Today is the last day of the countdown to the Hangzhou Asian Games, which is an extremely exciting and anticipated number, and after turning this final number, the grand event that has been prepared for eight years will be truly presented to us.
I remember eight years ago, at the Olympic Sports Center in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, when the Olympic Council of Asia announced that Hangzhou had won the right to host the 19th Asian Games, the Chinese people were boiling. Hosting the Asian Games for the third time is China's responsibility as a responsible major country, and it has become the third host city of the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou, which is the glory of Hangzhou.
This is sure to be a successful sporting event. The Asian Games created a number of "historical bests", with more than 12,000 athletes registered for the competition, covering all 45 national and regional Olympic Committees in Asia, with a total of 40 major events, 61 sub-events and 481 sub-events, covering characteristic sports in various regions of Asia and emerging sports such as breakdancing. In addition to Hangzhou as the host city, there are five co-host cities, including Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing and Jinhua, which is the largest, most numerous projects and most extensive Asian Games in the history of the Asian Games. Most of the events of the Hangzhou Asian Games have been selected for the Paris Olympic Games, and more Olympic champions will appear in the Asian Games, and the competitiveness and spectacle will also exceed those of previous editions.
This is sure to be a wonderful cultural event. How was the "torch" collected from the 5,000-year-old site of Liangzhu of empirical Chinese civilization lit at the opening ceremony? The Hangzhou Asian Games will give us a surprise - on the opening night, the 104 million Asian Games digital torchbearers will turn into a figuration, cross the Qiantang River, come to the big lotus, and light the main cauldron in the form of "participation of all people, integration of data and reality", creating the first digital ignition ceremony in the history of the Asian Games. The opening day coincides with the autumnal equinox of the 24th solar term, and during the event, the tide of the Qiantang River will be encountered. At the opening ceremony, we will see the rushing Qianjiang tide, smell the refreshing fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and encounter elegant Tang poetry and Song poetry. Integrate the power of science and technology with the beauty of art, and plug in the wings of imagination for traditional culture. The Hangzhou Asian Games, which brings the light of 5,000 years of civilization, will surely attract the attention of the world with a beautiful oriental aesthetic feast.
This will definitely be an integrated exchange event. Be a person who sits on the sidelines and applauds! "Spend every moment with hard work, cheer for victory, sing for courage". Any sport is not a "one-man show" by athletes themselves. The athletes are on the field, the spectators are off the field, your fighting figure and my waving hands, together to complete a two-way run here. Your efforts, I feel, my enthusiasm, you experience, "life warms life, strength inspires strength". You and I live in Asia Minor, but we have very different cultures. During the competition, every Asian Games city will become the home of athletes. More people will plant seeds of friendship here and leave good memories. "Heart to heart, @未来", it is a slogan, but also our attitude.
The same sea and sky, the same dawn and stars, the same yearning and longing, the same fulfillment of our dream. Eight years of preparation was a long journey, but when we reached the finish line and looked back, it was so short. The end of the preparation is also the starting point of the event, tomorrow, let us set our eyes on the "big lotus", watch the wind and tide, and watch the "lotus" bloom under the moon.
Editor-in-chief: Gu Wanquan, Zhang Wu Text editor: Zhao Xuyang
Source: Author: New Blue Network Client