At the same time as the opening ceremony started, “Tokyo lost” continued evaluation in Japan
Unlike in Tokyo, where the director’s tragic death continued, Zhang Yimou, the mastermind of China, was in charge.
▲ Dinigirl Iramujang (cross-country skiing) and Zaujian (Nordic Combined), the last torch runners at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, wave at a snowflake torch with the names of 91 participating countries.
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“If you look at the opening ceremony alone, the Beijing Olympics have won the Tokyo Olympics.”
Japanese media and netizens evaluated the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 4th as overwhelming the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics held in July last year in terms of direction, video, and scale. As soon as the opening ceremony started that night, on Twitter and other social media sites, analyzes, appreciation, and sighs of comparing the first day of the two competitions followed.
Unlike the usual two-year interval between summer and winter, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed by one year due to COVID-19, and the two games were only six months apart, and the tendency to compare the two in that they are a Chinese-Japanese composition with strong national sentiment. had to stand out even more.
Sports magazine Tokyo Sports reported on the same day, “From the beginning of the opening ceremony, voices on the Internet that it surpassed the Tokyo Olympics continued early. From the start, the directing using computer graphics, projection mapping, and large-scale stage equipment overwhelmed the viewers.”
Internet media J-Cast also said on the same day, “Voices praising the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony are flooding Twitter.” “There were many opinions that it was better than the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony while praising the beauty of the video and directing.”
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▲ [올림픽] Spectacular Opening Ceremony
On the followingnoon of the 4th, at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics held at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, a performance under the theme of ‘Together’ is being performed. One of China’s leading film directors, Zhang Yimou (張藝謨) took over as general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics following the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. 2022.2.4 Yonhap News
J-Cast said, “When the opening ceremony started with a countdown of the 24 solar terms, it was announced that February 4th was ‘Ipchun’ with a visual production that looked like the grass was shaking in the center of the stadium. He praised it, saying, “The atmosphere was heightened with a device that took advantage of visual beauty, such as the appearance of the emblem.” On social media, “The Beijing Olympic opening ceremony is so luxurious”, “It makes me sad thinking regarding the Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony”, “The directing and video are much better than Tokyo. It is good” and “It is a pity that (Tokyo) spent money in vain”, etc.
▲ Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka holds the torch following lighting the torch at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held at the Olympic Stadium (New National Stadium) on the 23rd.
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The Tokyo Olympics, which opened on July 23, last year, were followed by catastrophic events such as a dramatic reduction in scale due to the impact of Corona 19, and the change of directors due to the history of school violence and reckless remarks. The opening ceremony itself was also criticized as being too shabby compared to the cost.
Regarding the use of classical music when entering each country’s team on that day, there were also opinions that the Tokyo Olympics using Japanese game music was better. Sports Hochi said, “It was good that China wrote world-famous classical music, but it was a bit lacking in terms of host country quality.”
In the Tokyo Olympics, the theme song of the game ‘Dragon Quest’ was used. However, it was pointed out even within Japan that it was once morest the Olympic ideology of contributing to world peace because it was the work of Koichi Sugiyama (deceased), who used remarks such as “comfort women are prostitutes”.
By Kim Tae-gyun
