The Chinese character "zhi" is a moving "person".
A demonstration of the value and meaning of life, a praise of the spirit and will of sports...
On the evening of July 13, China Millennium Monument in Beijing. When the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games emblem - "Heaven, Earth and People" showed its moving appearance to the world for the first time at the closing ceremony party of the "Beijing 2008" Second Olympic Cultural Festival, the applause lasted for a long time and colorful flags flew all over the sky. .
The birth of the Paralympic Games emblem fully reflects the international community’s respect, understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture
Looking at the emblem in front of him, Jiang Xiaoyu, vice chairman of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, was filled with emotion. thousand. The Olympic Organizing Committee official who witnessed the entire process of emblem collection, selection, modification, review, approval and final unveiling said: "Like the 2008 Summer Olympics, the preparations for the 2008 Paralympics have also received high attention from the Party Central Committee and the State Council. Paying attention to it and hosting the 2008 Paralympic Games successfully is also a historic task undertaken by Beijing.” He said that the birth of the Paralympic Games emblem is the result of the scientific, rigorous and continuous improvement work of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It once again fully reflects the international community's respect, understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture, and represents the international community's concern, trust and support for the preparations for the Beijing Olympics.
The Paralympic Games emblem is the core expression of the spirit and concepts advocated and pursued by the Paralympic Games. It is also the most influential image symbol of a Paralympic Games. In order to ensure that the emblem selection for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games is conducted in an open, just and fair manner, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee strictly followed the procedures prescribed by relevant laws and regulations during the emblem selection process, and the entire process was notarized.
After repeated reviews and revisions, the work "Heaven, Earth and People" finally stood out
On March 24 this year, the collection of emblems for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games was officially launched. Domestic and foreign professional design institutions with design qualifications have issued targeted solicitation letters. As of April 30, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee had received 81 valid works in one day, of which 13 were created by disabled people. On May 1st, the selection committee, composed of 9 authoritative experts in the art and design circles at home and abroad, including Chairman of the China Artists Association, Jin Shangyi, conducted a strict and careful selection of all works, and selected 11 shortlisted works for re-evaluation. , the original work "Heaven, Earth and People" created by Liu Bo, associate professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts - Work No. 048 is among these 11 works.
After soliciting opinions from all parties and conducting a preliminary review by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Executive Committee, it was decided to focus on revising 5 of the 11 works. On June 4, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee specially invited people from all walks of life, including people with disabilities, to form a review committee to solicit opinions on the top 11 works, especially the 5 revised works. As a result of the evaluation, everyone’s attention once again focused on work No. 048. On June 5, the Paralympic Games Emblem Selection Committee held a special review meeting, and three works, including work No. 048, were submitted to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for review and approval. On June 10, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Executive Committee unanimously agreed on Work No. 048 as the best plan and once again proposed some modifications. After final revisions, revised work No. 048 was finally determined as the Paralympic Games emblem plan.
On June 21, the State Council agreed to submit revised work No. 048 to the International Paralympic Committee. On June 25, the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games emblem plan was unanimously approved by the International Paralympic Committee. In this way, after rigorous review by Chinese and foreign experts, repeated comparisons, careful screening, multiple revisions and adjustments, and arguments from people from all walks of life, work No. 048 "Heaven, Earth and People" finally stood out.
The President of the International Paralympic Committee praised the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games emblem as a perfect combination of Chinese culture and the ideas of the International Paralympic Committee
On the evening of July 13, "Heaven, Earth and People" Shown to the whole world for the first time. It consists of three parts. The uppermost part is an independent graphic, with the words "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games" in the middle, and the International Paralympic Committee logo below.
The independent figure at the top of the 2008 Paralympic Games emblem, at first glance, looks like a moving person, both like a gymnast with arms outstretched and a spinning pommel horse athlete; upon closer inspection, it is clearly a The Chinese character "之". The zigzag character "Zhi" has the meaning of "to" and "to", which means that through hard work and unremitting struggle, you will eventually achieve success; at the same time, from top to bottom, the character "Zhi" is red, The three colors of blue and green are consistent with the three colors of the International Paralympic Committee logo, and the red here represents the sun, blue represents the sky, and green represents the earth. Together they resemble a "human" shape, cleverly reflecting It achieves the harmony and unity between man and nature, body and mind, as well as heaven, earth and man. The words "Beijing 2008" in the middle of the emblem follow the simplified Chinese characters on the emblem of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It not only matches the character "Zhi", but also implies the inherent connection with the emblem of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also makes the entire emblem structurally harmonious. Contains change.
The International Paralympic Committee is full of praise for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games emblem design. They believe that the emblem grasps the spirit and core concepts of the Paralympic Games very accurately and is the best they have ever seen. The best Paralympic emblem ever. Philippe Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee, said that the design of the emblem highlights the elements of Chinese culture and is very distinctive. It is a perfect combination of Chinese culture and the philosophy of the International Paralympic Committee. The emblem design emphasizes the spirit and will of athletes in sports, as well as the value and significance of human life reflected in sports, which is very consistent with the motto and concept of "spirit in sports" advocated by the International Paralympic Committee.
Experts who participated in the selection also spoke highly of the Paralympic Games emblem. They believe that the emblem cleverly transforms the character "Z" into the shape of "human". Its image is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, embodies the heritage and spirit of Chinese traditional culture, and at the same time fully reflects the Olympic spirit of being faster, higher and stronger. The purpose emphasizes the optimistic, strong, healthy and upward spiritual pursuit of all disabled people, including disabled athletes, and is a perfect fusion of Chinese cultural characteristics, the Olympic spirit and the concept of the International Paralympic Games.
All walks of life have also given positive recognition to the Paralympic Games emblem, believing that the emblem is simple, bright, energetic, tense, individual and distinctive, and is a high-level work. After seeing the emblem with their own eyes, some disabled people expressed their sincere love for it. A deaf-mute disabled person who participated in the emblem review summarized the characteristics of the emblem as "easy to understand, easy to remember, and easy to see." He gestured with the strokes of the Chinese character "zi" in sign language and said that by 2008, no matter which country in the world, When people ask about the Beijing Paralympic Games, we can understand everything by making a zigzag in sign language.
The camera lens is focusing, the camera light is flashing, and the laptop keyboard is beating... On the evening of July 13, 2004, in Beijing, the capital of China, under the reflection of the "Heaven, Earth and People" emblem , the world once again heard the solemn promise of an ancient oriental country and her thousand-year-old capital - in 2008, Beijing will dedicate an outstanding Summer Olympics to the world, and will also dedicate an outstanding Paralympic Games to the world. .