July 14 is the third day of the Universiade Torch Relay in Chengdu, which was held at five universities. The first stop was the Liulin Campus of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, where the Universiade torch "Rong Huo" was lit. Subsequently, the torch relay came to Sichuan Communications Vocational and Technical College, Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine Wenjiang Campus, Sichuan Agricultural University Wenjiang Campus and Chengdu Institute of Technology, and 152 torchbearers from sports, civil aviation, education, science and technology and other fields completed the torch relay on the 14th. The Universiade torch relay began on June 10 and has been relayed to universities in Beijing, Harbin, Shenzhen, Chongqing and Yibin.
Meet the volunteer service station on the streets of Chengdu
With the passing of torches in colleges and universities, the Universiade is closer to college students. The excitement of the Universiade is not only in the venue, but also in the entire venue. With the 31st Summer Universiade approaching in Chengdu, thousands of urban volunteer service stations have been put into operation, which are located in important areas such as the vicinity of Universiade venues, business district attractions, and transportation hubs, providing convenient consultation, event promotion, urban publicity and other services. Our reporter visited one of the newest stations.
It rained heavily in Chengdu on this day, and at this volunteer service station in Chengdu High-tech Zone, volunteer Dawa Dolma prepared rain gear early and thoughtfully prepared a few more towels.
Chengdu Universiade City Volunteer Dawa Zhuoma: Most of the people who come have some emergency needs, to shelter from the rain, or to borrow an umbrella, like older people, we may also help him to hail a car and send him to the destination he wants to go.
In addition to these emergency needs, the small station also has the function of urban promotion. This small station is equipped with live broadcast display screens, cultural and creative products, competition schedules, emergency first aid kits and other facilities and equipment, creating a youthful, energetic and friendly volunteer service scene. In addition, some expats also work and live around this small station, and they are also infected by the atmosphere of the Universiade.
Chengdu Universiade City Volunteer Dawa Dolma: I remember the last time a foreign tourist asked me about the Universiade, he said when and where the Universiade will be held, and where you can buy tickets. In this small station, we also have some manuals about the introduction of the Universiade, and there are books like these, which can convey our Tianfu culture and introduce some of our life characteristics in Chengdu to international friends.
Before being selected as a volunteer, Dawa Dolma's daily work was actually a cultural and commercial district planner, and unlike the Universiade event volunteers, these Universiade city volunteers served more people outside the venues and events.
Chengdu Universiade City Volunteer Dawa Dolma: As a volunteer of the city, I am also very honored and proud to serve some residents in our surrounding area, including tourists.
The story behind the medal and ribbon design
The expectations and blessings from the world are an encouragement to Chengdu and applause for China. Today, the world looks to China; Tomorrow, China will surely amaze the world. All kinds of amazing, some are hidden in the details, such as medals. At the Chengdu Universiade, how were the medals and ribbons carrying glory and dreams carefully designed? Let's find out together.
Medals are an important part of every sporting event and a window into the culture of the host city. As a famous historical and cultural city, the design of the medals of this Universiade reflects the "literary and artistic style" full of historical heritage.
First of all, this medal has a beautiful name, called "Rong Guang". Taken from the abbreviation "Rong" in Chengdu, the homonym is "glory", which means glory and brilliance, and pins on the good expectations of the Universiade athletes to spread their wings and ride their dreams in Chengdu.
The Sun God Bird holds up the dream Chinese elements make up the time wall
Let's look at the pattern. The front design of the medal gives the "Sun God Bird" a geometric sense of wings, echoing the emblem "U" of the Games, like a sacred bird, flapping its wings, symbolizing the protection of dreams and flying confidently to the colorful future. At the same time, a splendid time wall containing a variety of representative elements of Chinese civilization is embedded in the geometric fan to present the brilliant splendor and evolution history of China's 5,000-year civilization.
Chengdu Universiade medal designer Zhou Ying: Chinese writing is the oldest script in the world, that Chengdu ancient Shu civilization, so we looked for it, it turns out that the word "Shu" first appeared on the oracle bone script, so we came up with a particularly good concept, that is, to use the "Shu" character of the Shu culture of the country of Tianfu to show a subordinate text, from oracle bones, golden scripts, seal books, affiliation books, kaishu, xingshu, to the Song script, let's show it like this.
Embedded in red enamel symbolizes youth and perseverance
The back of the medal pays more attention to the presentation of color, so the design is embedded with a red enamel, adding the silhouette of Chengdu's urban construction, showing the long history of Chinese civilization and Chengdu's profound cultural heritage, aiming to show the global athletes the image of Chengdu's modern international metropolis and diverse and inclusive cultural temperament.
Chengdu Universiade medal designer Zhou Ying: Because the color of enamel is very bright, it has a very youthful feeling. The other is enamel, which is very durable, and we also want to express the spirit of perseverance of athletes.
Inheritance of the millennium intangible cultural heritage medal ribbon is woven using Shu brocade
Medals will come with ribbons. The medal ribbon of this year's Chengdu Universiade is also unique, and it also innovatively uses the Shu brocade weaving technology that has been passed down for thousands of years, turning our intangible cultural heritage into a touchable "Rong Guang".
Hu Guangjun, director of the Chengdu Ancient Shu Jin Research Institute: The weaving technique of Shu Jin is an ancient science and technology, and it is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancient working people. This is the model we used before the 90s of the 20th century, and it evolved from that small flower building wood loom to this model. The ribbon for the Chengdu Universiade was produced by these two looms.
Overcome production difficulties and pass on excellent traditional culture
Behind the infinite creativity, there are also many sudden problems in the design and production of ribbons. For example, Shujin weaving is difficult to achieve double-sided same grain and cannot meet the design standards of the general system. To this end, the design team designed the back drawing of the red moire pattern and bound it together. However, this in turn prevented the ribbon from passing through the invisible interface of the medal. To this end, the design team solved the challenge by reducing the thickness of the ribbon and widening the diameter of the medal interface.
Chengdu Universiade medal ribbon designer Mariva: So when we say that this sports event is actually a bridge, we feel that through such a grand event for young people, such an excellent traditional culture can be passed on in a form visible to the naked eye, I think this is a very good form.
"Park City" is moving!
If competitive sports belong to stadiums, then mass sports can be everywhere. As the first park city demonstration area in the mainland, Chengdu is itself a natural open-air stadium, where sports are free and this summer is hot. The big luck is approaching, the heart is to Chengdu, vitality China, move together!