In 2008, he was a volunteer at the Beijing Olympic Games to cheer for Olympic athletes around the world, participated in the mass performance activities in front of the Bird's Nest when the 2015 Beijing Winter Olympics bid was successful, joined the Chaoyang District Volunteer Family Service Team with his wife in 2021, and participated in the urban volunteer service activities of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games... Speaking of his fate with the Olympic Games, Shu Caisheng, 72 years old this year, was excited.
"The neighborhood we live in is called Media Village! That was where journalists from various countries lived during the 2008 Olympic Games. Shu Caisheng pointed to the towering residential buildings and proudly introduced.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Shu Caisheng's Red Sun Choir was invited to volunteer for the Beijing Olympic Games, responsible for cheering in the venue. "It was the first time in my life that I saw so many foreigners, and I really felt the strength of the country and could hold such a grand event!" After that, Shu Caisheng became interested in sports and actively participated in national fitness activities. Gradually, Shu Caisheng and his wife became softball masters, participating in softball competitions and international softball exchange conferences many times.
What Shu Caisheng did not expect was that a small softball 7 years later also contributed to his second association with the Olympics. On July 31, 2015, when IOC President Bach announced that Beijing had won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, several large-scale mass performances were held in front of the main venue of the bid, including performances rich in traditional national culture such as softball, flower sticks, dragon and lion dances, and tai chi.
Shu Caisheng and his wife participated in the 1,000-person softball performance and witnessed the success of the bid for the Winter Olympics at the scene. "There was live broadcast on the big screen on the podium, and when the president of the International Olympic Committee announced the success of Beijing's bid, the whole audience boiled over, and everyone was excited to perform while crying." Recalling the scene at that time, Shu Caisheng's eyes lit up with tears again. Although it has been six years, he still remembers many details of the scene.
In order to continue to support the Beijing Winter Olympics, Shu Caisheng, 72, and his 70-year-old wife signed up for the community volunteer family service team in Chaoyang District to participate in the urban volunteer service work of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. They are mainly responsible for security, guidance and environmental protection and health in the community, and are civilized "guides" and "propagandists".
In 2018, he joined the "ice and snow exercise" training class held in the streets of the Olympic Village, and after learning, he promoted the ice and snow exercises to the community, and also set up an ice and snow exercise team, which currently has more than 50 team members, which has become the "old regular" of the Olympic Village street publicity and performance activities.
Shu Caisheng is also a well-known celebrity in the green home community of the Olympic Village Street, and everyone calls him "Teacher Shu". Walking into Shu Caisheng's home, the walls are hung with paintings of him and his wife, and next to the dinner table there is a new work on the theme of the Winter Olympics, painting four speed skaters who are crossing the curve, some of them swing their arms to accelerate, some of their bodies slightly flex to reduce the center of gravity to control the balance, and the character image is vivid and lively. In the upper left there is also a five-law poem created by Shu Caisheng: "Ten thousand miles of cold covenant, Youyan will make the dream come true." Five continents celebrate with congratulations, and the Winter Olympics usher in the New Year. ”
"Battles, rhymes, and peace must be ordered." When it comes to poetry creation, Shu Caisheng, who has been a Chinese teacher, also has his own persistence. Writing poetry has also become the main way for Shu Caisheng to express his emotions, and he has written many related poems about the Winter Olympics. "The guard pavilion greets the dawn, Mo Dao this morning. Birds and finches sing through the forest and sing branches, gracefully greeting the Winter Olympics", this is an article written by Shu Caisheng when participating in volunteer service in the city, "Bu Operators , I Stand Guard for the Winter Olympic Test Match".
Not long ago, Shu Caisheng shared his theme slogan of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics in the national K song to promote the song "Together to the Future", accompanied by photos of volunteer service, so that people can feel the expectations of the elderly for the Beijing Winter Olympics across the screen.
For the residents' enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics, Sun Dawei, secretary of the Party Committee of the Green Home Community in the Olympic Village Street, has a deep understanding, "They are very supportive of volunteer work, and there are already more than 120 volunteers in the community, who express their enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics in various ways." ”