“泛起希望的微光，恰似那雪花圣火一般”——北大外籍教师参加北京冬奥会开幕式有感

供稿/北京大学国际合作部 译/宿青云 史婕

2月4日，北京大学东门外，外籍教师们怀着开心和激动的心情合影，整装向鸟巢出发！“北京冬奥会加油，我们来了！”

夜幕下的国家体育场（鸟巢）华灯璀璨、美轮美奂，充满着春节的喜庆气氛和冬奥的激情活力。外籍教师们激情飞扬，为叹为观止的冬奥会开幕式表演摇旗呐喊，掌声、笑声、欢呼声从未间断。场内、场外，中国、世界，共同唱响“一起向未来”的冰雪欢歌。

外国语学院葡萄牙籍教师Pedro Simao Rocha Sobral：我们感到温暖

2022年北京冬奥会的开幕式充满着神奇的时刻，是奥委会、中国政府和中国人民多年努力的结果。我有幸参加这次活动，想要写下对这一难忘经历的想法。

新冠肺炎疫情仍在肆虐之际，中国能够举办如此规模的活动是一项伟大的成就，而这一成就的实现离不开无数专业人士以及全体中国人民的努力，国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫在讲话中肯定了这一点。如果不是保持安全距离的要求，人们可能会觉得这场疫情已经过去了很久。

活动组织得相当周到，不仅场馆里准备了交通工具，为观众提供食物和饮料，在鸟巢里还准备了毯子、手套和帽子帮助大家取暖，这些细节都让人心情愉悦。这些戴着口罩的年轻志愿者们带着最美好的祝愿和微笑欢迎我们，让我们的心里更加温暖。这些志愿者们很辛苦，活动结束后，他们还要送我们离场，当然，他们的努力得到了回报。这样周到的安排让我们感受到温暖，感到自己是这个特殊仪式中重要的一部分。

北京冬奥会开幕式现场表演

开幕式上各种各样的表演是一场运动、音乐和色彩的盛宴，观众都情不自禁地鼓掌，可以想象这需要在创作、排练和表演编舞上花费多少时间和精力。先进的技术制作出的视觉效果，让人赏心悦目，著名电影导演张艺谋的倒计时让所有人都为之动容。这次冬奥会开幕式巧妙融合了体育活动、令人惊叹的民族景观和中国庆祝新年的传统场景，是庆祝这一特殊活动的完美方式。对我来说，这是当晚的一大亮点。

这是一个庆祝运动力量、速度、毅力和奉献精神的夜晚。但我认为，最重要的，这也是对未来的庆祝，对我们共同未来的庆祝。孩子们的眼睛和微笑承载着未来，他们才是这部“剧”的真正明星。从《我和我的祖国》的完美演绎, 为奥运圣歌的合唱表演，到最后一首火炬点燃的歌曲《雪花》（象征性地由年长运动员将火炬传递给年轻运动员），很明显，我们看到年轻一代渴望更和平、更繁荣的明天。

对于我们现在拥有的这个世界，他们是未来。

北京国际数学中心瑞士籍副教授Emanuel Gilbert Scheidegger：冬奥会让我热爱上滑雪运动

我想先讲讲过去的事。一个多世纪以来，冬季运动一直是瑞士文化的重要组成部分，瑞士曾在1928年和1948年两次主办冬奥会，当时冬奥会的商业性没有这么强。

1972年的札幌奥运会深深烙印在瑞士人的记忆中。瑞士运动员在这些比赛中取得的惊人成绩，引起了瑞士人对高山滑雪的热爱，这种热情一直持续到今天。年轻的瑞士阳光男孩伯恩哈德·鲁西（Bernhard Russi）在男子下坡滑雪比赛中赢得金牌，很快成了瑞士最受欢迎的滑雪运动员。后来，在运动生涯结束后，他成了世界各地下坡滑雪道的设计师，在上一届冬奥会中，几乎每一个下坡滑雪道都是他设计的，2022年北京冬奥会上延庆的滑雪道也是他设计的，这是他退休前的最后一件杰作。

北大外籍教师们在北京冬奥会开幕式现场合影

2022年北京冬奥会开幕的第二天，一个让我惊喜的巧合发生了，瑞士热门选手贝亚特·费乌兹刚好夺得了高山滑雪男子滑降比赛冠军。比赛期间，有人看到鲁西坐在一块大石头上，那里可以很清晰地看到比赛。

