Beijing, 1 Feb (Xinhua) -- "The Beijing Winter Olympics are not only a sports event, but also a cultural feast. At a press conference on the theme of "Winter Olympics, Sports and Culture" held on the first day of the Chinese New Year on February 1, Yan Jiarong, spokesman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said so.
From the main media center of the Beijing Division, the venues and facilities of various venues to the Winter Olympic Village where the athletes stay, the colorful Chinese "New Year's Flavor" can be seen everywhere, showing the Spring Festival atmosphere, but this is only the tip of the iceberg of the "Chinese style" at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"Whether it is the construction of venues, or the logo and landscape design, the Winter Olympics have integrated characteristic Chinese elements into all aspects, highlighting the 'Chinese style' everywhere." Yan Jiarong said that for example, the design of the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform incorporates the "flying sky" element of the Dunhuang mural, and the moment when the athletes fly in the wind is like "flying in the sky".
The appearance of the National Ski Jumping Center is the same as the traditional Chinese mascot "Ruyi", which means auspicious and ruyi, which is a good wish for the athletes of various countries and regions to achieve good results; the National Speed Skating Hall is called "Ice Ribbon", "Silk" is a Chinese cultural symbol, and at night, the glass pipe shaped like a ribbon outside the branch hall is like a Rainbow, giving people the romance of "dancing in the air", and the blue and green main color of the venue reveals the artistic conception of Chinese landscape painting; the National Snowmobile Bobsleigh Center takes "Chinese Dragon" as the creative element. At the same time, the track draws on the design concept of the classical garden water pavilion promenade; the seven tracks of the National Alpine Ski Center are like white waterfalls, allowing people to appreciate the magnificence of "flying down three thousand feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling for nine days".
Yan Jiarong said that such "Chinese romance" is also reflected in the logo image and landscape design. The emblem of the Beijing Winter Olympics is a clever combination of traditional calligraphy and ice and snow sports; sports icons interpret the power of winter sports with ancient seal carving art; the creativity of tinder lamps is derived from the Lights of the Changxin Palace of the Western Han Dynasty, which is cleverly designed and environmentally friendly; and the traditional 24 solar terms are also designed as a series of badges as entry marks for many venues.
Beijing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village), also known as the athlete's home, fully adopts the design concept of the courtyard. "This reflects the cultural core of the Chinese attaches importance to family harmony, and is also highly consistent with the Olympic spirit of pursuing peace, unity and fraternity." Yan Jiarong said that it coincided with the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival and window flowers in the Winter Olympic Village had been pasted, and activities such as making dumplings were naturally indispensable.
"Spring Festival is a day when families are together, and when the Spring Festival is together, we are also a family." As Zhao Weidong, spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, said, this Winter Olympic Games, which is full of "Chinese style", will be a sincere and affectionate New Year gift brought by China to the world. (End)