Recalling the ice and snow event a year ago, I believe many people were deeply impressed by the opening and closing ceremonies. Chinese culture and ice and snow elements complement each other, reflecting the beauty of nature, humanity, and sports, and interpreting the credibility and loveliness of China in the new era. , Respectable image. We also exclusively interviewed Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the four shows, to see how he feels over the past year.

Zhang Yimou, Chief Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics: The day of the opening ceremony seems to be the same as yesterday, but it is true that many things have happened this year. Indeed, there have been relatively big changes in work and life. It started to recover again, and everything started to recover again.

Speaking of the opening and closing ceremonies, director Zhang Yimou said bluntly that the source of all creativity is our cultural confidence.

Zhang Yimou, Chief Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics: It is four words, cultural confidence, and these four words make the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics, four Ritual has a new creative concept, and under this concept, we successfully completed this task. For example, like our twenty-four solar terms, the countdown at the beginning is actually a counting method based on the Chinese people's seasonal changes in solar terms, the time flow, and the endless life of the twenty-four solar terms. It comes from this method, from China This point of traditional culture comes in, so whether it is the twenty-four solar terms or the water of the Yellow River, there are Chinese knots, as well as the welcoming pine for our fireworks, for example, there are folded willows to express love, especially our snowflake torch and snowflake The theme song, as well as the micro-fire torch, all the creative ideas reflect the general policy of simplicity, safety, and excitement, but the most important idea is all from the understanding and promotion of Chinese culture. Culture is our root, so we can bring our own success with cultural confidence.

Today, the Beijing Winter Olympics has driven the ice and snow fever. Director Zhang Yimou said that it is particularly valuable to vigorously promote the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

: More Chinese people love winter sports, and this ice and snow sport is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The 300 million people we talked about participating in ice and snow sports really brought about such a big change. Especially young people, cultivate their brave spirit, not afraid of severe cold, work hard, forge ahead, and cultivate such a spirit.