In a few days, the cute ice pier has become the "top stream" of the Winter Olympics, and even appears in a "pier" that is difficult to find, and this heat is inseparable from its own image design with Chinese characteristics. Today, let's talk to Xiaobian to understand the design story behind the snow rongrong!
Who is the nearest full-net top stream?
It must be a cute and loving "ice pier"
Cute panda
Showcasing the romance of ice and snow in Chinese
Whether online or offline
The ice pier is really a circle of strength powder
Vivid interpretation of a "pier" is hard to find!
But at the same time
Let's not forget that there is more
The good partner of the ice pier is melting snow
TA is the cutest little lantern
Round face, small short legs
And beanie eyes
Next, let's walk into the story of "Snow Melting".
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From the red lantern to the snow melting
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January 21
Jiang Yufan received a notice from the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
She designed the image of a Chinese knotted red lantern
Stand out from nearly 6,000 entries collected worldwide
After that, Jiang Yufan and his teachers and classmates
32 sets of schemes have been revised
More than 10,000 design manuscripts
Only then was the birth of "Snow Rongrong"
Draft of the first semester of "Snow Melting"
During the revision period, the Olympic Organizing Committee proposed
I hope that the mascot will be more vital
Jiang Yufan tried to add animal elements:
Antlers, wings, headdresses
But the effect is not satisfactory
Eventually under the "brainstorming" of the team
Everyone decided to be on top of the red lantern
Add the "Great Wall Pattern" shape
A continuous pattern of peace doves and the Temple of Heaven
"These motifs symbolize auspiciousness and peace
With a strong Chinese style, highlighting the local characteristics"
When the mascot Xue Rongrong was officially released to the public
Jiang Yufan stood under the stage
Watch your own creations
"At that moment, my whole body was so excited that I was numb."
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What exactly does a Chinese lantern look like?
But whether it is because of the cute snow rong, or the audience's attention to domestic costume dramas in recent years, "lanterns" or "Chinese lanterns" have triggered a small discussion.
Lanterns are an ancient Han traditional handicraft that is said to have originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2100 years ago. The custom of viewing flower lanterns at the Lantern Festival was formed in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty.
In the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat", there have been brilliant lights like the most gorgeous "one night fish and dragon dance". And the TV series "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" tells a story on the eve of the Last Yuan Festival.
Image from the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat"
However, there are still careful viewers, from the crew Nishiki to restore the history of the costume road, picked out the thorn - some Khao Party pointed out that the lanterns in the street in the play are typical "Japanese lanterns".
Image from the TV series "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an"
Sina Weibo @ Qing Shi Ge
In particular, this kind of pole-shaped lantern hanging high is actually a characteristic lantern group in the Akita region of Japan, and the earliest can only be traced back to the 18th century. Japanese lanterns are indeed learned from China, but the lanterns in the play clearly do not conform to the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty.
Some people think that the most basic way to distinguish between "Japanese lanterns" and "Chinese lanterns" is to look at the umbrella bones, the former is mostly densely arranged transverse bones, the latter is based on vertical bones as the main frame, and there are also more densely woven lanterns.
Lanterns in ancient texts
Most of the bamboo lanterns are only common in the folk, and the court nobles more often use the fine wood as the skeleton, inlaid with silk or glass, and the more exquisite and atmospheric four-cornered, hexagonal, and octagonal lanterns.
Qing LengMei 《月馬青游 Album》
Lin Daiyu gave Jia Baoyu a glass hydrangea lamp
However, it is very interesting that the prototype of "Snow Rongrong", the big red lantern, is not completely "pure Chinese style".
On the eve of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, in order to decorate the Tiananmen Tower, Premier Zhou Enlai took a glance at the 20 design drawings of a large red lantern with a height of 2.23 meters and a circumference of 8.05 meters.
And this set of designs comes from two Japanese: Onozawa and Shigeru Mori. Their designs combine the vertical bone, hanging spike, and Japanese pill lantern styles of Chinese yarn lamps.
Later, this lively and festive atmosphere of the big red lantern was promoted throughout the country and became the best atmosphere group for the New Year festival.
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Illuminate the same dream
The Shangyuan Night written by the ancients is fascinating, only because the small lantern in the hand and the light group that illuminates the night sky are full of cultural heritage and legendary stories.
As Jiang Yufan, the designer of Xue Rongrong, said:
"The red lantern is a self-illuminating item, and we have also added this feature to the design of snow rongrong, hoping to let it light up the dreams in people's hearts and let more people bravely pursue their dreams."
Under the night sky that shares the same bright moon, we light a lantern that will eventually illuminate the same dream.
Do you like this kind of snow melting?