Chinanews.com Tokyo, July 23. Title: Opening Ceremony Feature: In the "Forest", the world "sympathizes with each other"
China News Service reporter Xing Chong
The New National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan is called "Forest Stadium" by its designer Kengo Kuma-this wooden structure was renovated on the basis of the main stadium of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and the giant trees hidden in the outer garden of Meiji Jingu Shrine In the middle, it is like a green forest.
On July 23, the opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games was held at the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
The picture is lit for the main torch.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
This summer night jungle, the world's eyes are focused on this tonight.
This is a belated Olympics.
The sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic has experienced an unprecedented postponement in the history of the 100-year Olympic Games.
As far as athletes are concerned, although they are late for the Olympic journey, the Olympic dream of going all out has never been absent.
This is a special Olympics.
The haze of the epidemic around the world has not yet dissipated, and the Olympics have never brought humans together so closely in such a special situation.
For mankind, while pursuing "faster, higher and stronger", there has never been a need for "more unity".
As night falls, a moment of gathering begins in the "forest".
Affected by the epidemic, only about a thousand spectators came to the scene.
The 60,000 seats in the New National Stadium are dyed dark green, light green, brown, white, and gray. Under the lights, they are as mottled as a jungle, and they seem to be full of spectators dressed in various clothes-in fact, the Olympics around the world Enthusiasts, at the moment, they are connected with this place.
When the countdown points to "0", the top view of the New National Stadium appears, just like the number "0".
In a green light, a seed germinates and grows, and the journey of Tokyo's successful Olympic bid in 2013 is shown on the big screen.
Like the birth of life, another Olympic dream becomes reality here tonight.
When the 18th Summer Olympics was held in Tokyo in 1964, athletes brought tree seeds from all over the world. 57 years later, these seeds grew into big trees and used them in the construction of various venues, including this endless "forest" tonight.
In the sky above the "forest", indigo and white fireworks bloom, which are the colors of the Tokyo Olympic Games logo; the fireworks that rise into the sky form a fan shape, using auspicious symbols in Japanese culture to pray for the world under the epidemic.
The fireworks faded, and a female athlete in the center of the field ran in the dark.
Under the epidemic, many athletes like her around the world are persisting in training and running alone.
Tonight they are no longer lonely individuals, just as sakura-colored links appear in the field, connecting them to each other.
On July 23, the opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games was held at the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
The picture shows Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the main torch.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
The lights went out again, and there was silence in the "forest".
All the people stood up to mourn the deaths of the new crown epidemic.
In the long sound of music, Japanese artists performed blessed dances, entrusting the memorial to those who have passed away unfortunately.
The remembrance of the deceased is our common memory of the past.
Surrounded by the dancers, a wooden five-ring slowly rises, which is also derived from a tree species 57 years ago.
Tonight, under the guidance of the Olympic spirit, we will move forward together.
When the athletes entered the stadium, some had tears in their eyes, some bowed in all directions, some cheered, and some danced.
In this special gathering, as the protagonists, they expressed the same emotions in different ways—the yearning and pursuit of the Olympics.
There is wind blowing in the "forest", and the new National Stadium introduces natural wind through the eaves design, and the heat of the day is swept away.
Flags of 205 delegations fluttered in the wind under the Five Rings banner.
The flagpoles stand like green plants.
This is a return to the essence of the "most natural" gathering.
In the past year, everyone has better understood the meaning of life, and this Olympic gathering has become more precious.
Seiko Hashimoto, the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, choked up a few times in his speech, thanking athletes from all over the world for coming here.
The President of the International Olympic Committee Bach said that in the international Olympic family, only unity can meet the common major challenges.
Emperor Naruhito of Japan announced the opening of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games.
Then the Japanese tennis grand slam winner Naomi Osaka lit the main torch.
United by Emotion, the slogan hung on the wooden beams of the New National Stadium moves with the wind, which is the theme of the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games.
"Sympathy in common," when the climax is repeated, we enjoy the gathering together, and when the trough and ups and downs, we look for the direction together.
The world is like a forest. Under the epidemic situation, only "sympathy and common understanding" can be lush and lush.
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