Английская Википедия:2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox news event Шаблон:2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing on 20 February 2022. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings are expected to combine the formal ceremonial closing of this international sporting event (including closing speeches, hoisting of the flags, the parade of athletes, and the handover of the Olympic flag) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the culture and history of the current and next host nation (Italy) for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1]
The closing ceremony was directed by film director and producer Zhang Yimou, who also directed the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics and previously directed and produced the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Theme and Concept
According to Zhao Weidong head of the 2022 Olympic organising committee's media department the theme of the closing ceremony will be:
- Together For A Shared Future
- Beijing as the city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics
- Celebrations of athletes' achievements at those Games
As stated by Zhang Yimou, somewhere during the closing ceremony will re-create a moment from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, as for the Beijing National Stadium being the venue for the ceremonies of both Summer and Winter Olympics.
Ceremony key team
- Closing Ceremony Director – Zhang Yimou[4]
- Chief Lighting Designer – Sha Xiaolan
- Announcers
- French – Zhang Shanhui (CGTN French news anchor)
- English – Li Dongning (CGTN English news anchor)
- Mandarin Chinese – Kang Hui (CCTV news anchor)
Proceedings
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Entrance of the President of China and the President of the IOC
At 8:00pm China Standard Time, Chinese President Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach entered the stadium.
Lighting the Emblem
As the closing ceremony takes place five days after the Lantern Festival, which is the final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations, a performance was held to celebrate and promote the culture of the Chinese New Year through lanterns. Children danced and played with lanterns while interacting with the large snowflake cauldron in the center of the stadium. Their movement formed the emblem of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The lanterns were shaped like snowflakes to commemorate the overlap of both the Winter Olympics and the Chinese New Year celebration as well as to highlight the tradition of playing with lanterns during the Lantern Festival.
National Anthem of the People's Republic of China
Entry of countries' and regions' flags & Parade of nations
Шаблон:Main Continuing from the lantern performance, twelve sleds shaped in the form of Chinese zodiac animals, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig, carved out a Chinese knot on the floor, joining the children with lanterns in continuing the celebration of the Chinese New Year. The zodiac animals represent the interlinkage of the Chinese calendar and its solar terms. Animations performed by ribbons wrapped around the giant snowflake cauldron to form a hybrid combination of the Chinese knot and the lantern. The flags of the 91 competing nations entered the stadium first, followed by all the athletes who were still in Beijing marching in together as one group accompanied by an arrangement of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. The athletes gathered on the knot, symbolizing the Chinese culture of family reunion for the Chinese New Year.
Highlights video: "2022 and me"
Victory Ceremonies
- Women's cross-country skier medalists
- Men's cross-country skier medalists
Introduction of the IOC athlete's commission new member and recognition of the volunteers
Video: Powered by Belief
Moment of Remembrance: Bidding Farewell with a willow twig
Highlights video: "2022 and us"
Greek National Anthem and handover of the Olympic flag
First, the Greek flag was raised while the Greek national anthem is played. The Olympic flag was then lowered and folded while the Olympic Hymn was sung in Greek. Afterwards, the flag was passed from the mayor of Beijing, Chen Jining, to IOC president Thomas Bach, who then hand it over to the mayors of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Gianpietro Ghedina. This was followed by the raising of the flag of Italy and the playing of its anthem sing by the know italian singer Malika Ayane.During the Italian national anthem, a projection of stars (representing the 7,904 comuni of the country) formed the outline of Italy. The Olympic flag will be raised again on January 19, 2024 for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon Province, South Korea
Milan-Cortina 2026: "Duality, together"
As Olympic tradition dictates,but now with an innovation, because for the first time in history, an edition of the Olympic Games will officially have two host cities. Since the italian cities of Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo will host the next edition of the Winter Olympic Games scheduled for 2026.The two host cities took a shortcut on some concepts that Beijing based the organization and management of the edition that was ending and presented a 10-minute show called "Duality, Together". Unlike the pompous and exuberant shows traditionally presented by the world-know Italian producer Marco Balich, this time the COVID-19 pandemics led a elaboration of a more simple and sincere act that only needed 6 people and approximately 90% was produced in the city of Beijing itself based in an idea called "the less, is the better"[6]
