How long are the bamboo poles at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics?

The bamboo pole at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics refers to the long pole in the performance program beginning of spring, which is 9.5 meters long.

Beginning of spring is a performance with the theme of "beginning of spring" at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Nearly 400 students from Laizhou Chinese Wushu School and Songjiang Wushu School in Shandong Province hold luminous poles, creating the aesthetic feeling of light and shadow interaction, which means that spring flowers bloom on the pure "ice". The grass is not small. In the hands of classmates, it is a long pole of 9.5 meters and weighing 6 kilograms. In order to show the softness of grass swaying in the wind, long poles are made of fishing poles.

Gao Zhiyi, director of the opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics, said in an interview that at first, the director set a 9-meter-long pole. 10 days later, the director decided that the 9-meter pole was not strong enough, so he changed it to 9.5 meters. The average age of the students in charge of the performance of beginning of spring is only 16 years old. Liu Xiaodong, coach of China Wushu School, said that young students have been training for about 7 hours every day for more than 4 months, and thick cocoons have been ground on their hands. In order to prevent the pole from shaking, this group of students practiced holding a long pole against the wind at the seaside in Yantai, Shandong Province to improve their stability.

The flower texture reflected by the luminous rod in beginning of spring symbolizes the vitality of spring.

"Every luminous pole reflects layers of blooming flower textures on the' ice', symbolizing the vitality of spring. Green fireworks with the words "beginning of spring" appeared in the sky, which made the excitement and strength of "Spring is coming, everything is Sue" soar. The wicker in the pane is swaying. In the stereoscopic effect of the naked eye, the audience is like a Jiangnan garden with green eyes. " Wang Zhiou, director of visual effects at the opening ceremony, gave a detailed explanation.

At the end of the program, a dandelion fluttered slowly in the venue, and the children on one side of the venue blew it gently. The seeds drifted away with the wind and gradually lifted off into bright fireworks, completing the perfect combination of visual effects, physical space and real performance. At the same time, the fireworks display will be linked to realize the concept of "land" to "people" and then to "heaven".