You'll see it first! What are the most anticipated segments of the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games

The grand opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou will be held on the evening of September 23rd at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, featuring the surging tide of Qiantang, endless green mountains and clear waters, and the lights of thousands of people singing together.

How will the main torch be lit and what are the design details? What are the performances worth looking forward to?

The curtain is about to open, and the excitement is about to unfold.

The Rise of Asia showcases the blending of the world

"Tide" is the surging tide of the Qiantang River, a leap in sports, and even the pulse of the times. The overall theme of this opening ceremony is "Rise of Asia", which symbolizes that China in the new era is blending and stirring with Asia and the world, surging forward like a wave.

The opening ceremony and performance of the entire Asian Games will be connected by water.

"Everyone knows that Hangzhou's several business cards, including the Qiantang River, Grand Canal, West Lake, and Xixi Wetland, are all related to water. Therefore, we want to use water as an integral element in the literary connection of the entire opening ceremony. The embodiment of water elements is not only the exploration of the Liangzhu culture of Chinese civilization, but also the tracing of Zhejiang culture and Hangzhou culture. It is also the bond between the mountains and rivers of various Asian countries, expressing our prayers for a better China in the future." said Leng Song, the chief editor of the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

In addition, the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games coincides with the traditional Chinese solar term of the autumnal equinox. When this grand event is connected to traditional Chinese culture, a long and profound cultural power will also be showcased on stage.

The autumn equinox season brings joy to the golden harvest. On this day, upon arriving at the opening ceremony, one can see the way the ancestors of Liangzhu celebrated the harvest, symbolizing that people throughout Asia can live a happier and better life.

For the first time in history, digital ignition has been achieved

The opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be divided into three chapters: the first part is "National Style and Elegance", the second part is "Qiantang Tide", and the second part is "Walking Together". The main participants in the entire ceremony and performance are Hangzhou citizens, students, and young actors. No fireworks will be set off throughout the entire process, and digital fireworks will be used instead. For the first time, 3D dual wave Ya technology will be used in a large space, realizing the integration of data and reality in the history of the Asian Games for the first time, fully demonstrating the value concept of national participation and green hosting.

According to Sha Xiaolan, the chief director and producer of the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, at that time, each online and offline torchbearer will be a small flame and a shining point, converging on the Qiantang River to form concrete "digital people". Stepping on the tide of Qiantang, they will run towards the center of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, leap into a 185 meter three-dimensional screen, meet with the sixth torchbearer, and "integrate data and reality" to ignite the main torch tower, completing the ignition ceremony.

Integrating science and art to showcase poetry and painting in Jiangnan

Yanyu Jiangnan, the opening ceremony of the Asian Games is also a feast of traditional Chinese culture.

The opening ceremony integrates the rich historical and cultural heritage of Zhejiang and Hangzhou, as well as the elements of the Asian Games, into various stages. Currently, there have been multiple separate and coordinated cultural programs for the opening ceremony. At the same time, representative song and dance, traditional Chinese opera, mass sports performances, and intangible cultural heritage projects from 11 cities in the province were carefully selected as warm-up performances before the ceremony, showcasing the unique charm of poetry and painting in Jiangnan.

In terms of aesthetic presentation, it takes Song rhyme culture as the main theme to show the aesthetic picture of life of "elegance everywhere is ordinary", and deduce the national style of China-Chic thousands of years ago. With the transition of time and space, the Gongchen Bridge on the huge ground curtain connects ancient and modern times, with the two ends of the bridge being ancient Lin'an and present-day Hangzhou.

In terms of the integration of technology and art presentation, the combination of ground screens and three-dimensional perspective screens, combined with the design of naked eye 3D visual effects and virtual images, will directly bring the traveling thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, Jiangnan misty rain, Qiantang River tide, and green mountains and rivers onto the stage, creating a scene of people walking in the painting and swimming in the scenery. These are all manifestations of the trend of nature, technology, and sports, and are also the animated scrolls of Zhejiang that depict the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.