China News Service, Beijing, October 20th (Reporter Chen Hang) On the morning of October 20th, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Tinder arrived in Beijing, and the Beijing Winter Olympics Tinder Welcome Ceremony was held in the Olympic Tower.
Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and Chen Jining, the mayor of Beijing and executive chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, attended the ceremony.
Torch sign.
The event first reviewed the tinder collection and handover ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Greece through video. With the expectation of the audience, the Beijing Winter Olympics tinder lamp solemnly entered the event site, Cai Qi walked onto the stage and took the burning torch to light it. At the ceremony, the Olympic fire was blazing in the land of China, marking the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which attracted worldwide attention.
Subsequently, Zhang Jiandong, the deputy mayor of Beijing and the executive vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, delivered a speech and announced the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics fire display and torch relay plan.
In the context of the global response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, in accordance with the requirements of “simple, safe, and exciting”, insists on putting public health and safety in the first place, and combines the traditional torch relay with fire display activities. Innovatively create the torch relay for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The overall design of the torch.
The torch relay activity is based on the theme of "Meeting the Ice and Snow Covenant and Going to a Better Future", with the slogan "Health, Joy, Vitality", streamlining the scale of the relay, and increasing the display activities. It will be divided into three types: fire display, traditional torch relay, and network promotion. Parts.
According to the arrangement, after the Winter Olympics Tinder arrives in Beijing, it will first be displayed in the Olympic Tower in conjunction with the Olympic Torch Relay theme exhibition.
Later, some of the Olympic global partners and the official partners of the Beijing Winter Olympics will combine corporate charity projects to widely publicize the Olympic spirit and the concept of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Later, in areas with abundant ice and snow resources and a good foundation for ice and snow sports, various ice and snow sports and cultural activities were combined for display to encourage more people to participate in ice and snow sports and support the preparation of the Winter Olympics.
Front view of tinder lamp.
From February 2nd to 4th, 2022, traditional torch relay activities will be carried out in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou. A total of about 1,200 torchbearers will participate in the relay.
The transfer route is based on ice and snow culture, historical culture, and Great Wall culture, presenting the natural scenery, humanistic characteristics and urban features along the way.
The Beijing torch relay focused on the unique charm of the "Double Olympic City", the Yanqing Division focused on showing the brand new image of the "most beautiful Winter Olympic City", and the Zhangjiakou Division focused on displaying the fruitful results of creating an Asian ice and snow tourist resort destination.
In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will also carry out the torch network promotion activities, with the help of various online applets, virtual reality technology, topic challenges and other platforms and channels, carry out a variety of online promotion activities, attracting the majority of netizens to join in the interaction and share Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Front view of tinder station.
At the ceremony site, the unique Tinder Stand for the Beijing Winter Olympics ceremony was unveiled for the first time.
The creative inspiration of the ceremonial fire-seeding platform comes from the traditional Chinese bronze ritual vessel-Zun. The auspicious cloud pattern gradually turns into snowflakes from the bottom up, symbolizing the spiritual inheritance of the "Double Olympic City".
The red ribbon flies elegantly and wraps upwards, in harmony with the torch design.
The colors of red and silver reflect the fusion of tradition and modernity, technology and passion.
At the end of the ceremony, with the torch theme song sounded, the tinder was once again introduced into the tinder lamp and was escorted to the Olympic Tower Skydome Hall, officially opening the tinder display for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The exhibition is not only an enrichment in the form of the torch relay, but also an extension of the Olympic spirit. It can show the charm of the Winter Olympics, drive the development of ice and snow sports, and attract more public participation.
As the torch relay landscape of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the tinder lamp, the torch relay logo and the torchbearer costumes were unveiled simultaneously.
The originality of the tinder lamp originated from the "first light in China"-the Western Han Dynasty Longxin Palace Lantern, which expressed people's pursuit and yearning for light and hope through the meaning of "long letter"; the torch relay logo idea originated from traditional Chinese culture. "Golden Phoenix" and "Fire Pattern" symbolize auspiciousness and auspiciousness, and represent the spirit of self-improvement of the athletes; the torchbearer clothing highlights the color of Chinese red based on the main tone of white, and is lined with yellow to reflect passion, enthusiasm and joy. The characteristics of Qing's torch relay fully demonstrate the high-spirited posture of the torchbearer chasing forward.
In more than 100 days of exhibition and delivery activities, the Olympic flame will spread the Olympic ideals and promote the Olympic spirit in the land of China, and play the gorgeous movement of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
All people in the world who love the Olympic movement will share the passion and joy of the Beijing Winter Olympics, join hands in the ice and snow covenant, and head for a better future.