China News Service Client Beijing, January 4
Reporter Wang Yu
Along the long central axis of the ancient capital Beijing, there are world cultural heritage sites such as the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City.
They build the upright backbone of this city, tell the rich accumulation of thousands of years of history, and contain the soul that leads the trend of the times.
On the summer night 14 years ago, from Yongdingmen Gate to Tiananmen Square to the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium, 29 fireworks "footprints" marched slowly and firmly.
They skimmed the historical light and shadow of the prosperity and decline of the Chinese nation, and outlined the clear path of the modern Olympic movement into the ancient oriental country with splendid civilization.
On the evening of August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was grandly opened at the National Stadium ("Bird's Nest").
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
The best memorial to history is to create a new history.
Today, the countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics is one month away.
12 kilometers north of Tiananmen Square, the "Ice Ribbon" of the National Speed Skating Stadium, which flutters in the wind in the snow in winter, is illuminating the "fastest ice" of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The silver-white outer structure is like an ice chain, rotating rapidly to climb and rise, symbolizing the 22 "ice ribbons" of 2022 intertwined into cocoons on the north side of the bird's nest, waiting for the moment when the butterfly emerges.
Located on the central axis that symbolizes glory and inheritance, as one of the landmarks of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Ice Ribbon" is like a star and continues to write a new chapter about the Olympic dream of the entire nation and the entire country.
Beijing, the national speed skating stadium "Ice Ribbon" Venus with blues night view is magnificent and picturesque.
Image source: ICphoto
On the morning of October 20th, Beijing time, the Tinder for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was unveiled at the Beijing Olympic Tower. This is the first time the Tinder for the Winter Olympics has been displayed in China. It is also the first time that China will welcome the Tinder for the Olympics after 13 years.
The arrival of the Olympic flame has once again ignited the passion and dreams of the Chinese people at home and abroad, and also ignited the glory of the "Double Olympic City".
Between the needles and needles of the Double Olympics preparations, Beijing and the Centennial Olympics have realized the past and the future hand in hand.
Between Double Olympics, the development direction of the Olympic spirit has not changed.
On the basis of the Olympics concept of "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics, and Humanistic Olympics" of the Beijing Olympics, the Olympic spirit is condensed into new wisdom and Chinese solutions on the land of China.
The Tinder of the Winter Olympics was displayed at the "Tinder that travels through time and space-Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Torch Relay Theme Exhibition".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
The preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics has always been adhering to the concept of "green, shared, open, and clean".
From "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports" to making the most of the heritage of Beijing Olympic venues, Beijing, which has created countless history, will become a new benchmark for the international Olympic movement.
A hundred years of chasing, 43 years of rebuilding the road, 14 years of glory and waiting, more than 6 years of preparations, it is still this hot spot, time turns, Beijing's pursuit and exploration of the Olympic spirit has not changed.
Between Double Olympics, Chinese sports ushered in a golden age.
The fourteen years from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics are also the fourteen years of rapid development of Chinese sports.
From competitive sports, national fitness to the sports industry, the changes brought by the Beijing Olympics to Chinese society continue to this day.
"Healthy China Vitality Winter Olympics."
Source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
The marathon data blowout, and the "15-minute fitness circle" has gradually become a reality.
Last year, the "14th Five-Year" Sports Development Plan, "National Fitness Plan (2021-2025)" and other documents were issued successively, starting a new journey of national fitness and healthy China.
From successively creating the best results in the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, to tying the best results of overseas summer Olympics in the Tokyo Olympics, China's competitive sports has gained a lot.
Abandoning the "gold medal theory", pursuing the sportsmanship of fighting the supremacy, and getting closer to the core of the Olympic spirit has become the consensus of more people.
Between Olympic Games and Olympic Games, the inheritance of Chinese traditional culture continues uninterrupted.
The Beijing Olympic Games showed the world a China with a profound foundation.
