Editor's Note:
On the night of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, overseas Chinese in Japan wrote their feelings in the circle of friends, and were also excited and excited about the entry of the Chinese team, and after the Chinese team entered the stadium for a while, the circle of friends was a sea of red, which fully demonstrated everyone's pride and expectations. For the opening ceremony, it was mixed. The Chinese Herald excerpts some of the circle of friends and shares them with readers.
The opening ceremony should take into account a global audience
Artist in Japan Yan An
After the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, there were various spectators who said "hades culture", and many people asked me, what is the kind of ghost dance at the Tokyo Olympics? It seems that everyone attaches more importance to the Olympics. I think that for the vast majority of Chinese audiences, even those who study dance, they may still be quite unfamiliar with the Japanese Dark Dance.
As a professional dancer, you may first look at the performance and the visual itself, rather than academic, ethnic division and political interpretation, in fact, just like the 08 Beijing Olympics, how many people in the world really understand the esoteric culture of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting?
For each country, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is the best important stage to show the world the culture of various countries and the current spiritual orientation, and as a successful representative of Japan's contemporary culture, the most systematic and internationally influential contemporary performing art form, it seems inevitable to use it in the Olympic Games.
I have been in Japan for 1988, and in 1990 and 1991 I attended and experienced the workshops of Kazuo Ono, a master dancer, and his field creation internship. It really gave me a sense of disruption and a new experience.
Japanese dance (also known as dark dance), is a form of modern dance, created by Japanese dancers Kazuo Ono and Togatashi after World War II, intended to break the traditional Western aesthetic view of performance, movement, and limbs, and pursue the liberation and freedom of pure spirit and flesh, and the unique and new body language of dancing like standing and walking zombies, which is simply decadent aesthetics and dark shades in terms of our current sunny and tall aesthetic standards and tastes.
Dancers are usually naked and painted with white powder, and the performance often contains elements such as shouting, twisting, creeping, crab feet, and spasms. After the 1980s, Japanese dance steps have gradually been welcomed, valued and highly recognized by the European and American dance circles, and dance performances are more often seen in various art festivals and dance festivals in the world.
In this sense, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games shows the world that Japan is hosting the Olympic Games under the current epidemic situation and the emergency in Tokyo, as well as in the many strong opposition of the Japanese people, the "self-suing" in this environment and atmosphere, the self-supplication is rooted in the soul and blood of the Japanese people, so this year when we do "Chinese New Year's Eve night to light up the Tokyo Tower China Red", it is also the implementation of no audience, cancel the cheerful and festive style, but for the first time on the Tokyo Tower, the Chinese character "hope" is common to both China and Japan.
In this painful environment in which the epidemic has broken the order of the world and life, it is impossible to express it in the form of great joy and great celebration, but to use the aesthetics that have been passed down for thousands of years in Japanese culture: material mourning, mysteriousness and loneliness, and a unique aesthetic to show the unique aesthetic consciousness in Japanese culture at the moment of the epidemic. In fact, this is also a high-level aesthetic taste, but this aesthetic is very small, it is bound to suffer all kinds of criticism, from the perspective of mass communication and appreciation, from the perspective of the world's largest sports event such as the Olympic Games, it may be unsuccessful and inappropriate.
The general director and choreographer of the Olympic Games, whether from form or aesthetics, is no longer a personal orientation, or even just the orientation of a certain country, the Olympic Games should be a major event for each country to convey its international status and its own attitude towards world culture, and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in each country should be a careful decision after careful consideration by elites from all walks of life such as politics, culture, art, business, science and technology.
Therefore, the big pattern and audience are completely different, the choreographer can of course have dance elements or fragments, but the dance content of the blockbuster and the main theme is too personal, and the world's largest international sports event like this should of course take into account the global audience.
Man's mind cannot rest on its laurels
Guo Yu, author of the Traveling Japanese Bard
To say a few words about the Olympics, it's really interesting to see a lot of cultural contrasts on the Internet.
Japanese people pay attention to the aesthetics of material mourning, such as dry landscapes, Shinto sacrifices, The heart cemetery group, the culture of the hot spring baths, and even the generation of the national anthem, the aesthetic basis of which is the same, the first part of the opening ceremony In addition to the Japanese national anthem, the "Praying" of the hades program said by netizens is also based on such an aesthetic basis, and it is true to say that the underworld is also true, this dance can be understood as a dialogue with the undead.
Chinese feel that this kind of thing can not be on the table, we subconsciously feel that something happened in some place and died some people, these things are said privately, but it is inappropriate and inappropriate to be spoken by people in a certain place, and the attitude towards death in Chinese culture, especially for the dead, is inconsistent with Japanese culture, too many anime works are based on the world of the dead, gods, and monsters, so I will not say more here.
