The 24th Winter Olympic Games opens in Beijing
Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the Winter Olympics
Li Keqiang Li Zhanshu Wang Yang Wang Huning Zhao Leji Han Zheng Wang Qishan IOC President Bach
Leaders and VIPs from all over the world attended
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 4th, building a dream of ice and snow, with the same future.
On the evening of February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 24th Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which attracted worldwide attention, was grandly held at the National Stadium.
President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the Winter Olympics.
The Chinese civilization and the Olympic Movement once again joined hands to play a splendid movement of unity, peace and friendship for all mankind.
Party and state leaders such as Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, Wang Qishan, IOC President Bach, and leaders and VIPs from all over the world attended the opening ceremony.
Under the night, the National Stadium is dazzling and beautiful. This building, which is famous for its bird's nest shape, is about to make history and become the first stadium in the world to hold the opening ceremonies of the "Double Olympics" of the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics. .
At about 19:15, VIPs such as heads of state, heads of government, members of the royal family and heads of international organizations from all over the world arrived one after another.
At this time, the golden hall was full of festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival and the passion and vitality of the Winter Olympics.
Before the official opening ceremony, the atmosphere of the National Stadium was warm.
Accompanied by cheerful music, people from Beijing and Hebei came to the venue and greeted guests and friends from all over the world with simple and hot square dance performances.
The huge "Fu" character on the venue creates a festive atmosphere for the Chinese New Year.
On the big screen, people from 10 cities in China, including Zhangjiakou in Hebei, Harbin in Heilongjiang, and Nanjing in Jiangsu, showed the world the enthusiasm and passion of China's "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports".
UN Secretary-General Guterres also delivered a video message.
On and off the field, China and the world sang the ice and snow joyous song of "Together to the Future".
At 19:57, the Chinese and English words "Happy Chinese New Year" appeared on the huge screen of tens of thousands of square meters of ice and snow in the center of the stadium.
To the music of "Peace - A Community of Destiny", Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walked to the rostrum with Bach and others and waved to the audience.
There were long and warm applause and cheers from the audience.
February 4, coincides with the first solar term of the twenty-four solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, "Lichun".
At 20:00, the countdown performance of the opening ceremony began in the time rotation of the traditional Chinese calendar. The twenty-four solar terms flashed on the big screen in sequence, and the audience shouted in unison as the numbers changed: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 , 4, 3, 2, 1... In the cheers, on the central screen of the stadium, a bright moon rose, colorful butterflies fluttered, dandelion seeds flew into the air, and gorgeous fireworks lit up the bird's nest, blooming. The Chinese and English shapes of "Lichun" convey the news of spring in winter.
The announcer introduced Chinese President Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee President Bach to the audience. Xi Jinping and Bach stood up and waved to everyone, and the audience burst into warm applause again.
A child trumpeter played the melodious melody of "My Country and Me".
Representatives from all walks of life, advanced model figures, and 56 ethnic groups in China slowly passed the bright five-star red flag to the flag-raising area of the stadium with both hands, and handed it over to the soldiers of honor.
All stood up and sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
The five-star red flag is slowly rising and fluttering in the wind.
The lights in the venue dimmed, and a drop of ice-blue ink fell from the sky along the huge vertical screen, transforming into the water of the Yellow River.
A giant ice cube was formed from the world of ice and snow. The history of the city hosting the 23 Winter Olympics in the past, with the carving of 24 "laser knives", flashed back to it, and was finally set as "2022 Beijing, China".
Six ice hockey players "slipped" into the arena, made swings and hit the ball, driving the intense carving of "laser cutters", and finally shaped the Ice Cube into a crystal clear five rings of ice and snow.
At 20:17, the athletes' entry ceremony began.
A "China Door" carved by ice and snow opened, the Greek delegation from the birthplace of the Olympic Movement entered first, the Italian delegation from the next Winter Olympics and the Chinese delegation, the host of the current Winter Olympics, appeared last, and other countries and regional delegations will enter the venue in the order of simplified Chinese strokes.
Delegations from 91 countries and regions participated in the Winter Olympics.
In the next 16 days, nearly 3,000 athletes will compete on the same field under the banner of the Five Rings.
With the background music composed of 19 world famous songs, the athletes entered the stadium and waved to the audience from time to time.
The audience welcomed them with warm applause and cheers.
In the passionate melody of "Singing the Motherland", the host Chinese delegation entered the field last, and two flag bearers, the Chinese female sled player Zhao Dan and the famous speed skating player Gao Tingyu, were at the forefront of the team.
There was thunderous applause on the field, and the cheers rose from wave to wave.
There are 388 Chinese delegations in this Winter Olympics, including 177 athletes, the largest number of Chinese participants in the previous Winter Olympics.
After the athletes entered the stadium, the leaders of the delegations held high snowflake-shaped guide cards and gathered together to form a "big snowflake". The theme is vividly presented.
Afterwards, Cai Qi, chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, delivered a speech.
He said that on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger, athletes, coaches and guests from all over the world gathered in Beijing to share the Winter Olympics, witness Beijing becoming the world's first "Double Olympic City", and witness China's continuation of the Olympic Games. Write new legends.
