Opening and Closing Ceremony Team: The Closing Ceremony is still "simple" and will pay tribute to the "City of Double Olympics"

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 18 (Reporter Wang Hengzhi, Li Li, Wang Lu) The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was simple and wonderful, and there were amazing ideas everywhere.

What will be the highlights of the closing ceremony to be held on the evening of the 20th?

The opening and closing ceremonies team revealed in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency that the closing ceremonies still follow the "simple" style, and will also present and pay tribute to the important element of the "city of two Olympics" through "travel".

　　The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics held the last full-element rehearsal on the 18th. At present, all preparations for the closing ceremony have been completed.

　　Chang Yu, Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: "We hope to convey a sense of self-confidence in the opening and closing ceremonies this time, that is, to use a simple way to express the theme more clearly, to be able to make us The idea that I want to convey is more widely and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.”

　　He revealed that the closing ceremony will be based on the ceremonial link stipulated by the International Olympic Committee, and the performance will be integrated into the ceremony through clever design.

At the same time, by hosting this Winter Olympics, Beijing has become the only "Double Olympic City" in the world, and this element will be specially designed and presented at the closing.

　　As the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou "spoiled" a major highlight of the closing ceremony: "When the fire of the Winter Olympics is finally extinguished, there will be a momentary physical reproduction of the 2008 Olympic Games, as if going back in time, bringing everyone A sense of 'traveling'." He also said that in line with the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will still highlight the technological content, and through the power of technology, the closing ceremony will be "ethereal and romantic".

　　Sha Xiaolan, chief lighting designer of the opening and closing ceremonies and director of the closing ceremonies, revealed that, like the opening ceremonies, the closing ceremonies have also designed many delicate links. There will be unique designs.