Beijing Unveils Scroll Painting to Boost 2022 Winter Olympics Bid

The bid committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has unveiled a scroll painting that features winter sports scenes in northern China on Friday, in a bid to further showcase the thriving winter sports community in the region.

The scroll, titled "Jingji (Beijing and Hebei) Winter Joy" and painted in the traditional Chinese style, measures 20.22 meters in length and portrays a total of 2,022 people engaging in various winter sports and activities, according to Xu Ziwen, the scroll's principal artist.

Xu added that the number of people featured in the scroll was intended to match the year the next Winter Olympics are going to be held.

The scenes depicted on the scroll include famous landmarks in Beijing such as the Bird's Nest, the Great Wall, and Tiananmen Square, as well as Chongli, a county in nearby Hebei Province intended to accommodate winter sporting events for the 2022 Winter Games should Beijing's bid push through.

Apart from famous landmarks, the scroll also features scenes from the Spring Festival or the traditional Chinese New Year.

"Once Beijing wins the bid, athletes from around the world will be able to compete at the foot of the Great Wall, a unique experience found nowhere else. We also plan to hold the opening ceremony on Feb. 4, a day in the Spring Festival," said Wang Hui, the deputy secretary-general of the bid committee for the 2022 Games, noting that it would be their cultural contribution to the Olympics.

Wang added that Beijing has the "huge advantage" of being supported by both the central government as well as the public, citing a recent poll indicating that 91.66 percent of people nationwide supported Beijing's campaign to host the Winter Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is currently choosing between Beijing and its sole rival, the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan, and will announce the winner on July 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.