这是中国的浪漫与实力！
2023-09-27 19:22阅读：
杭州这座城市及其美丽的西湖千百年来给诗人和画家带来了无数灵感，现在这一“浪漫之城”将因亚运会这一体育盛事而登上头条，真是再合适不过的了。
此次开幕式恰逢秋分——中国文化中一个庆祝丰收的时刻，表演表达了东道主杭州欢迎八方来客的热情欢愉与开放气度。
而开幕式以《潮起亚细亚》为名，意在向杭州这座城市的自然景观和时代变迁致敬。开幕式融合了3D动画、带有文化元素的增强现实等尖端技术，展示了中国丰富的文化遗产。
Hangzhou Asian Games kick off with glittering
ceremony
Kimberly Kwek
HANGZHOU – The city of Hangzhou and its gorgeous West Lake have
inspired poets and painters throughout the centuries, and it is
fitting that the “romantic city” will now headline the sporting
spectacle that is the Asian Games.
After a one-year delay owing to Covid-19, the Games officially
opened on Saturday with a grand show that wowed the crowd at the
80,000-seater Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
This has been the year of China’s
reopening in the wake of the pandemic, after the 2022 Winter
Olympic Games were held in Beijing with limited spectators.
With its theme, Tides Surging in Asia, a nod to the city’s natural
landscapes and changing times, the two-hour ceremony mixed
cutting-edge technology such as 3D animation and augmented reality
with cultural elements that showcased the country’s rich cultural
heritage.
The opening ceremony began with a water show set against a backdrop
of 19 drums resembling water jade congs, an artefact from the
archeological ruins of the ancient Liangzhu city.
With the event coinciding with the Autumn Equinox, which in Chinese
culture is a time to celebrate harvest, the performance symbolised
China’s role as host to some 12,500 athletes from 45 countries and
territories.
Armed with China flags and clappers, the crowd were vocal in their
support for the teams who marched out during the athletes’ parade,
with the loudest cheers reserved for the Chinese contingent, who
will be looking to continue their dominance at the quadrennial
Asian Games.
Having topped the medal table for the past 10 editions, China’s
contingent of 886 athletes – including 36 Olympic champions like
swimmer Zhang Yufei – will be gunning for honours on home soil.
Other stars include table tennis world No. 1s Fan Zhendong and Chen
Meng, and top-ranked female golfer Yin Ruoning.
The competition will also feature some of the region’s best
athletes across 40 sports, including India’s world champion javelin
thrower Neeraj Chopra and Thailand’s badminton world champion
Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
New sports such as breaking, which will be making its debut at the
Paris Olympics, will also feature. E-sports has also been added as
a medal event for the first time – it was a demonstration event at
the 2018 Jakarta Games.
Singapore are represented by its largest-ever contingent of 431
athletes, and 91 were present at the opening ceremony on Saturday.
With Singapore National Olympic Council acting president Jessie
Phua cheering them on in the stands, they were led by flagbearers
Jowen Lim (wushu) and Amita Berthier (fencing).
Berthier, 22, said: “The opening ceremony was simply enthralling.
Marching together with my fellow Team Singapore athletes felt
amazing.”
Lim, 24, added: “Being the flagbearer is one of the best
experiences I’ve had as an athlete... It has been a great start to
the Games in Hangzhou and I’m hoping I can do Singapore
proud.”
The Games were then declared open by Chinese President Xi.
In keeping with its slogan Heart to Heart, @Future, which reflects
the ability of the virtual world to connect people, the ceremony
featured a digital torch-lighting ceremony.
This segment of the show involved millions of people online who
were represented by digital flames and glowing dots that
transformed into a digital human figure on the Qiantang
River.
It then joined forces with Olympic swimming champion Wang Shun, the
last of China’s six torchbearers in the stadium, to light the
cauldron.
Instead of the usual pyrotechnics, the show closed with a digital
light show as organisers have pledged to make these Games the first
carbon-neutral Asiad.
Hello Hangzhou, and let the Games begin!
