Hello, my friends! Nice to meet you! My name is Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩). I’m the mascot (吉祥物) of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. “Bing” is the Chinese word for “ice” and “Dwen Dwen” means health and liveliness (活泼). I’m a black and white panda. I have big eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. My arms and legs are short. What is it on my left hand? Haha! It is a heart pattern (心形图案) to welcome friends all over the world to come to China.

Who is that? It is my good friend, Shuey Rhon Rhon (雪容融). It is the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games (冬季残奥会). It looks like a red lantern (灯笼). It stands for harvest, warmth (温暖) and light. It has two small eyes. Its arms and legs are short, too. We are very cute.

Two days after eight e-sports games were reported officially to be included in the 19th Asian   Games, China’s Edward Gaming (EDG) team won its first League of Legends World Championship title in difficult battle, immediately drawing cheers from people around the country. The topic “EDG wins” was viewed more than 2.63 billion times on Sina Weibo.

With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have appeared. E-sports are the most popular. Unlike texts and videos, e-sports go beyond the differences of language and are understandable around the world.E-sports mostly are popular with people in their early 20s, which in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between young Chinese people and their counterparts（对应的人）around the world.

More importantly, the e-sports industry is helpful in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge business development.In 2020 alone, the sales revenue（收益）of the esports industry in China was more than 278.69 billion yuan, and created over 10 million jobs. According to a report, nearly 95 percent of graduates from e-sports subject at the Communication University of China in Nanjing, succeeded in finding a job this year. 62 percent of them devoted to（致力于）the e-sports industry, including video game clubs, game design companies and game competition operation companies.

The inclusion of e-sports in major sporting events has been a much-discussed topic in recent years. With more Chinese gaming clubs and teams appearing, the industry is expected to continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.

The Greeks started the Olympic Games almost 3,000 years ago in 776 BC. They were held nearly every four years for over a thousand years until they were stopped in 393 AD.

In order to take part, athletes had to be free men who spoke Greek. There may have also been a rule about age. They wanted the athletes to be youthful, or at least youthful looking. From what we know, athletes were supposed to only be men. However, there are records of at least one woman winning an event. The winners of the games were considered heroes. They not only got olive branches for winning, but also became famous. Sometimes they received large sums of money as a reward from their hometown.

The Olympic Games were held in Olympia, hence the name Olympics. They were held there because the gods lived on Mount Olympus and the games were held in honor of the king of the gods, Zeus（宙斯）.

The original Olympics had fewer events than what we had at the modern Olympics today. At the first Olympics there was only a single event. It was a running race that went the length of the stadium, around 200 meters.

More events were added over the next several Olympics. These events included more running races of different lengths, wrestling, chariot racing, boxing, and the pentathlon. The pentathlon included the scores of five events in all: long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, a stadium race, and wrestling.