Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, presented the statue of the Olympic Flame to Greek President Sacraloplu
On October 18, 2021, the world-renowned Fire Gathering Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully held at the ancient Olympia Site in the Peloponnese Peninsula of Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. "Olympic Art Messenger" Huang Jian's new sculpture series "Olympic Flame" was presented to the Greek Fuehrer and other guests as a gift for tinder collection. In order to help the collection of flames for the Winter Olympics, carry forward the Olympic spirit, enhance Sino-Greek friendship, and promote world peace, it has been praised by all parties and shines in Olympia.
At the warm welcome dinner, Yu Zaiqing, special representative of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, presented the "Olympic Flame" sculpture to Greek President Katrina Sacraloplu, IOC President Thomas Bach, Greek Olympic Committee President Spiralos and Mayor Olympia. The guests were deeply attracted by the profound and beautiful artwork in front of them, and took a group photo to commemorate the occasion, and the praise and applause lasted for a long time, pushing the welcome dinner to the climax.
Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, presented the statue of the Olympic Flame to IOC President Thomas Bach
IOC President Bach praised: The Olympic Flame is a great symbol of light, unity, friendship, peace and justice, and will become a beacon of hope for human unity in fighting the epidemic.
Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, presented the sculpture of the Olympic Flame to the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos
Capralos, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, happily accepted this gift of Sino-Greek friendship and won a round of warm applause.
Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, presented the sculpture of "Olympic Flame" to the mayor of Olympia
The Mayor of Olympia was overjoyed to accept this sculpture symbolizing the everlasting flame of Olympia.
Sculpture of the Olympic Flame
This is an Olympic peace ceremony, the "Olympic Flame" sculpture shows the ancient Greek goddess of victory who has experienced three thousand years of wind and rain in Beijing Nirvana was reborn as an Olympic goddess, holding up the Olympic peace flame, holding up the peace dove and olive branch, jade standing on the lotus flower symbolizing peace and beauty, just like a beam of hope calling on all countries in the world to work together and unite against the epidemic, which will illuminate mankind to walk out of the dark tunnel of the new crown epidemic, meet the covenant of ice and snow, and run to a better future. The works integrate elements of eastern and western peace culture such as lotus flowers, olive branches, and peace doves, and perfectly interpret the dream of peace, the Olympic dream, and the dream of the world.
This is a gift of the Olympic spirit, and the marble pedestal inscribed with the new Olympic motto "Faster, higher, stronger - unity" signed by President Bach, implying that the Beijing Winter Olympics will become a monument to the Olympic spirit in the new era.
This is a gift of Sino-Greek friendship, and the "Olympic Flame" relief sculpture creates a "Olympic Goddess" that holds high the flame: the Sacred Mountain of Olympia and the Great Wall of Badaling and the Xiaohaituo Mountain, the Ancient Greek Arena and the Bird's Nest Stadium, the Olympia Sacred Flame and the two groups of Bird's Nest Sacred Flames symbolizing the City of the Double Olympics echo in the distance, and three friendship tracks connecting the ancient Greek civilization and Chinese civilization, implying that the Chinese and Greek peoples will jointly raise the Olympic flame of peace and carry forward the Olympic spirit. It shows a magnificent picture of "the Olympic Silk Road connects China and Greece, the Olympic spirit is passed down from ancient to modern times, the Olympic flame is burning the world, and the Olympic goddess blesses mankind".
Relief of the Olympic Flame
This is a cultural gift of the Winter Olympics, the center of the back is the symbol of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, surrounded by 24 Winter Olympic sports icons, the outer olive branch and the Winter Olympic theme slogan "Together to the Future" constitute a beautiful laurel, implying that the athletes of the five continents gathered at the Winter Olympic Games, worked hard, and achieved better results.
The author of "Olympic Flame" is the world's first Chinese artist Huang Jian to be awarded the "Ambassador of Olympic Art" by the International Olympic Committee, and has created permanent large-scale sculptures for six Olympic Games so far. She expressed her expectation that she would create a sculpture with the theme of "Olympic Flame" for the City of Olympia's Sacred Flame to inherit the Olympic spirit, enhance Sino-Greek friendship, and realize The beautiful expectation of President Bach's "Hope that the Olympic Goddess" will fly from the modern Olympic capital of Lausanne to the host city of each Olympic Games, scatter the flower of Olympic peace to the world, and spread the voice of Olympic peace throughout the heavens" to help the Beijing Winter Olympics be successful and auspicious. Let the Holy Flame be held high, the Olympic goddess of peace, and the Flame of Peace in Olympia be blessed with endless life and glory.