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What is the emblem of the Paralympic Winter Games, and what is its meaning?

The emblem of the Winter Paralympic Games and its implication are a clever combination of China traditional culture and Olympic elements. Inspired by the Chinese character "winter", the upper part of the picture shows the shape of skaters, and the lower part shows the heroic attitude of skiers.

The dance lines in the middle are smooth and rhythmic, representing the undulating mountains, stadiums, snow slides and festive ribbons in the venue, adding visual feeling to the emblem and symbolizing that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held during the Spring Festival in China.

Design elements of the emblem of the Winter Paralympic Games

The emblem of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games is shaped like a flying Chinese character in calligraphy, which consists of two diagonal parts. The upper part can be regarded as a sprinter and the lower part as a skateboard.

We can also regard the combination of the two as an athlete sitting in a wheelchair, skillfully depict the image of an athlete sliding forward and heading for victory with vector graphics, and integrate special sports equipment forms such as snow poles and wheelchairs into it with visual expression to show the strength and strength of leap.

The emblem of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games adopts four colors with high saturation: red, blue, yellow and green. Among them, red represents blood, passion, self-confidence and exuberant vitality, and blue represents broadness and cleanliness.

Green conveys the green Olympic concept of respecting life and advocating nature in the Winter Paralympic Games with the life color of nature, while yellow gives people the feeling of clarity, happiness and hope, which symbolizes the perseverance and courage of disabled athletes and the spirit of challenging and surpassing themselves.