On the evening of the 7th, the curtain of the Harbin Asian Winter Games officially opened. According to the creative team, this 80 minute opening ceremony is a "four-way rush" of art, technology, local culture, and international culture, playing the symphony chapter of "Dreams of Ice and Snow, Asia Together" by the Songhua River. ——The Beauty of Art Harbin is known as the "Little Paris of the East", with a romantic and beautiful tone throughout the opening ceremony. At the main venue of Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Sports Center, 1.2 million small snowflakes are hung above the venue, forming a dreamlike dome. A little girl carrying a shimmering ice lantern walked into the scene and lit the "Ice Crystal Blue" ice lantern on the main stage. The falling snow fills the sky, from "Ice Crystal Blue" to "China Red", from "Ice World" to "Snow World", the spinning "Ice Linghua" makes the scene dream like. The entrance ceremony of athletes also hides Eastern aesthetics. On the white dress of the guide, the hollowed out "Founder Paper Cuttings" pattern leaps over the skirt; The silver frost branches on the guide board are surrounded in a circle, with lilacs dotted on the branches. The bottom plate is in a flowing line, representing the galloping Songhua River, and also like a link and peace dove, closely connecting Asian participating countries and regions. As the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies, Sha Xiaolan, said, the opening ceremony is committed to creating the "most creative reception room in Asia" and showcasing ice and snow art and culture with ingenuity. ——In addition to the main venue, the opening ceremony also set up a sub venue at Harbin Ice and Snow World, making cross space interaction possible through technology. At the main venue, the colorful main stage floor is paved with giant "ice blocks". This is the "Type Ice Machine" developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology team, which integrates the lighting of the opening ceremony main stage and the ice and snow world. This lighting driven intelligent control system can operate stably in extremely cold environments. According to Wang Xing, the executive director of the opening and closing ceremonies, dozens of actors wore anti gravity tilting devices and performed professional movements such as swinging arms and back hands for speed skating, as well as straight skating, rolling, and spinning during skiing. With just a human body formation, they were able to achieve the effects of slow motion and time stillness achieved by "bullet time". The innovative form of blending technology and art unleashes infinite imagination within a limited space. Technologies such as naked eye 3D and ultra high definition wrapped screens have broken the boundaries of traditional performances, achieving the interweaving of virtual and reality, and the dance of light and snow. ——In preparation for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Asian Winter Games, the creative team has conducted nearly a year of in-depth sampling and creative polishing, sorting out rich local elements and excavating cultural customs from them. Central Street, Ice and Snow World, Music Square and other landmarks of Harbin city are integrated into the opening ceremony, showcasing the charm of the ice city in all aspects. In Northeast China, the "Handkerchief Flower" is a festive and peaceful symbol of the Chinese New Year. Dancers holding the "Bingling Handkerchief Flower" arrange and combine it into a "six petal snowflake", which then disperses and gathers into a whole "New Year Window Flower", showcasing the beauty of Northeast folk customs. On the stage, neat and uniform ice picking men vigorously wave ice cream and pick "head ice". This dance idea comes from the Harbin "Ice Picking Festival", where the ice picking men shout the Xing'anling Forest chant. Northeastern folk culture is presented at the opening ceremony. There are no celebrities or big names on stage, but a group of energetic Chinese youth. Almost all the opening ceremony actors come from Heilongjiang Province, and many of them have non professional backgrounds. The chief writer of the opening and closing ceremonies, Leng Song, said that the local culture of Harbin can be described as "cold and hot with snow", bursting with passionate emotions in the cold. ——Faced with the enthusiastic invitation from "Erbin", Asian countries and regions have responded positively to the international cultural prosperity. The number of participating countries and regions, as well as athletes, in this Asian Winter Games has reached the highest level in previous Asian Winter Games. The Asian Winter Games has also developed from East Asian solo dance to an intercontinental sports gathering. The opening ceremony is like a slowly unfolding painting, from the ice and snow scenery of Harbin, to the cultural heritage of China, and then to the unity of Asia. The ceremony, artistic performance, torch lighting, and other aspects are interrelated, showcasing both the passion of ice and snow sports and the diverse integration of Asian culture. From the extreme cold of ice and snow to the extreme beauty of art and sports, and then to the extreme warmth of emotions across Asia, the opening ceremony connects the sublimation of the Asian community of shared destiny in the story line, emotional line, and mission line in a progressive process. (New Society)