The excellent Chinese cultural elements contained in the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games

The outstanding Chinese cultural elements contained in the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games include: the autumnal equinox and osmanthus, water and tide, "Song rhyme" and "poetry".

1. Autumn Equinox and Osmanthus:

September 23 is the autumnal equinox, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar. At the same time, sweet-scented osmanthus blooms in the autumn season. "Osmanthus" is the city flower of Hangzhou and the "first of hundreds of flowers" in autumn; "Osmanthus wins the laurel" is a Chinese allusion. In ancient times, it was a metaphor for academic success. Now it refers to athletes in sports competitions. When the athletes who won the championship entered the stadium, the "Osmanthus Drum" played enthusiastically to welcome the athletes.

2. Water and tide:

First of all, water is used as the core element throughout the performance. Water is the source of life and the cradle of human civilization. Hangzhou is a city born and prosperous because of water. The "water" in the welcome performance shows the Chinese wisdom of the five-thousand-year-old water conservancy system of the Liangzhu Culture. The "water" in the previous article is an aesthetic picture of ink and ink entering poetry and painting, and mist and rain dyeing the south of the Yangtze River.

The "water" in the middle chapter has evolved into the dynamic spray of the surging river; the "water" in the second chapter is green water and green mountains, ecological civilization, and the harmony between man and nature*** It also means that China and other Asian countries are interdependent and walk hand in hand.

3. "Song Rhyme" and "Poetry":

The outstanding characteristics of "Song Rhyme" in the main performance are firstly reflected in oriental aesthetics and exquisite and elegant life attitude. Whether it is a gathering of literati performances in the "window" stage area or a dramatic performance on the 10 Song Dynasty-themed cruise ships, you will see calligraphy and painting, tea ceremony, incense ceremony, umbrella holding, seal cutting, porcelain, silk, chess, sword dancing, guzheng, Drinking, painting, poetry and other elements of life in the Song Dynasty.

Highlighting the Jiangnan life aesthetics of "elegance is commonplace everywhere", in the main performance area, the national elegances demonstrated their upright patriotism and the scholar-bureaucrat spirit of "taking the world as their own responsibility" with a high-spirited attitude.

Girls in Song Dynasty use dance as a paintbrush to outline the beautiful scenery of the Song Dynasty landscape and the wind and lotuses in Quyuan of West Lake. Therefore, the Song Dynasty culture in the opening ceremony is a combination of hardness and softness. It is an elegance composed of the fusion of sublime beauty and graceful beauty. This elegance has both aesthetic conception and integrity.