Among the seven major sports for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, curling is the youngest. Curling was not an official event for the Winter Olympic Games until the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
Figure skating, a sport on the Winter Olympic Games program, is known as ballet on ice. Ski ballet, however, is a form of ballet performed on skis, and has been demonstrated at previous Winter Olympics.
Thirty percent of the events for the Winter Olympics are held on ice, and with 70 percent on snow. Snow events, which are held outdoors, are prone to be affected by meteorological conditions.
Sports pictograms are embodiments of the Olympic Games and graphic images of sporting events that can be widely applied in various formats, including sports decorations, event signposting, the designing of sporting event tickets, TV broadcasting, communications and marketing. The pictograms for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games are inspired by Chinese calligraphy and seal carving, which respectively can showcase the beauty and power of Chinese culture.
