The collection of creative plans for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be completed by the end of July, and the preliminary creative plan and production team will also be determined in September. What did Beijing do in 2008 that moved the world after two consecutive Olympic Games in Sydney and Athens created the classic opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
8 minutes and 4 hours
"Eight minutes is too short to show the profoundness of China culture. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games is different. You can tell a story for four hours, "David Zock, the creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympic Games, said in an interview with reporters at the International Forum of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in 2005.
According to Zock, his British Jack Morton large-scale theme event group company is cooperating with Zhang Yimou to seek the possibility of co-directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games.
At the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, the 8-minute short program directed by Zhang Yimou caused quite different repercussions at home and abroad. Foreign countries generally applaud this short program, while China people hold many criticisms that the connotation of China is too superficial. In this regard, Zock said for his partner that it is difficult for anyone to show the essence of a country's history and culture in just eight minutes. Therefore, it is really helpless to select only the most basic symbolic elements of China traditional culture, such as "Hanging the Red Lantern High" and "Erhu" in the short program of 8 minutes.
"But for most foreigners, even the simplest symbols of China culture are still full of mystery," Zock said.
Zock said that most of what the West knows about China comes from media reports. However, due to the differences in ideology and traditional values, some western media are too one-sided and objective in reporting China, so many foreigners' understanding of China is not true. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is an excellent opportunity to let the world know about China. People in all corners of the world can directly feel the history and culture of China by watching live TV, and will not be influenced by subjective media reports.
A suit? Zhongshan suit? Hanfu? Tang suit? Jacket? In another 495 days, what kind of clothes will China athletes wear to attend the opening ceremony, which has become the focus of the "Seminar on Etiquette and Equipment Design of China Sports Delegation for the 2008 Olympic Games" held here. At relevant seminars, scholars, athletes, designers, etc. Began a debate.
Some people suggest Hanfu, while others think it is necessary to combine fashion culture.
Hanfu, Tang suit, mandarin jacket, Zhongshan suit and western suit have witnessed the development of China's clothing style. Any form of clothing just adapted to the national cultural characteristics of that era. We can't admire the costumes of Han and Tang Dynasties just because of their prosperity. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he turned down the jacket in humiliation. Although the suit is "imported", it must not be rejected blindly. Imagine that "foreign goods" such as "foreign cars" and "foreign oil" have long been integrated into public life.
In the choice of "Olympic dress", it is understandable to advocate national characteristics. However, national characteristics cannot contradict the competition and positive spirit of the Olympic Games. History is constantly progressing, and clothing styles are constantly changing and developing. Trying to use "retro clothing" to play cultural characteristics cards will only give people a feeling of "old-fashioned" spirit and culture, which is incompatible with the cultural connotation of Olympic competition and upward. The design of "Olympic dress" should adhere to the Olympic spirit, rather than forcibly adding "retro culture", otherwise it will give people the feeling of "neither fish nor fowl".
Actually, it is ok to wear a suit. In today's international cultural integration, suits have already become the main clothing brands in the world. Don't scold wearing a suit as "worshipping foreign things and flattering foreign countries". Blindly wearing Hanfu and riding a horse will only step into the retrogression of culture. "Foreign things serve China" and "China serves foreign things" are the labels of the development of the new era. After the "Four Great Inventions" were carried forward by outsiders, why can't suits shine in China?
It doesn't matter which dress is finally chosen as the "Olympic dress". The key is that the design of dresses can't fall into the trap of "cultural retro". Promoting national culture is not retro culture, but "developing on the basis of absorbing the essence" Those who wear "Hanfu" and "elegance, elegance and elegance" all day are false Taoist priests with cultural ignorance. If you want to catch the train of cultural retrogression, don't drag the whole country into the water.
The choice of "Olympic dress" is related to the national facade, and blindly "retro clothing" will only make the Olympic spirit advocated vigorously dull and ridiculous. Clothing that keeps pace with the times and has the spirit of the times will better reflect the humanistic spirit of the Olympic Games. Looking forward to it, China athletes standing at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games are well dressed and full of energy.