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The opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympics was held yesterday, on Feb. 9, 2018. How do you feel about it? Yap, I’m so excited finally D-Day is coming. So far, do you know what about behind the story of medals, torch, the design, or PyeongChang’s mascots used in this big event? or anything that makes your curious about PyeongChang Olympics? Here we go, we learn about it.

The emblem of PyeongChang 2018 “symbolises a world open to everyone”, according to the official Olympic website. It draws on Korea’s indigenous writing system, or Hangeul. The two elements represent the first consonants in the syllables that make up the word “PyeongChang”. The first character also represents the philosophy of cheonjin, a philosophy that seeks harmony between heaven, earth and humanity. The second character symbolizes snow, ice and the athletes themselves.

The commemorative tickets for PyeongChang 2018 also make use of Hangeul, as well as depictions of snowflakes and pictograms of the events. They express Korean tradition, classical beauty and the excitement of winter sports. There are 28 kinds of tickets-one for the opening ceremony, one for the closing ceremony and 26 for the individual events. The Hangeul and the snowflakes not only express the atmosphere of the games, but also embody their messages of passion, humanity, peace and harmony.

cr. olympic.org

The tickets for the opening and the closing ceremonies boast gold and silver snowflakes and expressions of the excitement for the ceremonies, against a white background, which symbolizes winter sports. The event tickets, on the other hand, use pictograms composed of lines inspired by the Hangeul alphabet. Though beautifully simple, the pictograms feel solid, each one expressing the movement of the disciplines in dynamic angles. Their lines also maintain the space found in the official emblem. Though all the event tickets have white backgrounds, each event uses its own color for the other visual elements, including the pictograms.

The Olympic torch was unveiled to the public on Sept. 8. Soon after, it began an eight-day, 2018-kilometer relay and a prayer for a successful round of games, held under the slogan, “Let Everyone Shine”. The torch, designed by Kim Young-se, is white, which represents winter sports, but also reflects a motif based on the elegant white porcelain, or baekja, of Joseon times (1392-1910). Its body composed of five flames that form a single starburst at the top. The torch is 700 milimeters, a symbolic number as Pyeongchang is 700 meters above sea level.

The torch was designed to keep burning in inclement weather such as rain, snow, and heavy wind. When wind blows toward the flame, an air tunnel is created that provides the flame with even more oxygen. A hole at the bottom allows water to drain.

The gold, silver, and bronze medals, designed by industrial designer Lee Suk-woo, were inspired by three very traditional elements: the Korean alphabet, Hangeul; traditional clothing, Hanbok; and traditional homes, Hanok. The Hangeul consonants for “PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games,” ㅍ, ㅊ, ㄷ, ㄱ, ㅇ, ㄹ and ㅍ, were stretched out into cylinders, which were then sliced rice cakes to form the medals. Indeed, when viewed from the side, the medals spells “PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.”

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The strap of the medals are made of gapsa, a traditional fabric that is lightweight and sheer. Using traditional techniques, the Hangeul consonants and snowflake pattern are weaved into the fabric. The PyeongChang 2018 wordmark and the Olympic emblem, meanwhile, are stitched using traditional embroidery.

Not to be neglected, the wooden case for the medals adopts the simple, elegant lines of the curved eaves of a traditional Hanok home.

The two mascots of the event continue to pop up in domestic and global locations in promotional efforts. Soohorang is the mascot for the Olympics, while Bandabi is for the Paralympics. The name Soohorang (수호랑) is a portmanteau of the Korean words sooho and horang-i, which respectively mean “protection” and “tiger.” The rang has double significance as a syllable taken from the Jeongseon “Arirang,” a folk song representative of Gangwon-do. The white tiger is a spiritual animal believed to guard the Western Realm. It is one of the four mythical animals of an Korean folktale, the others being the blue dragon, the vermilion bird and the black tortoise.

Bandabi (반다비) is an Asiatic black bear, a typical animal of the province of Gangwon-do. The bear is recognized by the crescent mark on its chest, which is why it is called bandalgom in Korean. Bandal means “half-moon.” The mascot’s name Bandabi is derived from bandalgom, with the suffix bi, which has the meaning of celebrating the games. Bandabi has a warm heart, with which it can embrace people around the world. It has great endurance and bravery, and most of all, he is faithful and reliable.

So, have your curious about PyeongChang Olympic fulfil? I hope you like this post guys ^^

Februari 10, 2018 No komentar

Introducing one of KBS WORLD new entertainment program The Unit. Do you know what The Unit is? The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project is a survival reality show who give a chance to idol group or all the show participant to explore and demonstrate their talent and their charm who never get a chance to be shown on public before. In the end, this program will form 2 groups idol, a female group and male group with 9 members in the each group, and they will compete to each other so they can become "the unit" who will represent Korea!!

A lot of Idol group come to participate and do an audition on the front of 6 senior singers (San E, Hyuna, Hwang Chi-yeol, Rain, Lee Tae-min, Jo Hyun-ah). The participant picked by the audience and the senior singers in total 126 participants. The senior singer will be their mentor while they doing this program.

To pick the winner they will give missions to the participant and each mission always has the benefit of the winner. This program using ranked system so every participant has their own ranking, the ranking will be announced every week when the broadcast aired, so don't forget to vote your bias or they might be eliminated from the program T.T

This program not just show the stage of the Idol, there will be lots of story behind the stage too, like when they practice, the way they live on the dorm "The Unit", etc. So make sure you watch this exited program.

The first broadcast already aired on KBS World on December 26th 2017 and until now the unit already aired 12th episodes. If you missed the program, don't worry you still can watch the show on KBS World Youtube Channel ^^

meanwhile ......

MIX NINE is a collaboration project between director Han Dong-chul, producer Yang Hyun-suk, and JTBC. Han Dong-chul, who was the executive producer of the first two seasons of Mnet's Produce 101 originally came with the concept for the show's third season.The show had 400 auditions from more than 70 agencies, in which Yang and the guest judges personally visited. It included both trainees and less known K-pop idols looking to seek further attention. According to Yang, good looks and have pleasing personalities are some of his preference in choosing the trainees, although not a requirement. 170 trainees were chosen by Yang Hyun-suk and guest judges CL, Zion.T, Seungri, and Taeyang.

After the agency tour concluded, the trainees were divided into four classes (Debut team, A, B, and C) to train and compete in ranking missions that were judged by a combination of judge evaluations and viewer voting.

For the participants' training, several artists were recruited for the show. Vocal trainer and singer Ha Dong-kyun and singer Suran were in charge of the vocal training. In addition, rapper Swings was their rap mentor, while YG Entertainment dancers Kwon Young-deuk and Kwon Young-don were responsible for training. With nine members each, the remaining male team would go against the remaining female team. The final group would promote for seven months.

The first broadcast already aired on October 29th 2017 and this show end when aired 14th episodes on 26th January 2018.

So, have you watch both of this show guys??

see you on next post~

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