"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green..." At the end of the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the melody of "Farewell" sounded, the lights played emerald green willow leaves swaying gracefully, and the green of the earth flooded, symbolizing that spring was coming... The whole audience was suddenly silent, let the music flutter melodiously, the scene of this moment is dreamlike, the picture is quiet, the music is ethereal, the subtle and elegant style atmosphere makes people blend in...
At this moment, my eyes are a little blurry and moist, as a Chinese, I know the meaning of farewell, the hospitable national nature, the reluctance to guests and friends, the sadness of seeing each other again, etc., many meanings, are contained in this melody and picture! "Folding willows to send farewell", a simple feeling of an ancient nation.
"Once upon a time, Willow Yiyi." Now I come to think, rain and snow. The famous sentence of the "Book of Poetry" describes the homesickness of the ancient northwestern Cypriot soldiers. There is also "willow outside the guest house, folding to the south branch." "The elderly send themselves off pedestrians, and break the willows on the side of the border city road" and so on. During the Qin Dynasty, more willow trees were planted along the Chang'an Bahe River, and people who sent relatives and friends folded willow branches here to send each other, in order to pin their feelings and righteousness, not to leave the distance, "willow" and "stay" harmonic sounds.
The Winter Olympics will not last long, only sixteen days. The ice and snow athletes compete in the field, and there is a lot of pity on the field, after all, only he (she) more than 2,000 people in the world participate, and the pain of many years of training? Only I know best.
Therefore, the simple feelings of the athletes are very sincere! Whether you get a medal or not? Each other cheered and embraced warmly, how many tearful and touching scenes? It also becomes a memorable memory of their lives.
Human beings yearn for peace, human beings yearn for friendship, no matter which country they are, this is a common feeling! The Olympic Games embody this spirit, it is very pure, so it is supported by all mankind.
Such a beautiful and pure feeling, in the closing ceremony, with such a beautiful and poetic melody, light and shadow, color, dance form? The combination is breathtaking.
Fold the willow to say goodbye! A good story left in the history of the Olympic Games, she not only belongs to you and me, she belongs to all mankind, the memory and reproduction of the ancient culture of the East. (Anyang, Henan, Li Lun, 20220220)