Time flies, but the special mark left in 2008 has never been dusted.
On February 4th, on the first anniversary of the countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics was officially launched.
The picture shows the torch pattern of the Beijing Winter Olympics released that day.
China News Service released the picture provided by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
On February 4 last year, the Beijing Winter Olympics torch "Flying" was unveiled; on September 17, the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Together to the Future" was announced; on October 26, the Beijing Winter Olympics medals were released...Beijing Winter Olympics The logo and outline of the meeting gradually became clear.
Whether it is the torch "flying" that echoes the shape of the main torch tower in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the torch "flies up" with auspicious cloud patterns, or the medal "Concentric", which is creatively derived from the ancient Chinese concentric jade bib, will switch between the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics What remains the same is that Beijing shares the heart of Chinese culture with the world.
Always remember, there will be reverberations.
The Beijing Winter Olympics is the result of concerted efforts from all walks of life in the country.
From the northern part of the Sai to the south of the Yangtze River, from the western border to the eastern coastal area, the domestic ice and snow sports and the ice and snow industry have developed vigorously in the past six years.
As the countdown pointer enters the last 30 days, the atmosphere of welcoming the Winter Olympics is getting stronger.
At the intersection of West Jiudao Street and Central Street in Daoli District, Harbin, an ice sculpture with the theme of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mascot "Bingdun Dun" and the Winter Paralympics mascot "Snow Rongrong" has attracted many citizens. Come to watch taking pictures.
Image source: ICphoto
Statistics show that as of the beginning of 2021, 654 standard ice rinks and 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts have been built across China. The numbers have increased by 317% and 41% respectively compared with 2015.
Under the vision of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", the results of the ice and snow sports "south expansion, west expansion and eastward advancement" have appeared. This is also the host's most sincere invitation to the world.
Yang Yang, Chairman of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: “I am very pleased to see people of all ages participating in sports and full of enthusiasm. The inheritance of the spirit of the Beijing Olympics."
On December 15th, the theme event of "Shencheng Welcomes the Winter Olympics with Dreams" Shanghai welcomed the 50-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held in the Sports Building.
Photo by Tang Yanjun
The Beijing Winter Olympics is a grand event that the international community is looking forward to together.
The official IOC magazine "Olympic Review" recently published a special issue in Chinese. The cover story focuses on the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, indicating that Beijing is ready to start a new era of the Winter Olympics.
IOC President Bach said bluntly: "Beijing will become the first city in history to host the Olympic Games in both summer and winter. The Beijing Winter Olympics will connect the Chinese people with the world, and China will usher in the best winter. Athletes, the whole world will feel this enthusiasm."
Many politicians from many countries spoke intensively and expressed their expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
All of these have sent strong signals to the world and fully demonstrated the firm confidence of the international community in China's success in hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On December 14, 2021, the Beijing "Ice Cube" ice sports center passed the completion acceptance.
Image source: ICphoto
There is righteousness in the heaven and the earth, and the manifold is mixed.
Political noise can hardly stop the pace of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and will not tarnish the Olympic background of peace, hard work, and unity.
The spring breeze is full of freshness, and the levy has not been solved before crossing the saddle.
Standing in the historical period when the goals of the "two centenary years" converge, the coordinates of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are unique and far-reaching.
Today, the Beijing Winter Olympics is adhering to the original aspiration of pursuing dreams of the 100-year Olympics, fulfilling the solemn promises made at the time of the bid, and in accordance with the scientific and rigorous preparation process, under the attention of the whole world, a "wonderful, outstanding and extraordinary" event. The sports event will soon be presented to the world.
When the cry of "Beijing welcomes you" travels through time and space, it still echoes in the ears, the "Bird's Nest" that belongs to the Olympic Games is once again noisy, when China's sports and economic and social development once again usher in another historical opportunity, when it is derived along the track of dreams The new Olympic dream...
History and the future are looking forward to what kind of answers China will hand over.
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