Under the personal promotion of President Xi Jinping and the strong leadership of the Chinese government, we have practiced the concept of green, shared, open, and clean Olympics, and cooperated with the International Olympic Committee to overcome the impact of the epidemic and achieve the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics as scheduled. The world has shown the tenacity of human beings to face difficulties and overcome challenges.
Let us walk hand in hand and write a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, delivered a speech.
He thanked the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, Chinese government departments and all Chinese people.
Bach said that China's extraordinary achievements in winter sports have opened a new era of global winter sports, which will bring global winter sports participation to a new level and benefit the Chinese people and winter sports enthusiasts around the world.
At 21:51, the opening ceremony ushered in an exciting moment.
President Xi Jinping announced: the opening of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing!
Immediately, the audience boiled, and bright fireworks rose into the air, showing the shape of a "welcoming pine" in the air, expressing the welcome to the guests from all over the world, and the applause and cheers continued for a long time.
76 young people from all over the world walked into the stadium and walked side by side.
Wherever they passed, a long scroll of photos showing people from all over the world sharing weal and woe, overcoming the epidemic together, and fighting passionately for their dreams unfolded slowly, like a long river of images flowing quietly.
On both sides of the long river, the Chinese knot pattern, which means unity and auspiciousness, gradually transformed into the Chinese and English words "together to the future", expressing the beautiful expectation of walking together and creating the future together.
在歌曲《想象》静谧的歌声里，24名身着红色运动服的滑冰运动员分为四组，以矫健的身姿滑过冰面，留下长长轨迹，轨迹上呈现出奥林匹克新格言：“更快、更高、更强——更团结”，展现着全人类的共同梦想。空中，模拟高台跳雪的发光人形，飞过冰雪五环。与此同时，竖屏影像上展现出多个项目的冰雪运动，共同呈现冰雪运动之美。
6名旗手手执奥林匹克会旗入场。他们是中国不同时期优秀冬季项目运动员的代表——新中国第一位冬季项目世界冠军罗致焕，中国首位夺得冬奥会男子项目奖牌的运动员李佳军，实现中国花样滑冰项目冬奥会金牌“零”的突破的双人滑选手申雪，中国首位冬奥会雪上项目金牌获得者韩晓鹏，温哥华冬奥会短道速滑女子接力金牌获得者张会，实现中国速度滑冰项目冬奥会金牌“零”的突破的运动员张虹。
44名来自河北阜平山区的孩子，用希腊语唱响奥林匹克会歌。歌声中，奥林匹克会旗缓缓升起，同五星红旗一道高高飘扬。
在五环旗前，中国越野滑雪运动员王强和单板滑雪运动员刘佳宇、中国自由式滑雪裁判员陶永纯、中国单板滑雪教练员季晓鸥，分别代表全体参赛运动员、裁判员、教练员及官员宣誓。
大屏幕上，名为《未来的冠军》的短片吸引了全场观众的目光，蹒跚学步的小萌娃们成为冰雪运动的爱好者，虽然一次次跌倒、爬起，却始终欢笑着面对挫折，轻松幽默的画面令观众忍俊不禁。笑声中，天真可爱的孩子们出现在体育场内。他们手持闪闪发光的“白鸽”，自由欢愉地奔跑，从四面八方汇聚到体育场正中，组成一个心形，环绕在那片“大雪花”周围。
22时10分，取自奥林匹亚的奥运火种抵达国家体育场。本届冬奥会火炬传递于2月2日至4日在北京、延庆、张家口三个赛区进行。奥林匹克森林公园、颐和园、八达岭长城、大运河森林公园……奥运之火穿越古老与现代、连接历史和未来，向世界展示着厚重而又充满创新活力的中华文明。
7名火炬手高擎火炬，分6棒，在体育场内进行最后的传递。曾连续11次获得速度滑冰全国冠军的“50后”运动员赵伟昌，在卡尔加里冬奥会短道速滑比赛中获得1枚金牌、2枚铜牌的“60后”运动员李琰，在盐湖城冬奥会上实现中国体育代表团冬奥会金牌“零”的突破的“70后”运动员杨扬，男子100米亚洲纪录保持者“80后”运动员苏炳添，在索契冬奥会上蝉联短道速滑女子1500米冠军的“90后”运动员周洋，曾经创造辉煌战绩的中国运动健儿接力奔跑，赢得全场热烈掌声。
最后一棒传递到两位“00后”运动员——越野滑雪运动员迪妮格尔·衣拉木江、北欧两项运动员赵嘉文手中。万众瞩目下，两名火炬手跑向“白鸽”环绕的“大雪花”，将火炬嵌入“大雪花”中央，形成了这座由所有代表团雪花造型引导牌组成的主火炬。主火炬在奥运历史上首次使用“微火”方式，充分体现了绿色环保的理念。
绚烂焰火腾空而起，整座体育场顿时化为欢乐的海洋。
这是14亿多中国人民永难忘怀的时刻，这是冬季奥林匹克运动又一辉煌的瞬间。历经6年多精心筹备，克服新冠肺炎疫情不利影响，中国人民以勤劳、勇毅和智慧，必将向世界奉献一届简约、安全、精彩的奥运盛会。
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