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People talk about: blue cosmos, salute the unyielding soul

Hao Wenxuan
March 4, 2022 11:21 | Source: People's Daily Online - Viewpoint Channel
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At the end of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the distinctive award bouquet has attracted wide attention from netizens at home and abroad, and the "never withering Olympic flower" has delivered Chinese warmth to the world. As the opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games approaches, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games bouquet also attracts people's attention again.

It is reported that the bouquet of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games is the same as the bouquet technique and shape of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. The main flower types are roses, roses, lilies of the valley, hydrangea, laurel and olives, which respectively symbolize friendship, tenacity, happiness, unity, victory and peace. The bouquet is 34 cm high and 24 cm in diameter at breast height. The biggest difference in the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games bouquet is the addition of a blue cosmos.

Cosmos has strong vitality, which reflects the quality of tenacity. This blue cosmos is not only a flower, but also an interpretation of the Paralympic spirit. At the same time, the bow with the words "BEIJING 2022" printed on the handle of the bouquet is yellow, which echoes the main color of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. The depth matches with the light, implying that it is thriving and vigorous.

Bundles of "velvet flowers" not only show the beauty of woolen flowers, but also express the support of Chinese disabled craftsmen for the Winter Paralympic Games, and also carry the blessing of about 85 million disabled people nationwide for the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing. In order to match the theme of the Paralympic Games and convey the spirit of the Paralympic Games, every bouquet of flowers for this Winter Paralympic Games is handmade by disabled people. With the support of the All China Women's Federation and other organizations, the weaving societies in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other seven places jointly participated. The bouquet of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was mainly completed by the China Disabled Persons' Welfare Foundation. All flower materials are finally collected to the Hope Home for Spinal Cord Injuries in Dongcheng District of Beijing for final assembly. In two months, none of the more than 150 disabled volunteers quit their work. Finally, Beijing Hope Home provided more than 500 award bouquets for the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games as scheduled.

"The Paralympics have the power to change the world." On the field, athletes will overcome many physical obstacles and write stories of unyielding destiny on the field. Outside the stadium, the bouquet of this Winter Paralympic Games shows the blessing of about 500000 disabled people in Beijing and about 85 million disabled people in China on the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. The development of the disabled needs to be recognized in various undertakings. Caring is not only a simple help, but also provides them with opportunities and platforms to realize the value of life, truly integrate into the society and the times.

The warmth and goodwill of the "flower of velvet" will also blossom in the spring of Beijing. Let's pay tribute to every unyielding soul.

(Editor in charge: Yan Shuai, Qu Yuan)

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