Cultural confidence from the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics

From the centennial Olympic dream in 2008, to 2022 and the Olympic movement again hand in hand, Beijing has become the first "double Olympic city" in history. In the opening ceremony, the "24 Solar Terms" countdown was a stunning start, and the snowflake micro-torch "to the vast and subtle" temperament of a great nation. In the closing ceremony with snow lanterns light up the world, "twelve Chinese zodiac" ice car sliding carving Chinese knot, silk interlocking, *** knot beautiful, expressing "the world as one" beautiful vision. Opening Welcome Pine, a friend from afar to welcome guests to meet, closing Farewell Willow, the end of the world farewell willow to send. This is exclusively Chinese people's romance and heritage, which is exclusively Chinese people's cultural confidence.

Twenty-four "romantic countdown", showing the "romantic beauty" of Chinese culture. The 24 solar terms are a product of China's ancient farming civilization. Agricultural production and nature's rhythms are closely related to China's ancient ancestors to comply with the time of day, by observing the operation of the celestial body cognizant of a year in the seasonal, climate, weather and other aspects of the law of change, and ultimately the formation of the lunar calendar knowledge system. Each of the twenty-four solar terms represents a different change in climate, physical conditions and time of the year. In the historical development, twenty-four seasons fused with the lunar calendar, becoming one of the most important components of Chinese farming civilization. The 24th Winter Olympics, the opening time is 20:04 on February 4, until the countdown to zero, corresponding to the spring. Spring is the first of the twenty-four solar terms, representing a new beginning, a fresh start can create new miracles. Ice and snow, as promised, spring to welcome the Winter Olympics, together to the future. On the countdown, the twenty-four solar terms, as a perfect combination of traditional Chinese culture and modern science and aesthetics, show the long history of Chinese culture and the unique romantic beauty.

The "Chinese Knot", a symbol of unity and solidarity, demonstrates the "confident beauty" of Chinese culture. Closing ceremony, the sky and the ground are wrapped by a huge Chinese knot lines, not only to express the connection between China and the world, but also the whole world together, "more unity" of the Olympic spirit. Sha Xiaolan, director of the Beijing Winter Olympics closing ceremony, said, "'Chinese knot' represents good wishes, and also means connection and linkage. The athletes of each delegation experienced 16 days of competition and life in China, forming new friendships, building new bridges, and drawing closer to each other, making the Olympic family more united. "Connecting everyone together through the Chinese knot is more able to reflect this idea of human destiny **** together." Silk connected, *** knot beautiful, the Winter Olympics on the design of the Chinese knot draws on a number of elements of China, cloisonné, porcelain, silk, red ribbon, snow, freezing fog, play the cultural symbols of the infectious force, cohesion, but also fully demonstrates the "you have me, I have you," a human destiny *** the same body of the symbolic significance, is an innovation of traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of the whole world. Is an innovation of traditional Chinese culture, is the Chinese culture of "self-confidence beauty" performance.