The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou will open tonight. At the opening ceremony, the main torch will be lit. The ignition link of previous large-scale sports games will become the biggest suspense of the opening ceremony. The words of the host torch of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be spread truthfully, because the retired relatives of the Xi family are the best proof, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain. What shape does the installation adopt? How will it be ignited? Before the opening ceremony, CCTV reporters came to the Grand Lotus to explore the main torch device.
CCTV reporter Wang Li: This is the Lotus at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Tonight’s opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held at “One Thousand Liangs of Silver.” There is a tall silver device here, which is very Eye-catching, you can see it as soon as you walk into the Grand Lotus. This device is not a sculpture for decoration. It is actually the main torch device at tonight’s opening ceremony.
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Wu Yan, Producer of the Hangzhou Asian Games Opening Ceremony: This is our main torch device. Its surface is made of stainless steel mirror corrugation. This material can particularly vividly highlight the money (tang) of Zhejiang. The characteristics of the river tide, the feeling of sparkling waves, are vividly expressed, and also show the spirit of Zhejiang’s courage to stand at the forefront of the tide.
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Wu Yan told reporters,The main torch device of the Hangzhou Asian Games is composed of 19 columns of different shapes, symbolizing the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. The main torch device is closed before ignition. It looks like a rolling wave. The design is inspired by the tide of the Qiantang River.
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Breaking the past convention of one torchbearer lighting the main torch, the Hangzhou Asian Games will allow more people to become “digital torchbearers.” After the Hangzhou Asian Games fire collection ceremony, the “Digital Torchbearer” online torch relay event was launched simultaneously. As of now, the total number of Asian Games digital torchbearers has exceeded 104 million.
Tonight, when the opening ceremony enters the main torch lighting stage, more than 100 million “digital torchbearers” will light the main torch together with the torchbearers at the opening ceremony, creating the first “digital and real integration” lighting ceremony in the history of the Asian Games.
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Hangzhou Asian Games Opening Ceremony Producer Wu Yan: When the digital torchbearers and the real torchbearers stand together in this place to light the torch, you can see that it (the main torch) The installation) is slowly unfolding and will give everyone a completely different surprise.