1972年札幌奥运会后，瑞士的学校开办了许多冬季运动，包括高山滑雪、越野滑雪和滑冰。每年冬天，瑞士的每所学校都会把6到15岁的孩子送到瑞士阿尔卑斯山滑雪一周。我也因此学会并爱上了滑雪。我小时候在学校和家里看电视上的滑雪比赛，便对冬季运动产生了兴趣，那时起我就开始关注冬奥会了。

我曾在世界的很多地方生活过，这次是我第一次碰巧住在冬奥会的主办城市，显然我对这次的奥运会很有兴趣。去年夏天我很兴奋能够有机会参加北京市人民对外友好协会（BPAFFC）组织的一项活动，参观了2022年北京冬奥会在首钢公园、张家口和延庆的场地。北京这时没有天然雪，不太适合展开冬季项目，但是大家非常努力地使这些运动成为可能，给我留下了深刻印象，也让我感到震惊。

而最大的亮点是我有幸到北京国家体育场参与了2022年北京冬奥会的开幕式。这是我第一次走近“鸟巢”，我认为“鸟巢”是北京最美丽的建筑之一。我很惊讶地看到，世界著名的瑞士建筑师赫尔佐格和德梅隆设计的建筑是如此轻巧和精致。开幕式最精彩的部分是91个参赛国家的运动员游行，很多人可能觉得这个环节很无聊，但在我看来，奥运会是关于体育、竞争，尤其是运动员的，他们值得所有人的关注。我很期待比赛举办成功，留下更多精彩的瞬间。

外国语学院日本籍教授马场公彦：感受到万物复苏、草木丛生的气息

漫漫人生中，很少亲历历史性的瞬间，而在2月4日晚上我有幸身临其境见证奇迹。

1964年的东京奥运会是亚洲举办的首次奥运会，当时我只有6岁。1972年札幌冬奥会召开时，我还是一名中学生。日本选手包揽了70米跳台滑雪的全部奖牌，因此被国民称为“日之丸飞行队”，整个日本为之疯狂。我因此了解到冬季运动的魅力。札幌也因此成为一座美丽而富有魅力的城市。1998年冬奥会在我的故乡长野县举办。去年在新冠肺炎疫情肆虐的危机之下，东京再度举办了奥运会。

继东京奥运会之后，北京冬奥会也因新冠肺炎疫情而面临着巨大考验。举办方需要在确保安全的同时，带给民众不亚于往届盛会的体验。今年恰逢中日邦交正常化50周年。我怀着别样的心情观看了北京冬奥会的开幕盛典。

此次开幕式的倒计时采用了中国的二十四节气。或许是巧合，此次第24届冬季奥林匹克运动会开幕当日正值立春。紧接着是通过手持发光杆进行的矩阵表演，稻苗随风拂动的景象让同为农耕文化的日本人感受到了万物复苏、草木丛生的气息。之后，孩子们手中飘散的白色蒲公英种子让人联想到初春的勃勃生机。

我一直纳闷，入场环节各国代表队的入场顺序因何而来。最后通过微信询问现场的记者朋友才得知，这是根据简体中文的笔画决定顺序的。

在灯光、色彩与音乐的交融之中，蔡国强负责的烟花表演为观众带来一场视觉盛宴。会场中高昂的热情与热烈的欢呼声，让人们感受到更多的兴奋与感动。电视机前的观众或许体会不到这种感觉，而现场的观众也无法享受到CG技术带来的视觉效果。

在所有节目中，特别让我深有感触的是《致敬人民》。在《让世界充满爱》的歌声中，身着不同服装的年轻人并肩前行。地屏拼接出世界各地多姿多彩的生活景象，像河流一样缓缓从他们的脚下划过。后来得知，其中15名青年是北京大学的学生。随着《Imagine》的歌声，滑冰运动员在场地中绘制出漂亮的几何图案。去年东京奥运会开幕式的表演基调也是多样性，特意强调“各有特色的个性”。而北京奥运会传达的则是“多样性的统一”和“有序的多样性”。

北京冬奥会的口号是“一起向未来”。英文版“Together for a Shared Future”，饱含深意。“未来”前面的冠词采用“a”而非“the”，意指“未来”的形状不是唯一的、也不是固定的。并且，这个“未来”不是个人的，而是可以“共享的”。其中包含着众人都可以接受且能为之同行的愿景。

