[Beijing Winter Olympics] Eating Roast Duck and Playing Tai Chi

  [Explanation] Beijing roast duck, Tai Chi Chinese medicine, folk products... The main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics is full of various Chinese elements, allowing foreign journalists to experience the charm of Chinese culture immersively even if they are in a closed loop.

  In the restaurant of the main media center, the reporter saw many foreign journalists who came to eat.

Reporter Simon said that Chinese food is very popular in the UK. Although this time because of the closed loop, he cannot go to a local restaurant in Beijing, but he likes the Chinese food here very much.

  [Concurrent] Foreign correspondent Simon

  Honestly, I love everything here, I love the beef with black pepper.

When I came to the Olympics in 2008, we really enjoyed going to restaurants (on the street), trying different foods, eating Peking duck and everything else.

It's unfortunate but this time we can't do it, which is a shame, but here's a good substitute.

  [Explanation] Qing palace figures, buckle ornaments, embroidered sachets... The gift shop on the second floor of the main media center is filled with a dazzling array of Chinese-style products.

Gustav, a foreign journalist who was picking souvenirs, said that it was the first time he came to China, and he saw many products here for the first time and felt very new.

  [Concurrent] Foreign correspondent Gustav

  Very different from Europe, these products are very special and of course very beautiful, you can see the Chinese culture.

These are made of (metal), some people use it as a bookmark in their daily life, I think it's a very special use, we can see that this is the Summer Palace, it looks beautiful, and I was told that this place is in Beijing.

  [Explanation] Next to the gift shop is the exhibition space of traditional Chinese medicine culture.

There are five traditional Chinese medicine cultural projects, including Taijiquan AI experience area, 24 solar terms inquiry experience area, acupuncture Tongren meridian inquiry experience area, unique diagnosis and treatment system inquiry experience area, and Chinese medicine inquiry experience area around the world. The most popular is the Tai Chi experience area.

  [Concurrent] Zhao Liying, a lecturer in the exhibition space of traditional Chinese medicine

  About 100 people come to us to experience our Tai Chi every day, and about 80% of foreigners come here to experience it. If they visit our exhibition, we will also send a blind box to encourage them to learn more about the culture of Chinese medicine and put our Chinese medicine Culture can go out.

  [Concurrent] Foreign correspondent Matt

  It's hard to do Tai Chi, but it's beautiful and relaxing, and it's my first time doing Tai Chi.

I know Tai Chi is very famous here, and we Americans also practice Tai Chi.

(Traditional Chinese medicine) has a long history, it is very natural, and I think it is beneficial to everyone.

It will be a report, a report on how we experience Chinese culture, even though we are in a closed loop, we can't go to Beijing, we can't go to China, but we can still see and feel (Chinese culture) here.

  [Explanation] Whether it's Chinese food with full color and fragrance, extensive and profound Chinese medicine Taijiquan, or small bookmarks carved with historical monuments, the ubiquitous Chinese culture in the main media center attracts batches of foreign countries every day. Reporters visit and report.

  Reporter Liu Xuanting reports from Beijing

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]