What is the symbolism of the ignition ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics?

Beijing Winter Olympics Ignition Ceremony symbolizes a burning passion and romance for all mankind.

Zhang Yimou interpretation of ignition creativity:

Zhang Yimou said China's ancient philosophy, the Chinese concept of aesthetics has never been so, a leaf to know the autumn, a drop of water to see the sun, never is to point instead of the surface, the Chinese people are talking about is the meaning of the situation, talking about is from a smallest, the most detailed point of view to look at the whole world, I think it is very beautiful. I think it is very beautiful. In fact, it is very romantic, a leaf knows autumn, we are all familiar with this saying, a leaf will imagine the whole autumn of radiance and gold, very beautiful, very poetic.

So strictly speaking, you can also look at the lighting of the main torch this time as "a leaf knows autumn", a small handheld torch, a small flame, but what you think of is the great Olympic spirit, a burning passion and romance of all mankind.

Beijing Winter Olympic Games ignition ceremony to convey the low-carbon, environmentally friendly green Olympic concept

February 4 evening, the main torch in the National Stadium Bird's Nest in a surprising way. Instead of "lighting", the torch was "unlit", and instead of a blazing fire, a "micro-fire" was used to convey the green Olympic concept of low-carbon and environmental protection.

The Winter Olympics, from the opening ceremony on the green concept of environmental protection to carry out which, in the full transmission of "together to the future" vision to do the opening process is short and concise, change the traditional ignition ceremony, the original design of the snowflake torch platform, so that the torch in the participating countries of the snowflake signage surrounded by a sense of ceremony, and give the symbolic meaning, with the ground HD display on the scene. Symbolism, with the site of the ground high-definition display screen, to achieve the visual effect of the traditional torch burning bright night sky.