堪称开幕式高潮的点火仪式出人意料。我甚至不明白会场的火炬最后为何没有燃起。开幕式之后看了总导演张艺谋的采访，才了解到“一叶知秋”的寓意。会场没有另设火炬台，火炬手手中刻有各国国名的火炬搭乘一朵雪花在会场中央升起。通过点燃微不可见的火种，向世界传达人类的共同课题——实现低碳社会。

2008年北京夏季奥运会中，一场凝聚中国5000年历史的壮观歌剧让我深感震撼，同时升空的焰火几乎照亮整个北京城。这次的开幕式没有再现那种惊人的华美。除了CG技术支持的华丽表演之外，整体观感尤显朴素、谦恭、亲切。我和身边的北京大学外籍教师都能轻松地融入其中，体会到一种超越国籍与种族的亲近之感。

时至今日，那种静谧的感动依然萦绕我心，泛起希望的微光，恰似那雪花圣火一般。

新结构经济研究院多哥籍博士后Kokou Wotodjo Tozo：就像置身于科幻电影中，成了里面的一部分

参加2022年北京冬奥会开幕式前几天，我就想象自己将会见到很多新鲜的事物，会是一个非常特殊的时刻。但令人惊喜的是，这次冬奥会开幕式比我想象的还要精彩。从头到尾，我感觉自己就像置身于科幻电影中，成了里面的一部分。我看得太专注了，都忘了拍照，唯一一次拿起手机是给我的妻子微信视频，将这一切分享给她。我的妻子很喜欢看孩子们表演，这些孩子们真是太了不起了。我想到的只有对中国和中国的组织者及表演者的赞美。能够参加这次活动对我来说简直是梦想成真，我要感谢北京大学外籍教师俱乐部的邀请。我祝愿本次冬奥会公平竞赛、运动员取得理想的成绩，希望全球各地的观众在观看和支持各个队伍争夺奖牌的过程中，能够感受到温暖，变得更加亲近。

2022年北京冬奥会开幕式上圣火点燃

我度过了一个令人难以置信的美好夜晚，开幕式很好，表演非常精彩。为了我们共同的未来，加油！

国际关系学院日本籍教师岩本节子：开幕式从头到尾都是一连串的惊喜和兴奋

衷心感谢北京大学、北大国际关系学院和国际合作部让我有机会在鸟巢欣赏北京冬奥会开幕式。我们的座位在外宾区1楼14排左右，位置极佳，仿佛能捕捉到从我们面前经过的表演者的面部表情。开幕式从头到尾都是一连串的惊喜和兴奋。第一个节目是各个表演者举着一根根比身高高出10倍以上的有弹性的闪亮棒造出的绿色的草的形状，每个表演者都将它左右前后摇晃。在我看来，它是“团结”的象征。我很好奇表演者是如何操作那些看似笨拙的长杆的，必定付出了很多的汗水和努力。最让我印象深刻的是许多孩子拿着比他们的小脑袋大两倍多的鸽子跳舞的表演。白鸽是和平的象征，我也和孩子们一样，希望生活在一个安全和平的未来。另一个让我印象深刻的是一个小男孩用小号演奏的《我和我的祖国》。我看着接二连三的国旗，突然注意到投影在大屏幕上的吹小号的男孩。惊讶道：“这么小的孩子在演奏吗？”再次聆听他的演奏，挺拔通透的气质让我耳目一新，我几乎喊出“哇！哇！”，在众多观众面前他大方沉稳而且表演得无可挑剔。

运动员团队入场对于每个观众来说是一个激动人心的时刻，他们期待着自己国家的运动员的入场时刻。希腊是第一个进场的，然后是土耳其，马耳他……“为什么是这个顺序呢？”，坐在我旁边的老师告诉我，“似乎是翻译成中文时的顺序哈。”后来才知道，是按照国名简体字首字的笔数和笔顺来定的。外院的Pedro老师轻声说“下一个是日本队”，让我很温暖。和北大的外国同事们一起为各自国家队欢呼，也是我非常开心和难忘的经历。

2022年对我来说是具有里程碑意义的一年，我的一半生命在日本度过，一半在中国度过。冬奥会开幕式为这一重要的一年拉开了序幕。我想继续在中国生活学习，中国成为一个让我更加有归属感的地方。为此，我通过教授日语的方式为中国社会做贡献。

