The Beijing Winter Olympics arrived as scheduled. Before I had time to appreciate the beauty of the sports competitive spirit of athletes from all over the world, I was already shocked by the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. What it conveyed to the world was not only The beauty of China has brought Chinese ideas to the world. At the same time, I believe that through this opening ceremony, the world will be able to understand China!
Whether it is objective or not, in my opinion, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics will be "beautiful", with China as the host and Beijing as the world's first "Double Olympics" City'', there is no doubt that it is even more successful.
At the same time, in this opening ceremony, I want to use six "beauty" to analyze and evaluate it.
1. The Beauty of Harmony
The warm-up theme performance before the ceremony was "Together for the Future". "Together for the Future" is also the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The warm-up program is a branch event connected to 10 cities. Each place fully demonstrates the spiritual outlook, development results of each city and the people's peaceful and positive living conditions. There are 10 cities with 10 styles, but they all reflect China’s spiritual outlook and development.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that is raging around the world, the economy is in a whirlpool, and developed countries rely on printing money and lying flat to maintain survival and development, the beauty of harmony displayed by China is like a call from spring. This is waving to the whole world - we have the same world, we have the same dream, come on, let us work towards a common future!
China’s call for a “Spring of Harmony” has brought news of spring and new hope to the world.
2. The Beauty of Culture
Three of the four major ancient civilizations in the world are already "ancient", and only the Chinese civilization is still "present". The beauty of civilization embodied in China is truly beautiful and touching.
Our opening time for the 24th Winter Olympics is 20:4 on February 4th. This day also coincides with the fourth day of the Lunar New Year during the Spring Festival, and it is also the 24th day of the Chinese New Year. At the beginning of spring, the time for the Chinese delegation to appear is at 21:24. From these cleverly arranged time nodes and numbers, we can see the Chinese people’s intention in doing this opening ceremony. This is the beauty of culture! Without culture, how could such careful and wonderful design come about?
But this is not the most beautiful thing. The most beautiful thing is the countdown using twenty-four solar terms in the opening ceremony. The twenty-four solar terms are a product of China’s ancient farming civilization. Agricultural production is closely related to the rhythm of nature. China's ancient ancestors followed the weather and understood the changes in seasons, climate, phenology and other aspects during the year by observing the movements of celestial bodies, and eventually formed a lunar calendar knowledge system. There are twenty-four solar terms, each of which represents different changes in climate, phenology, and time. In the historical development, the twenty-four solar terms were integrated with the lunar calendar and became one of the most important components of Chinese farming civilization.
The last second of the countdown is given to the beginning of spring, which is the solar term on February 4th. It is also the first solar term of the twenty-four solar terms, which represents a new beginning. Integrating the twenty-four solar terms with China’s geography, humanities and even ice and snow sports is a perfect fusion of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign cultures! Cultures that were originally difficult to understand were integrated so naturally and easily at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
3. The Beauty of Technology
The entire Winter Olympics opening ceremony was full of the integration of technology and beauty from beginning to end.
As soon as the opening ceremony started, it was said that spring is coming, the grass is turning green, the swallows are returning north, and the beauty of technology and metaphor comes into view. The grass later transformed into a dandelion, accompanied by the fluttering of colorful butterflies. A little boy blew the dandelion away. The dandelion seeds flew into the sky and turned into bright fireworks, symbolizing the scattering of seeds. The earth, at the same time, fireworks played "the beginning of spring" and "spring".
This opening is full of romantic technological beauty and wonderful imagination.
Then in the program "Five Rings of Ice and Snow", we saw an even more shocking integration of technology and beauty. On the large screen at the scene, a drop of ice-blue ink fell from the sky, and then transformed into the water of the Yellow River rushing down, implying that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky.
The water of the Yellow River flows downhill at an angle, and instantly the entire site is filled with the water of the Yellow River. Then the river stopped flowing and slowly froze, and then a huge, crystal clear blue ice cube appeared from under the frozen water. Then, 24 laser engravers flashed rapidly on the Ice Cube and continued to engrave. Starting from the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924, the logo, host city, host time and other information of previous Winter Olympics were carved out. , Ambilight and beautiful. The pattern on the Ice Cube was finally fixed for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
Then, six ice hockey players appeared in front of the Ice Cube. They swung their sticks and hit the Ice Cube with ice pucks. The ice puck hit back and forth to drive the laser engraving knife, and then the Ice Cube began to break, and was carefully carved. Finally, a crystal clear five-ring of ice and snow slowly rose from the broken ice cube. The five rings of ice and snow break out of the ice, symbolizing the breaking of barriers in the world.
Seeing such a wonderful performance is really not only amazing, but also amazing beyond imagination! In this world, only the Chinese can create such a program that perfectly integrates technology and beauty, and has such a lofty meaning.
4. The beauty of unity
What is very touching is the entrance of the national flag. In the center of the stage of the Bird's Nest, when 12 children slowly unfurled the bright five-star red flag, Zhan Hao felt that his pores were opening. Then I watched the five-star red flag being slowly passed forward by 176 comrades from 56 ethnic groups and different industries and positions across the country to the accompaniment of "My Motherland and Me", until it was passed to the hands of the soldiers of the national flag guard· ····And the trumpeter playing "My Motherland and Me" is a child who is growing up vigorously.
