The main torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Big Snowflake," burned in the Olympic Park for more than 300 hours, and last night, it slowly extinguished with the song of "Snowflake." Above the Bird's Nest, fireworks played "One In the World" and "ONE WORLD ONE FAMILY" in Chinese and English, announcing the end of the 17-day "Ice and Snow Festival".
Brilliant snowflake lanterns, Chinese knot patterns generated by digital AR technology, "commemorative moments" with the theme of "folding willows to send farewell"... Like the wonderful opening ceremony performance, the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics has also become a topic of discussion on the internet. Japanese netizens also suffered a second blow after the opening ceremony.
"The closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is fantastic, very touching, the words of fireworks and the crystalline group are fantastic!"
"It's so nice... How can we not do this in Tokyo..."
Another promoter compared the "folded willow farewell" at the closing ceremony with the "wakame dance" at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and said sadly: You see how beautiful the folded willow choreography of the Beijing Winter Olympics is.
"Farewell to the willow" at the closing ceremony Image source: IC Photo
On February 20, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing was held at the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium, and the 17-day "Ice and Snow Event" came to an end.
In a period of about 80 minutes, the closing ceremony completed a number of ceremonial links stipulated by the International Olympic Committee, forming a narrative pattern of the first and second parts of the opening ceremony. The artistic interpretation of the "City of The Two Olympics" has also become one of the biggest highlights of the closing ceremony.
The opening performance "Light Up" and the beautiful folded willow in "Commemorative Moment" perfectly interpreted what "Chinese romance" should look like. In the "Milan Eight Minutes", the city of Milan and the city of Cortina d'Ampezzo brought a wonderful cultural performance "Twin Cities Together", which made the world feel the enthusiasm of Italians.
At the end of the closing ceremony, the dream five rings accompanied by the chorus of "Me and You" slowly rose - the "classic" of Beijing 14 years ago, reproducing the bird's nest. The snowflake torch platform descends, the dream five rings rise, and the two meet in the air.
At the same time, the five-ring fireworks rose again, echoing the same five-ring fireworks of the 2008 Olympic Games, reflecting the memory of the double Olympic Games. Above the Bird's Nest, fireworks were used to display the Chinese and English characters of "One World One Family" and "ONE WORLD ONE FAMILY", symbolizing the theme expression of "World Unity, One World" and the Olympic spirit of "More Unity", drawing a successful and successful end to the Winter Olympic Games.
Like the wonderful opening ceremony performance, the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics has also become a topic of discussion on the internet.
Japan's NHK television broadcast the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Japanese netizens, after the opening ceremony, also suffered a second blow - after all, the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, whether it is the opening ceremony or the closing ceremony, is a "shame" in the hearts of many Japanese people.
Perhaps because of this, many Japanese netizens are "opening wheat" on Twitter (the following part of the translation comes from @Ono Meizixue spit).
"The closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was so interesting that my eyes couldn't leave it for a moment. This is Chinese romance. ”
"This is the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics."
"The closing ceremony was so beautiful, so much better than the Tokyo Olympics."
"What a beautiful closing ceremony! I'm so unconvinced. ”
"AR technology! Speaking of AR, the first year of AR is 2017, but Tokyo did not use it, and it was used at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games until 2022. ”
"The Zodiac is also widely known in Japan, and this element is great! And AR technology? Chinese knots are also very Chinese! ”
"Chinese knot! The closing ceremony also took care of the foreshadowing of the opening ceremony, which was very powerful. ”
"The climax of the closing ceremony of our Tokyo Olympics was the moth flying onto the podium."
"The closing ceremony was terrible, and Tokyo lost miserably."
"Please, can the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics also dance that kind of resentful dance and give us some face, such as a snow monster dance, a wakame into a fine dance..."
And the most moving scene yesterday was this scene of "folding willows to send farewell"——
The scene enters the "moment of remembrance". "Commemorative moment" is a fixed proposition link at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and this Year's Winter Olympics has chosen the "folding willow", which is a very Chinese characteristic way to interpret. Ordinary people from all walks of life and of different ages held willow branches in their hands and gathered in the center of the venue, representing 365 days a year. At this moment, the stage of the closing ceremony is not only beautiful, but also expresses the traditional Chinese culture to people all over the world in a beautiful way.
It is no wonder that some Japanese netizens posted a comparison chart to hate iron and steel: "The performance of the Beijing Winter Olympics is really beautiful, to review our 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games." ”
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