一起向未来！

未来技术学院分子医学研究所巴基斯坦籍博士后研究员穆罕默德·尤纳斯：北京冬奥会开幕式举办得非常成功

2022年2月4日，一个寒冷的周五晚上,冬奥会在北京国家体育场正式拉开了帷幕,这是一个历史性的时刻，中国首都北京成为第一个举办夏季和冬季奥运会的城市。冬奥会开幕式十分壮观，现场灯光颇具创意，参赛者们才华横溢、表现出色、充满活力，虚拟的“冰块”从体育场地板上冒出来，组成汉字意为“幸福”，国家体育场（鸟巢）燃放的烟花也令人印象深刻。

2022年北京冬奥会开幕式举办得非常成功，要感谢和赞扬所有中国工作人员的付出。我要向所有参加2022年北京冬奥会的运动员致以最诚挚的美好祝愿。

Outside the East Gate of Peking University (PKU), our international teachers pose for a photo, their glee and excitement apparent on February 4. Beijing Winter Olympics, here we come!

The National Stadium (Bird's Nest) sparkled in the night, filled with Chinese New Year vibes and the Olympic spirit. In the stadium, our international teachers watched the Olympics opening ceremony excitedly, applauding, laughing and cheering with the crowd. In chorus, the entire stadium sang “Together for a Shared Future”, harbouring hopes for a better future.

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 was a magical moment that was the result of years of effort by the Olympic Committee and the Chinese government and people. Having enjoyed the privilege of attending the event, I could not but write down some of my thoughts on this unforgettable experience.

To be able to hold an event of this magnitude while a pandemic is still raging globally was truly a great achievement, one that could only be attained through the contribution of countless professionals, as well of the people as a whole. This was acknowledged by the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach in his speech. Were it not for the now ubiquitous masks and the safety distance kept by our appointed seats, one would think the pandemic was but a distant memory.

The organization was quite considerate, providing transportation to the venue and supplying the audience with food and drinks. At the Bird's Nest, blankets, gloves and hats were provided in order to help ward off the cold temperatures and make the occasion more pleasant. Not that the cold lasted for long: the young volunteers who, despite the night temperatures, welcomed us with best wishes and smiles under their masks, warmed our hearts. Even after the event was over, there they were to see us off, cold and tired, but certainly also glad that their efforts paid off. It truly made us feel welcome and an important part of this special occasion.

The various performances, bringing together people from all ages, were truly a spectacle of movement, music and color and it was impossible not to wave and clap along. One can only begin to imagine all the time and energy spent in creating, rehearsing and performing all the choreographies. The jaw-dropping visual effects, made with the most advanced technologies, were a delight to be seen, and the countdown sequence, directed by renowned filmmaker Zhang Yimou, certainly did not leave anyone indifferent. The masterful cinematic fusion of breathtaking national landscapes, traditional scenes from Chinese New Year celebrations and sports action was the perfect way of celebrating this doubly special occasion. It was, for me, one of the major highlights of the night.

It was a night to celebrate athletic strength, speed, perseverance and dedication. But it was above all, I believe, also celebration of the Future, of a Shared Future. And it was the children, in whose eyes and smiles this Future is held, who were the real stars of the show. From the flawless rendition of “Me and My Motherland” , to the choral performance of the Olympic Hymn, to the final piece “Snowflakes” that served as the theme for the lighting of the Torch (symbolically handed down from the older athletes to the younger), it was clear we were witnessing the wishes and aspirations of the youngest generations for a more peaceful and prosperous tomorrow.

For this World we have now, we are borrowing it from them.

Let me start with some historical background. Winter sports have been an important part of Swiss culture for more than a century. Switzerland hosted the Olympic Winter Games twice, in 1928 and in 1948, in an era when the games were not yet the commercial vehicles that they have become in the past decades.

The games that burnt themselves deeply into the collective memory of Switzerland were those of Sapporo in 1972. The surprising success of the Swiss athletes in those games sparked the Swiss frenzy about alpine skiing that continues to the present day. A young Swiss sunnyboy, Bernhard Russi, won the gold medal in the men's downhill ski competition and soon became the most popular ski athlete in Switzerland. Later, after his sports career he became the architect of downhill pistes all over the world. Essentially every downhill piste of the past Olympic Winter Games was designed by him, including the one of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Yanqing, which is his final piece of art before retirement.

