China News Service, Beijing, 20 Feb Title: Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics: Snowflakes Folding Willows This situation is still pending
China News Service reporter Gao Kai
From the snowflake lamp in the hands of the children to the main torch that burns until the end, the story of "a snowflake" lasts in the "bird's nest" until the moment the torch is extinguished.
In the quiet and elegant "weeping willow diagram", the willow branches all tell the feeling of cherishing and cherishing others.
On February 20, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics officially kicked off at the "Bird's Nest" at the National Stadium. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
On the evening of the 20th, the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held here, continuing the simplicity and romance of the opening ceremony, between the snowflakes and willows, the first "city of the two Olympic Games" sang this love at the time of parting.
The "snowflake" that runs through the entire opening ceremony continues to extend at the closing ceremony, starting from the shining "big snowflake" torch in the air, and everything seems to be the moment when the opening ceremony ends, frozen to this day.
In the smart music, the children interact with the "big snowflakes" with brilliant and pleasant snowflake lanterns, which is romantic and pure. They used brilliant and pleasant snowflake lanterns to light up the "Winter" emblem on the venue with the tradition of "making flower lanterns" around the 15th Lantern Festival of the first month. In the dazzling colors, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opened the joy of embracing the world.
The huge red "Chinese knot", which symbolizes auspicious unity, "suspends" between heaven and earth when athletes from all over the world enter. This "decoration", generated by digital AR technology and full of traditional Chinese festive meanings, not only expresses the connection between China and the world, but also pins on the Olympic spirit of "more unity" around the world.
"Remembrance of the moment" is a fixed proposition link at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. This Year's Winter Olympics chose "folding willows", which is a very Chinese characteristic interpretation.
80 dancers on the ice surface of the ground screen, using the way of human screen interaction, stepped out of a "weeping willow map". Willows are parting sorrows and seeds of the continuation of life, which float into people's hands and turn into sparkling willow branches.
365 ordinary people from all walks of life and different ages holding willow branches in their hands gathered in the center of the venue with silver willow branches in their arms, representing "365 days of unchanging remembrance and remembrance" in a year. In today's way, they interpret the Chinese inheritance of thousands of years of "farewell to the distant" and "folding willows to send affection".
And when the beam of light turns from white to green, the entire venue is dyed a tender green, so that the feeling of farewell is full of nostalgia but there is no sadness, people wander in the green, the farewell, remembrance and love of life, for a long time, endless.
When the children's version of the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games "Me and You" sounded in the "Bird's Nest", the warmth of the "City of Double Olympics" that lasted for 14 years seemed to never leave. Flag bearers from all over the world converged to the center in warmth, and the olympic rings rose in exactly the same classic way as in 2008, and fell with the "big snowflake" torch. This situation is not yet, the future is always there.
On February 20, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics officially kicked off at the "Bird's Nest" at the National Stadium. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
In the midst of nostalgia, the children's singing voices transitioned from "Me and You" to the theme song of this Winter Olympics, "Snowflakes". In the pure and childish song, the main Olympic torch in "Big Snowflake" was slowly extinguished after burning for a full 17 days...
After a brief silence, the flags of the delegations lit up, the "big snowflakes" lit up again, and the small snowflakes fluttered and danced, and the tones were also stained with the warmth of the flames.
In the ensuing fireworks display, "One World One" and "One World One Family" flashed in Chinese and English in the sky - the parting feeling was sublimated again.
Snowflakes, "folding willows", 17 days of excitement and struggle, 17 days of joy and mutual integration, depending on the parting, this feeling is not yet good. (End)
Source: China News Network