In addition, it is a problem of groups and individuals, Chinese habits of grand aesthetic performance, such as how many people do certain actions in a neat manner, watching broadcasts on TV, and watching live performances will feel exciting, and substitute their emotions into the group. After the defeat of Japan, especially the intellectual circles are very wary of this (except for the right wing) The Japanese culture after the defeat of the war is not expressed in an aesthetic sense, I think it is similar to American liberalism, more of an individual, from a small point of view to show the understanding of things.
Cultural differences are pervasive, and I think it's interesting to respect cultural differences and try to understand the social development context implicit in different cultures. Epidemics can make the world stagnate, but it is better for people's minds not to rest on their laurels.
I see the bitterness of the Olympic stadium every day
Mod's hair stands for Director Wu Xiaoling
What an olympics that will not be easy! It's a struggle between humans and nature! For the continuation of the Olympic spirit, the Japanese people have challenged the limits of "fraternity"!
Yesterday, I saw a friend write in a micro-text that "the opening ceremony of the Japan Olympic Games is a bit yin~" I am very angry! How many people in the world have died in the new crown this year and a half! How many people are still battling COVID-19 right now! Throughout the opening ceremony, simple and generous to show that "people will win the day" throughout! Meaning is extraordinary!
I paid particular attention to one of the commentaries: an athlete who works as a nurse on a daily basis, has given all his energy and time to fighting COVID-19 during the pandemic. He eventually gave up his right to play in the Olympics. There's no need for fancy here! No need for rhetoric! Now, the world needs the "fraternity" of human nature!
I live in Japan, and my company is just across the road from the opening ceremony venue of the Olympic Games. I look at it every day and I know it's been bittersweet for more than a year! It's not easy to wait until today! Athletes from 205 countries and regions are looking forward to going all out! Bring out your best results! Cheers all athletes! You are a symbol of world peace! Come on Japan! We are all in solidarity.
Finally, to borrow my cousin in China after watching the opening ceremony:
Very simple at the opening ceremony of the present, the ignition ceremony is only passed through human hands, and no technology can be infinitely publicized. The weak are stronger than the strong, the whole world is becoming humble, showing vulnerability and boundaries, and life will bloom even if it is in vain.
I saw the big word "people" in it
Sun Xiuping, a media person in Japan
Very touched by the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Seeing the Chinese and American teams and the Japanese team play, their faces are the same smile, the same excitement and beauty. Regardless of the relationship between countries, everyone is equal before sports, compared to skills, and the competition is spiritual. In the Olympic Arena, there is no need for violence and discrimination, only equality and mutual assistance. When the Olympic torch is handed over from the hands of famous athletes to the hands of ordinary citizens. When I saw the cute children in the disaster area, the hard-working and loving doctors, nurses, and mixed-race children of black blood also had a bit of a place on the fire, I saw a big flip-flop!
The simple Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, without ornate decorations and excessive performances, not to mention any expensive costumes and props, but it interpreted the Olympic concept to the extreme, which made me cry many times, especially when I saw the faltering old famous baseball player Shigeo Matsushima, and the Chinese Wang Zhenzhi walking to the sacred fire platform together. I know that even if I am old and can't move, I won't be rejected, even if I walk slowly, I won't be abandoned by society!
On the night of the opening ceremony, the children were told about the Olympic Games
Dong Hongjun, a teacher at The University of Japan
Tokyo 2020 is opening!
Since April 1992, he has been lecturing at universities in the central region, facing Japanese college students at the podium of more than a dozen universities in the central region; teaching classes for many years in Toyota Motor Corporation, NTT and other enterprises and non-governmental organizations, facing Japanese social people; giving lectures at Northwest University, Anhui University of Science and Technology and other colleges and universities in China during the holidays, facing college students; only once, he went to a middle school in Guangzhou to give a lecture, facing middle school students. Today's first lecture to primary school students, or WeChat teaching, this is the big girl on the car - the first time!
Ms. Sun, the person in charge of the summer camp of "Family Affection china, tells you stories" recently approached me and hoped that I would serve as the camp chief of this period. I asked the battalion commander what his duties were, and she replied easily: it was to announce "open camp" when the camp began, and "Hard work" at the end of the camp! "I guess since it's so easy, I'll happily agree!" [Laughs]
So every night it was time for class, diving to listen to the lessons. In the first half hour, I listened to Teacher Luo tell the story of "Journey to the West", and in the second half of the hour, I listened to Teacher Chen tell the story of the animal world. The children were all very smart and engaged, which made me deeply infected and healed.
Today, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, I was assigned to give the children an hour of knowledge about the Olympic Games. It is not easy to explain the history and significance of the Olympic Games clearly, so I made serious preparations and played hard. The results were unexpected, the children responded enthusiastically, and an hour passed quickly.
Especially when the children shouted out "I am Chinese, I am proud" one by one, I was deeply moved, and I also shouted out "I am Chinese, I am proud!" ”
Tokyo 2020 has begun, and I hope that the Chinese delegation of 777 people will live up to expectations and return with full fruit.