The Beijing Winter Olympics opens grandly丨Technology and romance dance together, so beautiful and so Chinese!

No doubt

This is a romance that belongs to the Chinese!

The Chinese regard this romance

Dedicated to the whole world

February 4

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year

beginning of spring

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Grand opening of the National Stadium "Bird's Nest"

Chinese President Xi Jinping

IOC President Bach attended the opening ceremony

Countdown from the 24 solar terms

Breaking the ice to the fifth ring

The five-star red flag passed down from hand to hand

To the main torch

It can be said that

Surprises along the way, can't get enough

Revisiting the details

Still shocked and moved!

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【Detail 1】

Countdown to the 24 solar terms

Very beautiful and very Chinese

Image source: CCTV live broadcast screenshot

This is a countdown performance. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ga

Winter Olympics Opening

Coincides with the Chinese "Twenty-Four Solar Terms"

The "Beginning of Spring"

It is also the first solar term of the year.

This represents the cycle of one year.

It also represents the way people get along with nature and the world.

Use it to count down

Reflecting the Chinese understanding of time

Coincidentally

Winter Olympics in Beijing

This is the 24th Winter Olympics in history.

The day of the beginning of spring

Winter Olympics Opening

It also means friends from all over the world

Welcome a new spring together

[Moment 2]

Ordinary Chinese people passing the national flag

This is the national flag of the People's Republic of China entering the venue. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yichen

This is the national flag of the People's Republic of China entering the venue. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei

Person passing the national flag

Including representatives from all walks of life in China

There are heroes and models such as Qi Fabao

There are also university students representing 56 nationalities.

There are also medical workers and police officers

Couriers and takeaway boys, etc.

They are ordinary people.

Hand-to-hand transmission

Expressing the emotions and relationship between the people and the flag

Moment 3

Five rings breaking through the ice

A drop of ice blue ink falls from the sky

Transformed into the water of the Yellow River, pouring down

The mood of the whole picture

From ancient Chinese poetry

“The Yellow River comes from the sky”

The rolling waves

Eventually, it condenses into a crystal clear world of ice and snow.

A huge body of water rises from the ice

Freeze into ice

History of the past 23 Winter Olympics host cities

With the 24 "laser engravers" carving around the venue

Flashback

The final designation is "2022 Beijing, China"

Afterwards

Ice hockey players interact with the video of the puck hitting

After the ice ball hits repeatedly in the video space

The whole ice cube gradually broke apart

A crystal clear five rings of ice and snow broke through the ice

This behavioral process is defined as "breaking the ice"

“Ice-breaking” behavior

In Chinese culture

Representatives break down barriers and resolve conflicts

Get closer to each other and understand each other

Laser engraved five rings

Opening up a dazzling glass world of ice and snow

【Moment 4】

Release the "Dove of Peace"

Capture real-time interaction of more than 600 people

Peace dove display

Children holding "peace doves" running in the field

"Snowflakes, snowflakes bloom in the sun

In my hometown, in a distant place, it is equally open..."

Image source: CCTV live broadcast screenshot

This performance scene

All powered by artificial intelligence

Motion capture technology implementation

This is the first time in the world

In such a large venue

For more than 600 people

Collective real-time capture interaction

This is a first in visual technology!

【Moment 5】

A century of Olympic history

Ignition method never used before

Ignition method

The last person holding the torch

Convert to main torch

The main torch in Olympic history

First use of the "low fire" method

Fully embodies the concept of green environmental protection

This is the "Building a Snowflake" segment at the opening ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei

This is the main torch. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can

This is the opening ceremony

The biggest suspense

This ignition method

It is also the first in the 100-year history of the Olympic Games.

Never before

Replace "ignite" with "not ignite"

Replace the blazing fire with a “small fire”

Image source: CCTV live broadcast screenshot

The last torch

Stay in the center of the big snowflake

Keep burning

The first director of the opening and closing ceremonies of both Olympic Games

Zhang Yimou said

This method delivers low-carbon, environmentally friendly

Green Olympics Concept

Achieved the first

One-shot innovation

How the main torch was lit

It can be seen as "one leaf can tell the coming of autumn"

"A small hand-held torch

A small flame

But what comes to mind is the great Olympic spirit

It is the burning passion and romance of all mankind."

"I am responsible for excellence, and Aerospace is responsible for success."

Zhang Yimou, chief director of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony

I have said this many times

Behind the spectacular opening ceremony

Aerospace people work hard

Leveraging key core aerospace technologies

Escort for the performance

China Aerospace Science and Technology Group

It is an important support unit for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics

A total of

Ground stage (including flagpole equipment), wire rope, torch

Ice Cube (including five rings), command monitoring, and communication systems

Ground display system, icefall, command center

CCTV video playback, VR, and video rendering room

11 major projects

"It's just this once in a lifetime."

Responsible for the main flare combustion system

Han Zongjie, a senior engineer at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said

This is the common belief of the development team

This time I have to do my best

We have gone through spring and autumn, cold and hot seasons

14 years

From Beijing to Beijing again!

This shows courage

It also reflects the Olympic motto

Faster, Higher, Stronger – More United

Delivering passion and dreams, showing courage and strength

Athletes, the competition is up to you.

Let’s fight!

Poster production: Feng Miaoran

Source: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

Comprehensive sources: Popular Science China WeChat public account, Science and Technology Daily, CCTV News, Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee official website, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, etc.