As a happy coincidence on day 2 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the men's downhill ski competition in Yanqing was won by the Swiss pre--race favorite, Beat Feuz. During the competition, Russi was seen sitting high up on a solitary rock from which he had an excellent overview over the race.

As a consequence of the success in 1972, the school education in Switzerland includes a lot of winter sports, including alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and ice skating. As part of it, every winter every school in Switzerland sent the kids at the ages of 6 to 15 for one week into the Swiss Alps to go skiing. This is how I learned skiing and I enjoyed it immensely. I think that my interest in winter sports roots in all these childhood experiences in school and at home watching ski competitions on TV. I have closely followed all the Winter Olympic Games since I was a kid.

Now, having lived in many places all over the world, it is the first time that I happen to live in the host city of the Winter Olympic Games and, evidently, my curiosity was piqued. Given this background, I was very excited when I had the opportunity last summer to join an activity organized by the BPAFFC (Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries) to visit the sites of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Shougang Park, in Zhangjiakou, and in Yanqing. I was both impressed and shocked by the efforts that were made to make these games possible in such an unsuitable region lacking completely of natural snow.

Of course, the subsequent highlight was the opportunity to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Stadium. It was my first time to be near and inside the ``Bird's Nest'' that I consider one of the most beautiful buildings in Beijing. I was surprised to see how lightweight and filigree the construction designed by the world--famous Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron is. The best part of the opening ceremony was the parade of the athletes of the 91 participating nations. To many people this seems boring, but in my eyes, the Olympic Games are about sports, competition, and, above all, the athletes. They deserve all the attention. I'm now looking forward to successful games with fascinating competitions.

In one's whole life, there are few opportunities to meet historic moments. On the evening of February 4, I was lucky to witness miracles.

The 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games was the first Olympic Games held in Asia. I was only 6 years old at that time. Japan had built new highways and opened Shinkansen. When the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics was held, I was a middle school student. The Japanese athletes won all the medals in the 70-meter ski jumping, so they are called the “Rimaru Flying Team” by the people who were crazy about the team. Winter sports fascinated me. Sapporo has therefore become a beautiful and charming city. The 1998 Winter Olympics was held in Nagano County, my hometown. Last year, the Olympic Games were held again despite the raging novel coronavirus pneumonia.

After the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Winter Olympics in Beijing is also facing huge challenges because of COVID-19. The organizers need to ensure safety but bring people no less enjoyment than previous events at the same time. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, that's why I had a special feeling when watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The countdown to the opening ceremony adopted China's 24 solar terms. Perhaps it is a coincidence that this Winter Olympic Games is the 24th one. The day of the big event is the beginning of spring. Followed by a matrix performance with light-emitting poles in performers' hands, the scene of rice seedlings blowing with the wind made our Japanese with farming culture feel the breath of all things recovering and growing. After that, the white dandelion seeds floating in the children's hands are reminiscent of the vitality of early spring.

I wondered how the entry order of national teams came from. Finally, I learned that this was determined according to the stroke numbers of simplified Chinese after asking the reporter friends at the scene through WeChat.

In the blending of light, color, and music, the fireworks performance designed by Cai Guoqiang brought a huge visual feast to the audience. The high enthusiasm and warm cheers in the venue made people feel more excited and moved, which the audience in front of the TV may not feel, yet the audience on-site cannot enjoy the visual effects brought by CG technology.

Among all the shows, I am deeply touched by “Salute the People”. In the song “Fill the World with Love”, young people in different clothes walked side by side. The ground screen spliced a colorful scene of life around the world, slowly passing under their feet like a river. I later learned that 15 of them are students of Peking University. With the singing of “Imagine”, skaters drew beautiful geometric patterns in the field. The performance tone of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games last year was also diverse, with a special emphasis on “distinctive personality” while the Beijing Olympic Games convey the “unity in diversity” and “orderly diversity”.

The slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics is “一起向未来”. The English version is “Together for a Shared Future” and this translation is full of profound meanings. The article before “future” is “a” instead of “the”, which means that the shape of “future” is not unique or fixed. Moreover, this “future” is not personal, but can be “shared”. The slogan contains a vision that everyone can accept and fight for.

