Winter Paralympics close: Sending confidence, fraternity and hope to the world
■ Editorial
We need confidence, fraternity and hope, and all of humanity needs to join hands, walk through storms and inspire each other.
It was still that familiar snowflake.
From the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the opening ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics, to the closing ceremony of the Winter Paralympics on the evening of March 13, one snowflake, four ceremonies, throughout, tells a complete Olympic story. It also conveys confidence, friendship and hope to the world.
This is undoubtedly a Winter Paralympic Games with special significance.
The global epidemic is still ongoing, and the normal rhythm of life has been greatly disrupted. People need to overcome many difficulties and ensure thorough protection before they can reunite in Beijing and meet on the field.
Especially for disabled athletes, this is not easy.
Shortly before the Winter Paralympics, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, and the geopolitical situation fell into great uncertainty. The whole world was trying to find a peaceful solution.
At this moment, the whole world is under the same perception of time and space, and people's hope for world peace has reached a new height.
At this moment, people urgently need a symbol to re-stabilize the basic consensus that can promote human unity and anchor the future direction.
The Beijing Winter Paralympics held at this moment is such a symbol, and it has fulfilled this special historical mission very well.
At the closing ceremony of the Winter Paralympics, there was such a touching scene: when the familiar melody of "You Raise Me Up" sounded, 200 performers performed sign language, and the audience started the chorus. When everyone gathered, a man appeared in the center of the venue. A smiley face with a big "LOVE" written in it.
In the melody and in the picture, this moving scene makes people feel a huge lifting force blowing towards the face.
And these are undoubtedly the best messages to the world today: we need confidence, fraternity and hope, and all human beings need to join hands, walk through storms and inspire each other.
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games, the actors "sang" the national anthem from the bottom of their hearts in sign language, and the blind athletes lit the main torch... The moving details of every scene have been swiped on the Internet, and together they have become the current winter paralympics. Warm memories of the Olympics.
The Winter Paralympics have always had a special meaning. Because of the special physical condition of the athletes, the biggest "watch" of the Winter Paralympics is not necessarily the intensity of the competition, but more of a spiritual strength.
Spreading out the life of every athlete in the Winter Paralympics is a story of breaking a cocoon into a butterfly. Every minute and second of their ice and snow arena is almost creating a miracle of life.
Physical disabilities have not stopped athletes from challenging the heights of life and passing on their desire for friendship.
In the current context, this kind of spiritual appeal is especially worthy of all human beings to cherish.
We will never forget this moment: on March 9, after the Chinese team defeated the Czech team in the ice hockey arena, the Chinese team players comforted the Czech players and gave them hugs and comforts; Zhang Mengqiu, who won 2 golds and 3 silvers, changed into a different look On the podium, showing extraordinary sunshine and self-confidence; Canadian athlete Frederick Teguin bid farewell to the competition early due to an injury in training. Xue Rongrong specially visited her and healed the wound with a cute shape... …
These moving scenes are all conveying confidence, friendship and hope.
Throughout the Paralympic Games, people were immersed in a warm situation.
Athletes from all over the world appreciate and encourage each other. This soft power also comforts the world with the help of cameras and screens.
In addition to the venue itself, the various safeguard measures of the Winter Paralympic Games also reflect humanized care everywhere.
Automatic doors, barrier-free seats, barrier-free elevators, barrier-free toilets, low-level vending machines... The barrier-free renovation of the Beijing Winter Paralympics has penetrated into almost every corner.
This is not only a respect for athletes, but also a "awakening of consciousness" to the whole world, so that everyone can see how high the expression of kindness between people can reach.
"The work here has achieved everything we hoped for." Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, commented on the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
From a higher level, this kind of "perfection" is not only the event itself, but also a concentrated display of the human spirit - in any case, we can show each other the toughest, kindest and gentlest side, go To achieve human unity in the most essential sense.
On the evening of March 13, with the accompaniment of the theme song "Snowflake" played by the violin, the main torch of the Beijing Winter Paralympics was slowly extinguished, and the time for the Beijing Winter Olympics ended.
However, the fire is not small, and it will last forever. The Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics have recorded the human race to each other in a special situation, and will surely inspire us for a long time to create a more united and beautiful with confidence and courage. human future.