The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will break with tradition, will be held on the world-famous Seine, where athletes will board a boat and sail six kilometers to the Eiffel Tower. Along the way, around 2,000 artists will perform 12 stage productions, showcasing Paris's world-renowned arts and culture, while blending seamlessly with the Olympic Games.
Located across the river from the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, located on the left bank of the Seine in Paris, is known as one of the most beautiful museums in Europe. On the second floor of the Musée d'Orsay, there is a beautiful floor-to-ceiling window with a beautiful view of the Seine in Paris; Looking into the distance, you can see the Louvre. On the day of the opening ceremony, the Musée d'Orsay will invite some visitors to the open-air observation deck on the top floor of the museum to have a panoramic view of the athletes' delegation parade on the Seine, sharing a feast of the Olympic spirit and culture and art with the world.
The Musée d'Orsay was originally a train station designed for the 1900 Universal Exposition, and the 100-meter station hall, the overhead glass canopy, and the train station clock have all been preserved. They are like a tunnel through time and space, transporting people back to the golden age of art in the 19th century. The Sail Museum is home to some of the world's largest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, with a focus on Western art created between 1848 and 1914. Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait", Monet's "Blue Water Lilies", and Renoir's "The Ball at the Pancake Mill" are all "treasures of the town".
The biggest feature of this Olympic Games is that it integrates the Olympics with cultural and historical attractions. The Palace of Versailles, on the southwestern outskirts of Paris, France, was built in the 17th century by Louis XIV, the Sun King, and is now a national museum, open to the public, and is a famous attraction in France and a world cultural heritage. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held here for events such as equestrian and modern pentathlon.
To coincide with the equestrian events at the Paris Olympics, the Château de Versailles is hosting an exhibition on the horse culture of the Louis XIV period and the art of European horsemanship. It is understood that the exhibition will last from July 2nd to November 3rd. The Palace of Versailles is one of the five largest palaces in the world and has deep roots in hunting, equestrian and other sports, with equestrian events making their debut at the 1900 Paris Olympics. It is understood that equestrianism is one of the few sports in which men and women compete together. The equestrian programme at Paris 2024 will showcase how well horses and riders work together in three different competitions: show jumping, dressage and eventing, which will take place from 27 July to 6 August this year.
The royal gardens of the Palace of Versailles are full of greenery, and citizens and tourists shuttle through them, boating on the artificial canals, which is a pleasant experience. The equestrian competition venue for the Paris Olympics has now been completed and is being put to the foreground. On the one hand, there are Olympic venues, and on the other hand, there are cultural attractions, which truly realizes the integration of nature and the Olympics, and also confirms the slogan of the Paris Olympics: make the Olympics more open. At this year's Paris Olympics, the Chinese team will send two athletes to participate in the equestrian competition, one of whom is Sun Huadong, who is 33 years old this year, the oldest of the Jiangsu Olympic athletes. He will enjoy the game here and show the style of a Chinese knight.
(Jiangsu Radio and Television Financial Media News Center/Li Xuan Editor/Zhao Mengyan)