Niu Richeng | Writing
Haimo | audio
Chen Jiong | format
With the perfect conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China has fulfilled its solemn promise to dedicate a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world, and the Beijing Winter Olympics have also been evaluated by the International Olympic Committee as "a truly unparalleled Winter Olympics" and entered the annals of history. Looking back at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in addition to the wonderful events and the unforgettable unity and friendship of athletes from all over the world, Chinese cultural elements have become a hot topic and a major highlight.
At the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the evening of February 20, the scene of "folding willows and sending love" designed by the "farewell" link was popular on the Internet. In the music of "Farewell", 80 dancers walk out of a "weeping willow map", and 365 ordinary people slowly gather in the center of the venue holding willow branches to bid farewell to the Winter Olympics, an image derived from ancient Chinese culture.
In ancient China, when relatives and friends were separated, the sender would fold a wicker and give it to the traveler. When I miss my relatives and miss my former friends, I will also fold willows to send affection. Because the "willow" of the willow and the "stay" of the retention are harmonious, there is the meaning of farewell and hope for return, "folding willow" has also become a way of sending off with a unique oriental cultural charm. The earliest collection of poetry in the mainland, the Book of Poetry, has the expression "In the past, I went to the past, Andyy Willow yiyi". The Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's "Spring Night Los Angeles Wendi" wrote: "Whose jade flute flies darkly and scatters into the spring wind full of Luocheng." In this nocturne, the willow is broken, and who does not remember the old garden. At the time of the curtain of the Winter Olympic Games, the "folding willow" was used to interpret the Chinese the "farewell to the distant future" that has been passed down for thousands of years, bid farewell to athletes from all over the world with deep affection, and also passed on China's traditional culture and art to the world.
"Folding Willows" at the Beijing Winter Olympics
In the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, cultural scenes with unique Chinese characteristics were presented everywhere. The opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 coincided with the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar, marking the beginning of the four seasons. The countdown to the twenty-four solar terms at the opening ceremony vividly displayed the magnificence and wisdom of Chinese culture, full of the poetry of winter to spring and thriving, projecting Chinese outlook on life, values and cosmology, which quickly swept the screen on the Internet. At the closing ceremony, 12 huge skates carrying children flew and slid, using the shape of the traditional Chinese culture "Zodiac", which was exquisite, lively and cute.
The "Chinese knot" at the closing ceremony is another symbol that highlights the characteristics of Chinese culture. With the music of "Ode to Joy", the "traces" of 12 zodiac skates slipping out gradually formed a "Chinese knot" shape. At the same time, the red ribbon generated by AR technology flew into the "Bird's Nest" from all directions, decorating the snowflake torch platform hanging in the field into a giant red Chinese knot. The Chinese knot represents good wishes, symbolizes auspicious unity, symbolizes connection and connection, and is full of Chinese philosophical thought. Each ribbon of the Chinese knot can be formed into a knot independently, and many different ribbons can also be woven together, and after being woven, it symbolizes the "beauty and commonality" of athletes from all over the world. What is highlighted in this is the concept of Chinese advocating "the world is one, the world is one". In addition to the Chinese knot, there are also the world-known Chinese lanterns as performance elements, and 20,000 lanterns are lit on the stage and in the audience, warming the cold winter nights.
"Chinese Knot" at the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the venues with the integration of modern science and technology and the "cultural flavor" of Chinese meaning also highlight the profound humanistic color. The design of the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform incorporates the elements of "flying sky" in the Dunhuang murals, and the shape is beautiful and smooth. The National Bobsleigh Center adopts the idea of the Chinese cultural totem "dragon", 16 curves with different angles and slopes, just like a winding dragon hovering over the ridge, which is figuratively called "Snow Dragon". In the Winter Olympic Village, athletes from all over the world personally experience the traditional Chinese culture such as sticking spring leagues and sticking fu characters, and Chinese food culture is even more innumerable fans. At the time of the award, the ceremonial personnel wearing the costumes of "Ruixue Xiangyun", "Hongyun Landscape" and "Tang Hua Feixue" held up the Winter Olympic medals like concentric circles, and the ancient civilization and the Olympics reflected each other in every inch. It is the use of China's excellent traditional cultural elements that makes every detail of the Beijing Winter Olympics show the characteristics of Chinese culture to the world.
Compared with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which showed the cultural heritage and great power meteorology of China for 5,000 years with a magnificent field to the world, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will show a large and implicit and profound cultural heritage from the "small" place, so that the world can see a more symbolic and deeper side of Chinese culture, becoming another vivid expression of Chinese cultural self-confidence. The Beijing Winter Olympics came to a perfect end, leaving behind not only the unforgettable memories of a "truly unparalleled" Olympic event, but also a deep memory of China's excellent culture to the world.
Zodiac "skates" at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed the need to strengthen the "four self-confidences", one of which is cultural self-confidence. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Both history and reality show that a nation that has abandoned or betrayed its own history and culture is not only unlikely to develop, but is also likely to stage a series of historical tragedies. Cultural self-confidence is a more basic, broader and deeper self-confidence, a more basic, deeper and more lasting force. Strengthening cultural self-confidence is a major issue related to the rise and fall of national fortunes, cultural security, and the independence of the national spirit.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will make the beauty of Traditional Chinese Culture echo with the beauty of competitive sports, add a different brilliance to the Olympic Movement, and once again prove that China's excellent traditional culture has an inexhaustible source, and we have reason to strengthen Chinese cultural self-confidence and make Chinese culture glow with more amazing charm.