Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics continued the story of a snowflake. Do you think the closing ceremony was successful?

The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics continued the story of a snowflake. Do you think the closing ceremony was successful?

Very successful! As the commentary at the closing ceremony said: China has lived up to the expectations of the world!

These are the scenes that impressed me at the closing ceremony.

▲ At the beginning, 24 children played happily in the ice and snow with snowflake-shaped lanterns. The 24 children symbolized the 24th Winter Olympics, which was also the continuation of the "24 solar terms" of the opening ceremony. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics are two parts of a snowflake story, and many ideas in the closing ceremony echo the opening ceremony.

▲ Countless red ribbons flew from all directions to the "Bird's Nest" and gathered into a huge Chinese knot. The ice car also drew a Chinese knot on the stage.

▲ Subsequently, athletes from all over the world waved national flags and entered the stadium. When they passed a porch composed of ice crystals, it seemed as if they had crossed from the world of ice and snow in fairy tales. Accompanied by ode to joy, athletes from all delegations entered the stadium and walked on the Chinese knot pattern.

▲ What impressed me most at the closing ceremony was "Folding Willows to Send Love". Eighty dancers walked slowly into the venue, bunches of willow branches appeared at their feet, and more people crowded around the flashing willow branches to the center of the stage. The whole scene is poetic, beautiful and romantic. Folding willows is a popular farewell way in ancient China, which is very suitable for the closing ceremony. Showing with modern science and technology is the perfect integration of tradition and modernity.

▲ At the opening ceremony, Fuping's children, dressed in tiger's head clothes and shoes, put on ice-blue embroidered Pisces clothes (meaning more than a year), once again boarded the stage and sang the Olympic anthem in Greek. With the children singing, the Olympic flag slowly falls.

▲ The "Dream Five Rings" in 2008 and the "Big Snowflake" in 2022 are in the same frame, which indicates that Beijing will become the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.

▲ When the main torch goes out, snowflakes fly from the ground to the audience, which is the inverted lighting of the main torch at the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony, snowflakes gathered into a main torch, and at the closing ceremony, snowflakes extended outward. All the snowflakes hung upside down from the ground and floated into the air. When they float over the Bird's Nest, the snowflakes turn into warm colors, like the lights in Beijing, and also like the lights in Beijing.

The art program of the closing ceremony is a visual feast, combining tradition with modernity, and connecting China with the world!