Great luck has come. If you come, you don’t want to leave! Let the world appreciate the dazzling brilliance of the "Pearl of Bashu"
CCTV News:On the evening of July 28th, the opening ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu will be presented wonderfully. On July 21st, the third all-factor rehearsal was held at the opening ceremony of the Universiade in Japan.
On the basis of the first two rehearsals, the third all-factor rehearsal further ran in all kinds of jobs, optimized the interconnection of all links, and further tested the safety and reliability of the whole process of the opening ceremony.
The overall duration of the opening ceremony is strictly controlled within 100 minutes, and the 15-minute literary performance "Dream of Youth" is accurate to one second. At the opening ceremony, the literary performance "Pursuing Dreams in Youth" consists of three paragraphs: Light of Youth, Vitality of Youth and Friendship of Youth, which focuses on showing the good features of young people from the emotional and spiritual levels. The Light of Youth reflects the young people’s positive and sunny pursuit. "Youth Vitality" highlights the vitality of young people in sports and life; Youth Friendship embodies the theme that young people from all over the world gather in Chengdu and exchange friendship.
Chen Weiya: Highlight creativity and strive for accuracy and excitement in all links.
"Simplicity, safety and splendor" are the requirements of this Universiade. Chen Weiya, the general director of the opening ceremony, said in an interview with CCTV reporters at the General Station that the scale of the opening ceremony of the Universiade was about 2,000 actors and volunteers, the overall duration was less than 100 minutes, and the cultural performance was only 15 minutes. How to present an unforgettable and wonderful opening ceremony in such a short time?
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:This Universiade, including the opening and closing ceremonies of the Universiade, we all follow a general requirement, that is, six words "simplicity, safety and splendor", which complement each other and are indispensable. Follow the requirements of simplicity, which requires us to win by intelligence and creativity. I can proudly say that this is at least the national and world-class large-scale sports activities held in our country, and the number of actors used in the opening ceremony is the least. The number of actors who directly participate in the cultural performances is more than 980, not more than 1,000. Together with the volunteers’ pacesetters and guides, there are less than 2000 people. The second aspect is to attend the opening ceremony of the Universiade. All the volunteers, actors and people who can be seen in all aspects of the scene are 99% young college students. There are also strict restrictions on time this time. I hope we can strictly control the opening ceremony within 95 minutes to 100 minutes.
CCTV reporter Li Jingjing:Is it the first time for you to direct such a large-scale opening ceremony in such a short time?
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:Generally, it takes 120 minutes or even 140 minutes for athletes to enter the stadium in this large-scale sports meeting. In the past, cultural performances were usually between half an hour and 50 minutes. After this time compression, the specially designed cultural performances were only about 15 minutes. We must first ensure the complete presentation of the necessary ceremonies, especially the athletes’ admission. Because at the opening ceremony of a sports meeting like this, every athlete who takes part in the competition, young people from all over the world, enters the opening ceremony and communicates directly with everyone. You have to make sure that they give full play to their youthful talents and even express themselves temporarily. Therefore, we have optimized the whole route, including athletes entering the audience after admission. Through several channels and effective guidance, now we can basically complete it in about 53 minutes to 58 minutes. For this reason, we have a lot of plans. In such a short time, you try your best to do it, and every link is accurate and wonderful.
Chen Weiya: Let the world appreciate the dazzling brilliance of the "Pearl of Bashu"
During the preparatory work for the opening ceremony of the Universiade, the directors went deep into Sichuan to collect ideas, and the unique charm of Bashu culture greatly inspired the directors’ creative inspiration. How to show these elements to the maximum extent in the 15-minute cultural performance, and how to let the whole world appreciate the glory of this "Bayu Pearl"?
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:They (experts and ordinary people) say that the word "Chengdu" has appeared for 2000 years. Up to now, the name of Chengdu has not changed. It’s up to you. We have Jinsha and Sanxingdui. It’s up to you. We have hot pot, we have Sichuan opera and we have Sichuan brocade. It’s up to you.
CCTV reporter Li Jingjing:There are too many elements.
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:We also have a park city under the snow-capped mountains, such a beautiful modern city, it’s up to you.
CCTV reporter Li Jingjing:The pressure is on the director group.
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:We kept thinking repeatedly with experts from all over the world. In 15 minutes, we tried to integrate these elements into the performance as organically and artistically as possible, and put them in various places to make it appear naturally, appropriately and fully.
CCTV reporter Li Jingjing:Chengdu has a high happiness index and is called "a city that you don’t want to leave when you come". So how can we organically combine the ancient Shu civilization and the temperament of the city through an opening ceremony? Let the audience all over the world empathize, so as to achieve a resonance?
Chen Weiya, General Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade:I am also very confident that after friends from all over the world come, they will come to Chengdu to feel whether he wants to leave, and even more so when he looks at the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony, the young people in Chengdu danced to their hearts’ content. At the opening ceremony, we could almost see all the wonderful cultural and historical details in Chengdu, Sichuan. If I haven’t been to the Giant Panda Paradise and watched the opening ceremony, I think the first impulse of foreign friends is that I want to see the giant panda with my own eyes, because our giant panda is a very lovely large-scale display in this place. We also have a special happy dance between pandas. People live in harmony with nature, and pandas even fly into the air. I think they all show the unique charm of "a city that you don’t want to leave when you come". Is there any hot pot? Yes; Is there any Sichuan Opera? Yes, both; Are there any people in Jinsha and Sanxingdui? Yes. Even at the beginning of the whole cultural performance, our ancestors knocked on a stone Qing seen in Jinsha Museum, which ended the history that people said that there was no ceremony and music in Bashu. Either in the performance or in the ceremony; It is not integrated into props, or it is integrated into videos, and it is displayed to it.