The ignition ceremony, which can be called the climax of the opening ceremony, was unexpected. I don't even understand why the torch didn't light in the end. After the opening ceremony, I saw the interview of general director, Zhang Yimou, and learned the meaning of “the falling of one leaf is enough to tell of autumn's arrival”. There is no other torch platform in the venue. The torch engraved with the names of various countries rose in the center of the venue with a snowflake. By lighting the invisible fire, a message of the common topic of mankind was conveyed to the world-realizing a low-carbon society.

In the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, I was deeply shocked by a spectacular opera that condensed China's 5000-year history, and the fireworks lit up almost the whole city of Beijing. This 2022 opening ceremony did not reproduce that amazing beauty. In addition to the gorgeous performance supported by CG technology, the overall impression is particularly simple, modest, and cordial. The foreign teachers of Peking University and I can easily relax in it and feel a sense of closeness beyond nationality and race.

To this day, the quiet touch still gently haunts my heart, with a glimmer of hope, just like the flame with a snowflake.

A few days before attending the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, I imagined it would be a very special moment, something I've never seen or experienced before. But surprisingly, things went miles further than expected. From the start to the finish, I felt like being in scifi movie. We became a part of the show. I was so immersed I forgot to take photos. The only time I grabbed my phone was to make a WeChat video call so my wife could see. She enjoyed watching the little kids performing, it was surreal. All I can say is kudos to China, to the organizers and the performers. Being able to attend this event, for me, was a dream come true, and I'd like to thanks the International Faculty Club of Peking University for the invitation. To all the athletes, I wish success in a spirit of fair play, and may this Winter Olympic Games keep us warmer and closer across the globe as we watch and support our teams compete for the medals.

I had an incredible night, the opening ceremony was well organized with mind-blowing performances. Together for a shared future. Cheers!

I sincerely thank Peking University, the School of International Relations of Peking University and The Department of International Cooperation for giving me the opportunity to enjoy the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in the Bird's Nest. Our seats were located in row 14 on the first floor of the foreign guest area, which was excellent. It seems that we could capture the facial expressions of the performers passing in front of us. The opening ceremony was full of surprises and excitement from beginning to end. In the first show, the performers shook the green shining poles which are ten times higher than their height to form the shape of grass, in my opinion, it is a symbol of “unity”. I don't know how the performers can manipulate such heavy long poles, yet I do know they must have paid a lot of sweat and effort. What impressed me most was the performance of many children dancing with big pigeons twice as large as their small heads. The white dove is a symbol of peace, like those children, I wish for a safe and peaceful future full of hope. What also impressed me was a little boy's trumpet performance of “Me and My Motherland”. I looked at the national flags one after another and suddenly noticed a boy playing the trumpet projected on the big screen. I was surprised, “Can such a little kid play the trumpet?” Listening to his performance again, I feel new and refreshed and almost cried out”Wow! Wow!”. This is truly a gracious, steady, and impeccable performance despite being in front of a rather large audience.

The admission of athletes from every country is an exciting moment for every audience. All look forward to the admission of athletes from their own country. Greece was the first to enter, then Turkey and Malta... “Why is this order?” The teacher sitting next to me told me, “it seems to be related to the Chinese translation of the names of countries.” Later I learned that it was arranged according to the stroke numbers of the initial character of the simplified Chinese country names. Pedro, a teacher of the Institute of Foreign Languages, said softly, “The next one is the Japanese team”, which made me feel warm. It was also a very happy and unforgettable experience for me and my foreign colleagues in Peking University to cheer for our own national team when they are passing in front of us.

The year 2022 will be a milestone for me because in this year half of my life well be spent in Japan and half in China. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics kicked off this important year. I want to continue to live and study in China and make China more like home. To this end, I want to contribute to Chinese society by further teaching Japanese.

Together for a Shared Future!

On a freezing Friday evening (2022.02.04) in Beijing National Stadium, the opening ceremony for Winter Olympics officially kicked off the Winter Olympics. This was also a historical millstone that Winter Olympics took place in China. Beijing, China's capital, became the first city to stage both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The spectacular Winter Olympics opening ceremony was very stimulating for me, in terms of its content, the participants showcased their talent with excellent performances, vibrant and innovative lighting display primarily virtual ice cube emerged from the stadium floor with a prominent Chinese character meaning “Happiness” projected, and no doubt the fireworks from a marvel steel structure of Olympics venue (Bird's Nest Stadium).

I think it turned out to be a great successful event, and credit obviously goes to all Chinese organizers to put on a show. I would like to extend my most earnest wishes to all the athletes competing in Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.