
The design inspiration for the Tinder lamp of this Olympic Games comes from the "first lamp in China" - the lamp of the Changxin Palace of the Western Han Dynasty.
The Changxin Palace lamp was once the object of Empress Dou, the grandmother of Liu Sheng, the King of Jing of Zhongshan, and its shape was exquisite and gorgeous, and the maid holding the lamp looked safe and the dress was flowing and lifelike.
More special is the environmental protection concept it embodies, the body of the palace girl is hollow, after the candle is lit on the lamp plate, the smoke will follow the passage inside the sleeve of the palace maid to reach the base, after the base is filtered and purified with water, it will not pollute the surrounding air.
This reflected the very advanced environmental protection concept at that time, so it won the reputation of "China's first lamp".
Beijing Winter Olympic Tinder Lamp adheres to the design concept of "inheriting the heavens and carrying things": the base similar to the palace lamp is calm and atmospheric, reflecting "all things on the ground"; the top stretches and opens, symbolizing the open posture to welcome the Winter Olympic fire; the pattern on the lamp gradually changes from auspicious clouds to snowflakes, which is the inheritance and development of ancient Chinese traditional culture and modern ice and snow projects.
Race suit - Dragon Leap
On February 4, the Chinese women's ice hockey team turned the tables against the wind in the group stage, defeating Denmark 3:1 and winning the opening for the Chinese delegation.
After the game, what attracted more attention than the results of the game was that "the goalkeeper's protective gear is too handsome" was on the hot search.
During the match, the Chinese team goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying wore a protective gear printed with the double dragon pattern and a tiger helmet, which was domineering. The women's ice team also like this outfit, the dragon leaped and jumped, playing with momentum.
Another dragon pattern race suit that has attracted much attention belongs to the popular "Ice goddess" Gu Ailing.
When she won the freestyle ski women's big jump event, she wore a race suit with a dragon pattern on the back.
And this all-rounder of the "ski world champion + Stanford school bully + mixed-race supermodel", this Golden Dragon race suit is actually designed by herself, which makes people can't help but shout "love love"!
Ski track – the Great Wall
The Beijing Winter Olympics has devoted great efforts to the design and layout of the competition venues. Venues such as "Snow Ruyi", "Snow Dragon", "Ice Ribbon" and so on not only meet the hardware facilities requirements of professional competitions, but also show China's great power style.
Here we will say another detail, in the Zhangjiakou District Genting Ski Park snowboard competition, the props area in the track, the very Chinese style "Snow Great Wall" and ancient buildings have become a bright scenery.
Some of the contestants choose to start from the middle of the "Great Wall", and some choose to slide through the antique Chinese roof, which has a feeling of Chinese kung fu cornices walking on the wall.
The atmosphere of the ancient architecture, combined with the beauty of free and flexible sports, added ornamental and interesting to the competition, and was well received by players from all over the world.
Figure Skating Soundtrack – Classic Chinese Film Soundtrack
On the field, in addition to the visual display, there are also Chinese style elements in the auditory sense.
This brings us to the only competition in the Winter Olympics that has a soundtrack – figure skating.
In the figure skating men's singles short program competition held on February 8, China's Jin Boyang started with a martial arts action, matching the music of the classic movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and scored a good score of 90.98 points.
It is worth mentioning that at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Jin Boyang also used this piece to win the fourth place, creating the best result in the history of Chinese men's singles.
Also choosing the soundtrack of the Chinese style film were the duo duo Peng Cheng and Jin Yang, whose soundtrack chose the theme song of the movie "Night Feast" sung by Zhang Liangying, and the Chinese song "I Repay Love with Everything" with opera overtones, and finally won 8 points for the Chinese team in the team competition.
After the game, singer Zhang Liangying also forwarded this happy news on Weibo, praised the Chinese players, and lamented her wonderful fate with figure skating.
The music of figure skating competitions was once monopolized by Western music, but with the improvement of the competition level of mainland athletes and the expansion of Chinese cultural influence, Chinese music such as "Liang Zhu" and "Ten Faces Ambush" increasingly appeared on the figure skating stage, and more foreign players used Chinese music as a soundtrack to participate, reflecting the Chinese style elements at the auditory level to the international vision.
Staff clothing – Chinese colours
The contestants' uniforms are brilliant and are the focus of attention. The costumes of the staff who are silently dedicated behind them are also the result of the careful design of the team of experts.
