China News Service Hulunbuir, February 27 (Xinhua) -- Close-up of the closing ceremony: Starting from the grassland, make another appointment with ice and snow.
China News Service reporter Li Aiping and Xing Chong.
I have an agreement with the grassland, to meet to tell the love of missing, and now snuggled in the embrace of the grassland, let this agreement condense into eternity.
I have an agreement with the grassland", which is a classic grassland song and the theme of the closing ceremony of "Fourteen Winters". On the evening of the 27th, the 14th National Winter Games came to an end in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
On February 27, the 14th National Winter Games came to an end in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The picture shows the scene of the closing ceremony. Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan.
Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, where the closing ceremony was held, has just experienced a spring snowfall, and the Molgrad River in the distance is covered with snow.
When the Winter Games torch came to northern Xinjiang for the first time, when the beautiful grassland was covered with ice and snow, in the ice and snow of Hulunbuir, more than 3,000 athletes from 35 delegations across the country gathered in the ice and snow "Naadam", in the 11-day competition period, with hard work and enterprising to the outside world to present the largest in history, the most projects, the highest standard of the Winter Games.
The Hulunbuir Grand Theater is brightly lit at night. At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the flags of the participating delegations entered. With the ice and snow sports "south, west, east, east", the ice and snow territory in China continues to expand, the "14th winter" is the first time in the history of the Winter Games that provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government as units to participate in the competition, is a real national event.
35 delegations participated in the competition, 26 delegations won gold medals, and 30 delegations won medals, and the number of participating delegations and the coverage of gold medals in the "14th Winter" have been greatly improved. Under the flag of the Winter Games, China's ice and snow sports have blossomed and become popular.
The closing ceremony is the end of the "14th Winter" and a new beginning. When the cauldron of the "14th Winter" was slowly extinguished, the "14th Winter" officially came to an end, and the National Winter Games entered the "Liaoning Time". The 15th National Winter Games will be held in Liaoning Province in 2028.
On February 27, the closing ceremony of the 14th National Winter Games was held at the Hulunbuir Grand Theater in Inner Mongolia. Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan.
Heart-to-heart, according to the farewell, more than 200 actors participated in the closing ceremony of the cultural and sports performance that night. The light and shadow dance "Forest Soulmate" was the first to be staged, and the scenery of Hulunbuir was once again intoxicating. Don't take the mountains and seas as far, go to the ice and snow together, become friends with each other, and look forward to the next meeting.
Recalling the opening of the "14th Winter", people also want to say thank you to each other. The situational dance "With Your Company" pays tribute to every devotee in front of and behind the scenes, and every help gathers into a joint force and becomes the strongest force for the successful holding of the "14th Winter".
The theme song "New Beginning" of "Fourteen Winters" was re-interpreted. With the "14th Winter" as the starting point, Chinese ice and snow athletes will embark on a new journey and meet new challenges, accumulate strength for the Milan Winter Olympics in two years, move forward bravely for the high-quality development of China's ice and snow sports, and draw a "new starting point" for China's ice and snow with one heart.
At the end of the closing ceremony, the classic song "I Have an Agreement with the Prairie" sounded. Eight years ago, Inner Mongolia in northern Xinjiang of China made a covenant of ice and snow to "be a good host and upgrade a city", and "cold resources" continued to release the "heat effect", leaving unforgettable memories of winter sports and showing a new image of China's urban construction and development to the outside world.
At the end of the closing ceremony of "Fourteenth Winter", the classic song "I Have an Agreement with the Prairie" sounded. Photo by China News Service reporter Cui Nan.
Starting from the grassland, make a reappointment with the ice and snow. When the vegetation is verdant, let's take a look at China's northern Xinjiang that has changed due to the "Fourteenth Winter"; Wait until the winter sports come again, and look forward to another dream blooming under the snow and ice. (ENDS).