What are the traditional cultural elements in the Beijing Winter Olympics?

The traditional cultural elements in the Beijing Winter Olympics are as follows:

1. Five rings of ice and snow

A drop of water turns into ice. A drop of ice-blue ink fell from the sky, transformed into the water of the Yellow River, and poured down. The artistic conception of the whole picture comes from the ancient Chinese poem "The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky", which is a romantic imagination and praise of China's mother river. The rolling waves finally condensed into a crystal clear world of ice and snow, which seemed to have frozen time.

2. Snowflake guidance card.

According to the "Opening Ceremony Media Guide" and in accordance with the design concept of "a snowflake" throughout, the guide board held by the usher adopts the shape of a luminous snowflake. The design is inspired by the "Chinese Knot" pattern. Chinese knot is an ancient Chinese hand-knitting craft. A knot is woven with one thread from beginning to end, implying unity and good luck.

3. "Welcome" masks.

According to the "Opening Ceremony Media Guide", the costumes of the pacesetters at the entrance ceremony adopted folk paper-cut patterns from Yu County, Hebei Province, highlighting the joy and auspiciousness of the Chinese New Year. The words "Welcome" are printed in Chinese and English on the masks worn by the pacesetters.

4. Tiger head hat.

According to the "Opening Ceremony Media Guide", the costume design of the usher adopts the style of ice and snow patterns and Chinese traditional painting. It is worth mentioning that the hats worn by all the guides adopt the traditional tiger head pattern from Hebei folk. 2022 is the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese lunar calendar. Traditionally, people are accustomed to wearing tiger head hats for their children in the Year of the Tiger.