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Where is Pingchang about the things we have to know about the Winter Olympics

Where is Pingchang about the things we have to know about the Winter Olympics in Pingchang

4hw.com.cn: Recently, the 23rd Winter Olympics has officially opened in Pyeongchang, South Korea. If you don't know the existence of Pyeongchang, where is Pyeongchang? What little is known about the Pingchang Winter Olympics? What does the gold medal look like in Pingchang Winter Olympic Games? Let's take a look at what we have to know about the Winter Olympics in Pingchang.

Knowledge 1: where is Pingchang?

Pingchang is a small coastal city in the northeast of South Korea, 180 kilometers away from Seoul. It is a famous resort city in South Korea and a ski resort in winter.

Pingchang has twice lost the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014, but this has not stopped the enthusiasm of the Winter Olympics in Pingchang. In order to hold the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pingchang Daxing stadium and skiing facilities. In July 2011, Pingchang finally got the long-awaited right to host the Winter Olympics.

Knowledge 2: the venue is not only in Pingchang

Although the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games are held in the name of "Pingchang", the actual project is held in Pingchang, Jingshan and Jiangling of JiangYuanDao, with 12 competition venues and one opening and closing ceremony venue.

Pingchang and Jingshan are mainly responsible for the snow games.

Jiangling is the main venue for various Ice Games.

Although there are many venues, the distance between the venues is within 30 minutes. In addition, in order to achieve the goal of "low carbon and Green Olympics", 6 new venues have been installed with clean energy facilities such as geothermal and solar energy.

Knowledge 3: new project of Pingchang Winter Olympics

There are 15 major events and 102 minor events in the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games, which is the first Winter Olympic Games in the history of the Winter Olympic games where the total number of gold medals exceeds 100.

Among them, the Pingchang Winter Olympic Games added four events, namely, snowboarding platform (male, female), speed skating group departure (male, female), mixed double curling, alpine skiing group competition, which will compete in the most mixed events of women and men in previous winter Olympic Games.

Among them, the mixed double curling is an advantage project of the Chinese team, which is expected to attack the medal.

Knowledge 4: mascot of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games

The mascot of the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games, soohorang, is based on the white tiger. The tiger symbolizes the geographical shape of the Korean Peninsula, especially the white tiger is considered to be a sacred Guardian animal. At the same time, the color of the white tiger also symbolizes ice and snow sports.

'soohorang' is a name with multiple Korean meanings. 'SOOHO' means' guard 'in Korean, which means protection for athletes, spectators and all Olympic participants. 'rang' is the middle word of Korean 'ho-rang-i' (tiger), and the last word of the traditional folk song 'jeongseon Arirang' (Jing Shan arilang) of Jiang Yuandao, where the host city is located.

Knowledge 5: what does a medal look like?

The front and back sides of the medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games are respectively the five ring logo and the logo of the emblem. With the overall three-dimensional twill, it is simple and exquisite, with a strong sense of design, highlighting the 'beauty of South Korea'.

The design of medals and hanging belts' hides' Korean culture in them. For example, the medal side is surrounded by Korean consonants and vowels of Korean 'Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018'. In addition, the Pingchang Olympic gold medal weighs 586 grams, which is the heaviest gold medal in the Olympic history.

Knowledge 6: Pingchang Winter Olympics or the coldest Olympics

Compared with the competition venues, Pingchang Olympic Stadium, the opening and closing ceremony venue of the Winter Olympics, has some shortcomings. Due to the problems of funds and construction period, there is no ceiling in Pingchang Olympic Stadium, that is, there is no roof in the open air.

You know, the opening and closing venues of the first three winter Olympics, namely Sochi, Russia, Vancouver, Canada and Turin, Italy, are all roofed.

In the past 30 years, the average minimum temperature in February in Pingchang is - 10.5 ℃. In case of strong wind, the body temperature will be lower.

In order not to appear the audience frostbite embarrassing scene, the Korean Winter Olympic Organizing Committee put forward a number of measures. The first is to set up wind barriers in the venue; the second is to set up 40 electric heaters around the general auditorium; the third is to provide 35000 spectators with cold proof supplies such as raincoats, knee blankets, warm baby cushions, warm hand treasures and so on.

Knowledge 7: torch of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games

The torch of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games is mainly white and gold, with a height of 700mm, representing the altitude of 700m in Pingchang. After the torch is ignited, the flame will burn in five directions. This' * 'like shape is the symbol of Pingchang, which is engraved around the lower half and the top of the torch at the same time.

Knowledge 8: how do Russian players compete?

In 2017, the International Olympic Committee decided to ban Russia from participating in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games on the grounds of 'systematic Anti Doping work'. However, Russian athletes who are able to prove their innocence can be allowed to participate as neutral players.

Recently, the Russian Olympic Committee announced the list of 169 participants in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, while some of the main Russian players did not appear in the list.

During the Winter Olympics in Pingchang, Russian athletes will be called 'Olympic athletes from Russia'. They will wear gray and red clothes without any Russian logo. If they win the championship, they will raise the Olympic flag and play the Olympic Anthem.

Knowledge 9: how to enter the stadium together

There will be 22 North Korean athletes in the Winter Olympics, including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, short track speed skating and women's ice hockey.

At the opening ceremony, the delegations of North Korea and South Korea will hold the "Korean Peninsula flag" to enter the stadium together, and will also form a team to participate in the women's ice hockey event.

The theme of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games is "peace". This is the first time in 10 years that both sides have jointly raised their flags at the opening ceremony of international sports events.

Knowledge 10: 'Beijing 8 minutes'

For the Chinese audience, in addition to the competition level, the most anticipated is the closing ceremony - the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Committee officially took over the Winter Olympic flag from the Pingchang Winter Olympic Committee. At that time, Beijing will have an 8-minute art performance and send an invitation to the 24th Winter Olympic Games to the whole world. The Winter Olympic Games will officially enter 'Beijing time'!

So far, people still remember the "Beijing 8 minutes" at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games 14 years ago. For this "Beijing 8 minutes", director Zhang Yimou said that he would abandon the human sea strategy and look forward to high technology.

Pingchang Winter Olympic Games happened to be together with the Chinese Spring Festival, which means that Chinese audiences can enjoy the high level of ice and snow confrontation during the Spring Festival holiday.

Time difference: Beijing time = South Korea time - 1 hour