Who designed the Beijing Winter Olympics fireworks?

The Beijing Winter Olympics fireworks were designed by Cai Guoqiang.

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, classic images such as the big footprints coming steadily along the central axis and the five Olympic rings quietly unveiled by thousands of stars are still engraved in the minds of the audience; in 2022, Cai Guoqiang will "Spring is Coming", "Welcoming Pine" and "Snow Falling in the Sky", which are lighter and more environmentally friendly, have once again refreshed the public's impression of the fireworks display at the grand event.

Introduction

Talking about the design process of fireworks, Cai Guoqiang revealed that he once wanted to use thousands of drones to carry fireworks and draw a "thousand-mile map of rivers and mountains" in the air, but due to many Uncertainty, the idea was abandoned. As an artist, it is the most difficult moment to figure out the appropriateness of the Olympic fireworks display. "The moment the fireworks are set off, the performance is no longer his own work, but the country's work."

Fireworks The design guidelines are based on the "simple, safe and exciting" Winter Olympic Games requirements. The amount of fireworks set off is less than one-tenth of the amount set off at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and the total duration of the fireworks is only two minutes.

The fireworks show revolved around the theme of the opening ceremony and participated in the opening ceremony three times. The first is the countdown to the opening ceremony and the theme of the beginning of spring; the second is the announcement of the opening of the Winter Olympics, which is the section of the welcoming pine; the last section is after the Winter Olympics torch is lit, fireworks are used as a farewell. Each fireworks display is only 40 seconds long, and the three fireworks total 120 seconds.