The 24th Winter Olympic Games will kick off in Beijing on February 4, 2022.
The sports department of Chinanews.com launched a series of columns "Hundred Questions about Winter Olympics", aimed at popularizing Winter Olympic knowledge, answering hot questions, sharing interesting stories about ice and snow, and helping everyone have a better watching experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 56th Winter Olympics Hundred Questions丨Do you see the hidden Chinese characters in the Beijing Winter Olympics emblem?
On December 15, 2017, the "Double Olympics" venue "Water Cube" witnessed another important moment in the history of the Olympic movement: the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics emblem "Winter Dream" and the Winter Paralympics emblem "Leap". This lifted the veil.
And can you see the hidden Chinese characters?
According to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics, the emblem is inspired by the Chinese character "Winter" and uses the artistic form of Chinese calligraphy.
The upper part of the figure shows the shape of the skater, and the lower part shows the heroic posture of the skier.
The dancing lines in the middle represent the undulating mountains, stadiums, ice and snow slides and festive ribbons of the venue, adding a festive visual experience to the emblem and also symbolizing that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held during the Chinese New Year.
The emblem of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games "Leap".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
The Paralympic Winter Games emblem combines the art of Chinese calligraphy with the sports characteristics of the Winter Paralympic Games. Its design shows the dynamics and strength of the Chinese character "fly". It expresses the form of wheelchairs and other special sports equipment for the Paralympics.
As early as the bidding period for the Winter Olympics, the emblem of the bid was based on the Chinese calligraphy "Winter", combining abstract slides, ice and snow sports forms with the art of calligraphy. Point homeopathy melts into 2022, vivid and natural.
Lin Cunzhen, the designer of the emblem for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, said when he talked about why the Chinese character "冬" was used as the core of the design creativity on both occasions, he said: "The character for "Winter" is a direction, whether it is written or calligraphy, It is representative of Chinese culture." She said that the application for the emblem and the emblem are derived from the same "winter" character, both inheritance and development, and show two completely different states.
Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, believes that there are more and more people studying Chinese in the world. Designing the Winter Olympics emblem with the element of Chinese characters "winter" is a way for the world to understand China and tell Chinese stories well. It can make the world have a sense of beauty and respect for Chinese culture.
(Wang Yu)