Chinese elements highlighted at Olympic closing ceremony

The curtains came down on the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Sunday night at Bird’s Nest in Beijing. During the ceremony, many Chinese cultural elements were put into the design of the grand show, expressing some Chinese romance. They became the highlights of the closing ceremony and let’s take a look.

Festival lanterns

The closing ceremony began with a large snowflake torch appearing in the sky, echoing the moment from the opening ceremony. Then accompanied by cheerful music, children hung traditional Chinese festive lanterns, lighting up the emblem of the Winter Olympics, which originated from the Chinese character for winter, “dong”.

Chinese knot

The 12 Chinese zodiac(生肖)—themed ice cars created an outline of a Chinese knot with its wheel trails. And then it was enlarged, and an enormous “Chinese knot” was presented using digital AR technology. Each ribbon could be clearly seen, and all of the ribbons twisted together, symbolizing unity and a good fortune.

Fish and riches

During the closing ceremony, the Malanhua Children’s Choir from a mountainous area of Fuping county in Hebei province performed again, this time with different clothes.

The Chinese paper-cut of double fish was seen on their clothes, meaning “rich and have a surplus in the next year” in Chinese culture.

Willow (柳树) branch for farewell

In ancient times, Chinese people broke a willow branch and gave it to their friends, family or relatives when seeing them off, as willow sounds like “stay” in Mandarin. Willow branches appeared in the closing ceremony, expressing Chinese people’s hospitality and bidding farewell to the world guests.

【小题1】Which of the flowing is inspired by the Chinese character “dong”?

A．Festive lanterns.

B．A snowflake torch.

C．The emblem.

D．Cheerful music.

【小题2】What characteristic did “Chinese knot” and “Fish and riches” share?

A．Both employed AR technology.	B．Both symbolized a wealthy life.
C．Both were created by ice cars.	D．Both were performed by children.

【小题3】Which one can be adopted as a symbol of departure?

A．Festive lanterns.

B．Chinese knot.

C．Fish and riches.

D．Willow branch.