A fire in Russia two days ago unexpectedly brought the Beijing Olympic gold medal "Golden Inlaid Jade" back to the public eye.
"Golden inlaid with jade" looks like this.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
This medal was regarded as an "Olympic historical artwork" once it came out, and the design layer was filled with many small and thoughtful details. Today, more than ten years later, it is still as beautiful as ever.
The protagonist of today's story, Daria, is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she and her teammates won the team gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics.
This means that she has a "golden jade".
On January 7, local time, Daria lit a candle at home, and then she went to the kitchen.
Even she didn't know why, the candle eventually caused a fire.
Since Daria was infected with the new crown virus before, her sense of smell was affected and she could not smell at all.
When she saw the smoke spread to the ceiling, she realized that there was a fire at home.
She hurried out to ask for help. Fortunately, the neighbor had already called the police. The firefighters came and put out the fire. Daria and her cat were out of danger.
Daria released her "embarrassed" appearance after the fire.
The fire burned a lot of her things. From the video she posted, the room was almost messed up.
But to Daria's surprise, in the room baptized by flames, the "golden inlaid jade" was still intact, not even the ribbon was burned!
After more than ten years and a fire test, the gold medal still exudes a beautiful metallic luster, and the jade inlaid on it is still warm and moist.
The gold medal is intact.
Netizens who saw this news were also surprised. They sighed: Real gold is not afraid of fire!
Screenshot of Weibo.
Such a fire brought the "golden inlaid jade" back to the public eye.
In fact, since the day it came out, it has surprised the world.
On March 27, 2007, the Beijing Olympic medals were released in the Capital Museum.
The front of the medal is a pattern uniformly prescribed by the International Olympic Committee-the Greek Goddess of Victory standing with wings and the Greek Panathinaco Arena.
The back of the medal is inlaid with a jade wall from the shape of an ancient Chinese dragon-patterned jade wall, and the metal figure in the middle of the back is engraved with the Beijing Olympic Games emblem.
As a result, the gold medal of the Beijing Olympics won the reputation of "golden inlaid with jade" among the people.
The medal packaging box is a wooden lacquer box made with traditional Chinese craftsmanship. It has a square shape, and the four sides of the heaven and earth cover are slightly curved, which means the heaven and earth are square and Liuhe is happy.
The ribbon is woven by machine, with vermilion moiré pattern, festive and auspicious.
Child star Alpha displays Olympic medals.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Those who have seen "golden inlaid with jade" will appreciate the aesthetic appeal contained in it, but the medals of the Beijing Olympics are not only a gentleman, but also a gentleman.
In order to ensure that the medal is strong, the design team has spent a lot of thought.
Compared to metal, the jade on the medal is obviously more fragile.
The design team believes that there is metal directly behind the jade. To make it fall to the ground without breaking, the vibration wave must be eliminated.
Then only add cushioning material between jade and metal.
If the cushioning material is too hard, if the metal is hard against the hard, it will directly use the force on the jade; if it is too soft, it will not act as a cushion.
To this end, the design team checked a lot of information, consulted many experts, and conducted a lot of experiments.
At the end of 2006, the drop experiment finally succeeded, and the jade on the medal was not broken!
On August 17, 2008, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics badminton men's singles final, Lin Dan boarded the highest podium.
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The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee praised in the medal design confirmation letter: "The Beijing Olympic medals will prove to be a work of art. They are noble and are a combination of Chinese traditional culture and the Olympic spirit."
In early 2021, the accident experienced by a Russian lady brought "Golden Inlaid Jade" back to the Internet again, which evoked many people's memories of the Olympics.
On August 10, 2008, at the Beijing Olympic Swimming Stadium, Phelps who won the gold medal and Rochette who won the bronze medal at the men's 400m medley award ceremony.
And also in the past few days, rumors about the possible postponement of the Tokyo Olympics have spread on the Internet.
In fact, whether it is "gold inlaid with jade" or other Olympic-related designs, it is an opportunity to show national culture to the world.
Regardless of Beijing in 2008 or Tokyo today, it is an opportunity to enhance the friendship between athletes and enhance people's exchanges.
The Olympic heritage is exceptionally wonderful.
Every four-year cycle is like a bond that brings us to the Olympic memories that belong to us alone.
I wish the Tokyo Olympics all the best, just like Beijing in 2008.
(Reporter Wang Hao)