This segment presented by Milan-Cortina coincided with duality, one of the pillars of Far Eastern culture and the Beijing 2022 slogan "Together for a shared future", the slogan of the 2022 Winter Olympics. According to Christian Milici (MCO2026 Head of Events), they aimed to celebrate the harmony which links two cities (Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo) that are very seemingly different, but are in constant dialogue with each other.[7] Because of this concept, the segment was focused on the harmony between humanity and nature as the main life duality. The segment started with two children with the names of the host cities on each of their backs rolling and hugging a inflated vinyl plastic globe, representing the two next host cities inviting the world for the 2026 games and a historical link between Beijing and Milan, the Silk Road (a historical important trading route traced by Marco Polo which was the first registered link between Europe and Asia). After this walk, the first film depicted two dancer trekking across the host cities: the man was running in the urban landscape of Milan and a woman was running in the snowy mountains of Cortina d'Ampezzo. After the first film, the two then the two met on the LED stage set up in the center of the Beijing National Stadium. They presented a joint modern dance routine to represent the history and the cultural aspects of Italy. After the segment, a second film was shown depicting various athletes holding several Italian flags and flags with the 2026 Winter Olympics logo. It then shows several open-aired meetings across the country as Frecce Tricolori flies over Venice (main hotspot from Veneto, the region where Cortina is located) and the Italian Alps and introduced the two host regions, Lombardy and Veneto.[8]
Production team
- Head of events: Christian Milici
- Creative director: Marco Balich
- Artistic director: Lidia Castelli
Performers
- Violinist: Giovanni Andrea Zanon
- Singer: Malika Ayane
Closing Speeches
Along the final speech and remarks made by Cai Qi, president and chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the IOC President Thomas Bach formally declared the games closed, praising them as excellent and unforgettable, as per the Olympic Charter he invited in French the youth of the world to meet again in Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo in four years time.[9]
Following the declaration of the closing of the Games, a video was shown of Beijing citizens and Winter Games volunteers bidding farewell to their international guests. It concluded with Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen waving to a snowflake as it flies toward the sky.
Extinguishing of the Olympic flame and Final last closing events
The Olympic flame, burning in torch docked at its base during the opening ceremony in the middle of a giant snowflake-shaped cauldron,was descending while one of the most striking scenes from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics was being reproduced (when the Olympic rings were formed on a carpet of LEDs that was suspended) gradually extinguished while "You and Me", the theme song of the 2008 Summer Olympics, was sampled when the snow flame was near to touch the ground and and was it slowly faded away extinguished,after the last after the last sparks burn out and it goes out for good,"Snowflakes", the theme song of the 2022 Winter Olympics, which was sung by the Beijing Philharmonic Choir (北京愛樂合唱團) started to play. This segmenr was written to highlight the fact that the city made the historical achievement of being the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, to end the ceremony as the Olympic Charter determines and a large display of fireworks started.As the fireworks exploded, the cast of the show began to sing "Auld Lang Syne".The song ended exactly at 21:40 CST and was the last moment of the ceremonies.
Dignitaries in attendance
Host nation dignitaries
- Шаблон:Flagicon People's Republic of China –
- Xi Jinping — General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the CMC and President of the PRC
- Peng Liyuan — First lady of China
- Li Keqiang — Premier of the People's Republic of China
- Cai Qi — Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Beijing, Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party member and Chairman of the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee
- Chen Jining — Mayor of Beijing
International dignitaries
- Шаблон:Flag − Wu Cherng-dean, Chairperson of the New Party[10]
- Шаблон:Flag − Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan
- Шаблон:Flag − Gianpietro Ghedina, Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo
Heads of international organizations
- Шаблон:Flagicon International Olympic Committee – Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee
Anthems
- Шаблон:Flagicon National Anthem of the People's Republic of China
- Шаблон:Flagicon National Anthem of Greece – London Symphony Orchestra
- Шаблон:Flagicon Olympic Anthem – Sang by the Malanhua'er Children's Choir in Greek
- Шаблон:Flagicon National Anthem of Italy – Sang by Malika Ayane and played on violin by Giovanni Andrea Zanon
Victory ceremonies
- Шаблон:Flagicon National Anthem of Norway – London Symphony OrchestraШаблон:Efn
- Шаблон:Flagicon Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – London Symphony OrchestraШаблон:Efn
Notes
See also
- 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
- 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
- 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
- 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
- 2022 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony
References
External Links
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