The “Farewell to the Willow” at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics is the best place to check in in Xi’an
2022-02-22 09:47:15Source: Western Net – Shaanxi News Net
The closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics staged “Farewell to the Willow” (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
“Outside the pavilion, along the ancient road, the grass is green…” At 8 pm on February 20, the wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding 24th Winter Olympic Games came to a successful conclusion in Beijing. In the theatrical performance, accompanied by the classic song “Farewell”, the dancers turned into willow branches and walked into the venue in clusters, performing a “Chinese-style” farewell with unique oriental cultural charm – Liu, Liu Ye, nostalgia. Netizens sighed: Farewell + willow branch, bring this willow branch, break the willow to express love, and take away the friendship of the Chinese people, this is Chinese-style romance!
At the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese-style romantic “farewell to the willow tree” was highlighted in Xi’an (Source: Xi’an Release)
From ancient times to the present, “breaking the willows to say goodbye” has always been an ancient and poetic topic. As early as the Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, the “Book of Songs” had the verse “I have gone, the willows will be Yiyi”. The homonym of Liu and “stay” expresses the reluctance of relatives and friends. In the Tang Dynasty, the Ba Bridge spanning the Ba River in the east of the city, because it was the only way to leave Chang’an in ancient times, many scenes of farewell and parting took place here, so the Ba Bridge has also become the most famous in poetry and poetry. “Farewell”. The wicker growing by the Baqiao has also become a symbol of farewell. The ancient literati and poets also left a lot of poems related to “breaking the willow” here to express their feelings of farewell. “The expedition came out of Bahuan, how did you look back on the injury?” Li Shangyin said: “The Bashui Bridge is leaning once morest Huabiao, and there is usually a tour to the east in February”… Because of the crowds, Baqiao has even become the eyes of the ancients, “the color of willows is like smoke As a scenic spot of “like snow”, “Ba Liu Feng Xue” has become one of the “Eight Sceneries of Guanzhong” as a unique scenery of Baqiao.
At the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese-style romantic “farewell to the willow tree” was highlighted in Xi’an (Source: Xi’an Release)
As a Shaanxi township party, director Zhang Yimou, who is familiar with this history, chose “Breaking the Willows and Sending Love” at the closing ceremony to express the romance of Chinese farewell. Wicker, in the music of “Farewell”, slowly walked to the middle, and countless green lights rose like a monument. According to him, the reason why the light is changed to green is because green means life, hope and growth, not too much sadness, but more of a deep commemoration, which is also similar to the welcoming pine in the opening ceremony. Fireworks formed an echo.
The ancient Ba Bridge is no longer there, and several new bridges have been built across the Ba River. Although the status of “the only way to go” no longer exists, people passing by here can still see the willow forest, and the splendor of Ba Liu Feng Xue is recovering. When winter comes and spring comes, the willow tree by the Baqiao will sprout new buds and grow new leaves. A gust of spring breeze comes, and the soft willow branches flutter in the wind. Those well-known literary masterpieces will also appear in my mind. Chinese-style romance is just like this in reality. appears once more.Reporter Tian Ke