This scene is really touching. Why is the five-star red flag so bright? It is precisely because we, people from all walks of life and in all positions, work together to defend her. It is precisely because we are all united under the red flag and have created brilliance and miracles one after another under the leadership of the party and the government. This is the road to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Paved from generation to generation.
A fist can be formed by holding five fingers together. Only by uniting 56 ethnic groups and 1.4 billion people can we have strength. The herringbone is not just a stroke, but also represents mutual support. It is the mutual support and unity of 1.4 billion people that has allowed us to overcome difficulties and obstacles one after another and move steadily towards our great rejuvenation step by step.
The beauty of unity was vividly reflected at this moment, and Zhan Hao burst into tears.
5. The Beauty of Integration
The slogan in front of Tiananmen Square: Long live the Communist Party of China and long live the great unity of the people of the world.
If you want to unite the world, you must first unite yourself; if you want the world to integrate, you must open your arms. Although walking alone is fast, we hope that traveling together will make us farther. The world is a big family where everyone is prospering and everyone is losing. It is a community with a shared destiny. Today, China is united and forging ahead, and is opening up a new future. China hopes to work with the whole world to create a better future and move towards the great integration of democracy, unity and prosperity.
This opening ceremony really reflected the beauty of the great integration of "the ultimate unity of human destiny". When athletes from various countries appeared on the stage, our country adapted 19 world-famous songs to welcome athletes from all over the world. When all the athletes from various countries have appeared, snowflakes representing each country appeared on the live broadcast screen, and in the center of the venue, the actors gathered together and danced while holding snowflake guides with the names of each country on them.
When the actors put the guide signs on the ground, the guide signs turned into pieces of snowflakes and gathered into a circle. The circle turned into a snowflake group, and the snowflake group was woven into a ball by olive branches. Huge snowflakes gathered in the center of the venue, emitting thousands of rays of light, representing the tremendous energy emanating from the great unity of the people of the world. Heavy snowflakes floated throughout the venue, and finally fell back to the center of the venue, scattering thousands of rays of light, while the entire venue transformed into the earth.
This snowflake combines the meaning of all mankind, it is so profound and beautiful! People all over the world can understand and understand China's expression. China hopes for the great unity of the people of the world, hopes to build a community with a shared future for mankind, and hopes to achieve common prosperity for the entire mankind. Such a gathering of great human concern and sentiment really represents the voice of all Chinese people!
6. The beauty of meaning
The opening ceremony is full of meaning from the beginning, which makes people understand deeply in the beautiful pictures and melody. However, the moral of the last link really plays a decisive role.
When a large snowflake composed of small snowflakes and olive branches with the names of all delegations slowly rose in the center of the venue, a snowflake platform was formed. This snowflake platform, which symbolizes the great unity of the people of the world, became the symbol of the world. center of the field.
When the 24th Winter Olympics was announced as opening, another program with profound meaning was used by the whole world in the simplest way.
In the song "Let the World Be Full of Love", dozens of young people from all over the world walked side by side. Wherever they passed, a long river of images slowly unfolded, and the images and photos showed the world. Moments of life from different cultures around the world and moments of struggle of Olympic athletes. This is telling the world that the long course of human history was created jointly by people from all over the world. This program not only pays tribute to people all over the world, but also conveys to the world the value and significance of us moving forward side by side.
Only when the whole world unites and moves forward side by side can we create a better future. On both sides of the river of images, the Chinese knot pattern transformed into the theme slogan of this Winter Olympics: Together for a Shared Future. Please note that the English translation is "Shared Future", a common future, not the future of a certain country. This once again shows the broad mind of the Chinese people.
The display of the Dove of Peace was touching. More than 600 children held models of the Dove of Peace. They stepped on the stars and snowflakes under their feet and played freely and orderly. The children sang to the accompaniment of this Winter Olympics. The theme song of the meeting is "Snowflake". With the singing, the children gathered around the big snowflakes, and they formed a heart shape, which represented the unity of the people of the world.
At this time, the most meaningful scene appeared. There was a child who had lost her way in the southeast. When she was confused and confused, her little friend ran towards her and pulled her back* **The same home.
It is self-evident and everyone knows who this wandering and disoriented child is...
The most ingenious part is the lighting of the torch. After the torch was passed, instead of lighting it as in the traditional way, girls from Xinjiang, Yilamujiang and Zhao Jiawen, lit the torch together. The lighting method is different from the lighting method of all previous Olympic Games torches. The relay torch is placed directly in the center of a large snowflake that represents the unity of the people of the world.
This time the torch is no longer the blazing super-large torch, but has become a small torch. This not only means low-carbon environmental protection, but also means that a single spark can start a prairie fire. This kind of meaning is really wonderful! So touching!
The opening ceremony of this Winter Olympics comes not only from director Zhang Yimou and thousands of creators, but also from the communist will of 1.4 billion Chinese people, from our party and country of great ambition.
The ambition of a unified human destiny is like the Olympic torch. Compared with the vastness of the world, even if it is just a "spark" now, it will eventually ignite the source of great unity of the people of the world!