(Beijing Winter Olympics) Culture and technology blend, classical and modern resonance: the Chinese code of Beijing Winter Olympics clothing
China News Service, Beijing, January 21st: The fusion of culture and technology, the resonance of classical and modern: the Chinese code of Beijing Winter Olympics clothing
Author Xie Yanbing
"There is no better way to separate etiquette than Yufu." China is known as the "Kingdom of Clothing", and clothing has always been an important part of traditional etiquette.
In the upcoming ice and snow event, the Winter Olympic costumes with "the fusion of culture and technology, the resonance of classical and modern" will also tell China and the world in a silent place.
Uniform: Ink painting, mineral color, warm wool
In previous Olympic Games, staff uniforms, athletes' competition uniforms, and award ceremony uniforms are often eye-catching elements.
With the 100-day countdown to the opening, the uniforms and equipment of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics once again attracted the attention of the outside world.
The Winter Olympics uniforms and equipment are used by staff, technical officials and volunteers, and will meet the work needs of 30,000 related personnel during the competition, including clothing, shoes and accessories.
Some comments pointed out that "inheritance" and "nation" are the labels of Beijing Winter Olympics uniforms and equipment.
According to the official website of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics Organizing Committee, the design of the uniform is inspired by traditional Chinese landscape paintings and the core graphic of the Winter Olympics - Snow Mountain, which shows the traditional Chinese idea of "Dao, nature, and man and nature". picture.
The overall design has the charm of Chinese ink painting, the lines are thick and thin, the layers are far and near, the virtual and the real, and the traditional aesthetics and ice and snow sports are "cross-border" integrated.
In terms of color selection, Xiaguang Red, Great Wall Gray, Sky Blue, and Ruixue White are all derived from traditional Chinese mineral colors.
"Clothing is an important part of the overall vision of the Beijing Winter Olympics. It contains traditional Chinese culture and represents the image of the country. It is difficult to form an impression with a symbol, but the clothing of tens of thousands of people in the Winter Olympics will form a joint force." Clothing observer Ma Gang told a reporter from China News Agency.
In addition to the cultural connotation, lightness and warmth are the functional requirements of the Winter Olympic uniforms.
The application of new materials, new processes and new technologies improves the actual effect of uniforms.
Yan Cheng, director of the Human Resources Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, pointed out that the uniforms are filled with a new type of thermal flock with a multi-layer structure with domestic patented technology to meet the needs of keeping warm in cold environments; the waterproof membrane used in thermal boots is 100% waterproof and wind and snowproof. , breathable and recyclable; the gloves are equipped with anti-skid, signature and touch screen functions... China's "black technology" has put a "safety cover" on the smooth work of 30,000 people.
Competition uniform: "Fast, protective, warm and beautiful" "combat uniform"
Compared with uniforms, the athletes' competition uniforms, the "combat uniforms" of the Winter Olympics, are a concentrated expression of the combination of tradition and modernity and the empowerment of technology.
At the end of 2019, in order to provide Chinese athletes with clothing and equipment more in line with their own characteristics, the National Winter Sports Clothing and Equipment Research and Development Center was officially established.
"Fast, protective, warm, and beautiful" is the focus of the technical research team of the Winter Olympics "combat clothes" research team.
Among them, "fast", "protective" and "warm" show technology, and "beauty" shows culture.
Comprehensive drag reduction design, new energy-absorbing and shock-absorbing materials, anti-cut fabrics that are "unbreakable by ice skates", and active heating technology... In order to make athletes faster and stronger on the field, researchers have shown their magic powers to study how to "faster" "Protect" and "warm".
"Fast" is mainly aimed at the comprehensive drag reduction of competition suits for short track speed skating, alpine skiing and other racing events.
High-speed ice skating requires air resistance equivalent to 6 to 8 winds. Even 0.01 seconds may determine the attribution of medals, and drag reduction is particularly important.
It is understood that at present, the comprehensive resistance of Chinese alpine skiing clothing at a wind speed of 32m/s is better than the level of similar competition clothing in advanced countries.
"Protection" means that the winter sports environment is complex and the risk of injury to athletes is high, and the protection performance of clothing and equipment during training and competition is high, mainly for steel frame snowmobiles, sleds and other projects.
"Warm" is a common demand for winter projects.
Improve the warmth retention rate of fibers; active heating technology, which converts electrical energy into heat, is the "two ways" to seek "warmth".
"Beauty" is the integration of traditional Chinese techniques in clothing to express Chinese culture.
Liu Li, director of the National Winter Sports Apparel and Equipment Research and Development Center and a professor appointed by the dean of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency that some figure skating competition suits use traditional Suzhou embroidery techniques. The Chinese athletes on the face bloomed with colorful "beauty" under the illumination of the lights.
Dress: Chinese painting landscape, aftertaste of Han and Tang Dynasties, high and low temperature resistance
The award ceremony has always been an important exhibition stand for the style and etiquette of the host country of the Olympic Games, and receiving the award is also the most exciting and glorious moment for athletes, and the award ceremony clothing cannot be ignored.
At the end of last year, once the Beijing Winter Olympics award ceremony clothing was released, it received rave reviews.
There are three sets of plans, namely "Rui Xue Xiang Yun", "Fortune Landscape" and "Tang Hua Fei Xue".
"Rui Xue Xiang Yun" takes the traditional Chinese auspicious symbols as the theme, and transforms the "golden and blue landscape" technique in traditional Chinese painting into the form of embroidery; "Fortune Landscape" is inspired by the famous Chinese painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", using the landscape in Chinese painting. The expression method combines traditional Chinese landscape images with the mountain shadows in the core graphics of the Winter Olympics, so that the classical and modern blend, and the blue and white landscapes are vivid in the clothes. The Baoxiang flower pattern and the snowflake pattern, combined with the light pattern in the core graphics of the Beijing Winter Olympics, are rich in the aftertaste of the Han and Tang Dynasties and contain the spirit of the times.
According to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, the award ceremony clothing is also made of polyimide fiber materials used in the aerospace field, which has the advantages of high and low temperature resistance, good skin adaptability, and low thermal conductivity of the material itself.
During the game, the three sets of dresses will appear in the award ceremony in the snow stadium, the ice stadium and the award plaza respectively, keeping the awarding staff warm at minus 30 degrees Celsius.
"We look forward to two weeks later, when the Winter Olympics clothing on and off the field will form a flowing landscape that highlights technology and culture, and connects the past and the future." Ma Gang said.
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