Ask a question: What are the colors of the five Olympic rings? Everyone can answer: blue, yellow, black, green, red.
What about the colors of the staff's clothing? It's not that simple.
The uniforms of the staff are colored by "ink" and "kasumi red". Show the calm, hard work and enthusiasm of the staff.
Moreover, these two colors are the highest level of ceremonial colors in the ancient Chinese ritual sacrifices, and also reflect the importance and welcome of the mainland for receiving guests from all over the world.
The main color of the uniform of the technical officer is "Great Wall Gray", which reflects the culture of the Great Wall and also highlights the objective fairness and integrity of the technical officer.
The color "Tianji Blue", which has attracted much attention, is the color of Ji Blue glaze, a traditional Chinese ceramic treasure, which seems to have the luster of gemstones, which is both bright and calm, showing the youth vitality of the volunteers.
The color scheme is "Rui Snow White", which symbolizes the pure and flawless competition under the snow cover, and the beautiful meaning of "Rui Xue Mega Year".
On the pattern, it is based on the concept of the famous Chinese landscape painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and the mountain range direction of the Winter Olympics area, which perfectly integrates traditional culture and Winter Olympic elements.
Medals - jade bi, bronze mirror
Every player's dream is to be on the supreme podium, and now we will set our sights on the awards area.
The medal for this Year's Winter Olympics is called "Tongxin", and the design is inspired by the traditional Chinese jade bibi and bronze mirror.
The medal is engraved with five concentric circles, which not only echo the five rings of the Olympic Games, but also have the traditional concept of Chinese civilization of "heaven and earth, people with one heart", calling on people all over the world to unite because of the Olympic spirit.
In addition to the five Olympic rings, the front of the medal is also engraved with ice and snow patterns and auspicious cloud patterns, conveying the spirit of the Winter Olympics and good wishes.
The back is designed with 24 points according to the ancient Chinese astronomical map, implying that the athletes in the 24th Winter Olympics will perform like stars and shine on the field.
The choice of materials is also full of Chinese characteristics. The medal hanging belt adopts the traditional mulberry silk weaving process, and the medal box is made of bamboo with traditional lacquer technology, so that each medal has become a work of art carrying good memories while recording the achievements.
Awards Bouquet - Haipai Velvet Thread Flower
In addition to the medals that everyone yearns for, the bouquet of awards for the winning athletes is also a highlight.
In the past, most of the award ceremonies used fresh cut flowers to make bouquets, and after a few days, the flowers withered and were discarded. It is both a waste and not conducive to athletes' good memories.
This Winter Olympics has designed a bouquet of awards that will never fade - Haipai velvet thread flower.
The bouquet of velvet thread is crocheted using the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage "Haipai Velvet Thread Weaving Technique", and the award bouquet of the Winter Olympics selects six beautiful flower types that symbolize friendship, tenacity, happiness, unity, victory, peace, moon season, bell orchid, hydrangea, laurel and olive, and in the winter Paralympic Bouquet, a blue cosmos symbolizing strength is specially added.
It is also worth mentioning that the 1251 bunches and a total of 16731 flower materials used during the Winter Olympics are all from the Hope Home for Spinal Cord Injured, which was made by more than 150 disabled friends who spent more than 50,000 hours, showing the strong, brave, indomitable and radiant spirit of the disabled people on the mainland.
This well-deserved "flower of velvet" was praised by netizens as "the romance in the bones of Chinese".
epilogue
The holding of the Winter Olympic Games is not only a stage for Olympic athletes to compete in the level of competition, but also a window to show the comprehensive strength of the host country.
From Chinese characters to colors, from colors to music, from the opening ceremony site to the arena to the podium, the design of each Chinese style element is interpreting the beauty of Chinese civilization, showing the style and profound heritage of a big country, and highlighting the respect and friendliness for the Olympic spirit and other countries.
When the ice and snow of the Winter Olympics meet the Chinese style, brick by brick, thread by thread, showing "Chinese romance", they are all telling the "Chinese story" to the world with cultural self-confidence.
In 2022, China is strong, the world applauds you, and the people are proud of you!
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will let the world see a better Olympic Games and a stronger China!
Resources:
Half Moon Talk: "Plate a plate of Chinese style at the Winter Olympics, a whole proud to live"
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Author: Hatsumi
EDIT: Leftovers
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