Counting down to Chengdu Universiade: venues with "Sichuan flavor"|全球看热讯

CHENGDU,China,April18(Xinhua)--The31stFISUWorldUniversityGameswillopeninChengdu,ChinaonJuly28.Atotalof45venueswillbeusedfortrainingandcompetitionsinChengdu2021.AsthecountdowntotheChengduUniversiadeapproaches100days,letXinhuatakeyouonatourofthevenueswith"Sichuanflavor."

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Dong"anLakeSportsParkStadium.(PhotocourtesyofChengdu2021)

TheopeningceremonyoftheChengdu2021FISUWorldUniversityGameswillbeheldattheDong"anLakeSportsParkStadium.AsthemainvenueofDong"anLakeSportsPark,the"silverfrisbee"shapedstadiumlocatedatChengdu"sLongquanyiDistricthasacapacityof40,000seatsandcoversafloorareaof120,000squaremeters.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkStadiumisunderconstruction,onJan.27,2021.(Xinhua/ShenBohan)

The50m-highstadiumfulfillstheoperationalconditionsrequiredforopeningandclosingceremoniesoflarge-scaleeventswithitshigh-standardVIPreceptionareaanda29m-high,300m-longarc-shapedviewingplatform.Itsdomeisdecoratedwithmorethan12,000piecesofcolorfulglazedglass,depictingthepatternofthe"SunBird",whichrepresentsthecombinationofthesenseofhistoricalweightandthefuturisticgeometricstructure.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkunderconstruction,onJan.27,2021.(Xinhua/ShenBohan)

Dong"anLakeSportsParkMulti-PurposeGymnasiumisthebiggestamongthethreevenueslyingnexttothemainstadium.The90,169.37square-metergymnasiumservesasacompetitionandtrainingvenueforartisticgymnasticseventsduringtheGamesandwillwitness14goldsfromAugust1to5.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkMulti-PurposeGymnasium.

TheinternalofDong"anLakeSportsParkMulti-PurposeGymnasium.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkAquaticsCenter.

InternalofDong"anLakeSportsParkAquaticsCenter.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkAquaticsCentercoversafloorareaof73,549.33squaremeters.DuringChengdu2021,itwillbeusedasacompetition,warm-upandtrainingvenueforswimmingevents.Atotalof42goldmedalsinswimmingeventswillbeawardedherefromAugust1to7.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkMulti-BallGamesGymnasium.

Dong"anLakeSportsParkMulti-BallGamesGymnasiumisthesmallestofthethreevenues.ThegymnasiumthatservesasatrainingvenueforartisticgymnasticseventsduringtheGamescoversanareaof35,700squaremeters,withthreefloorsonthegroundandonefloorundertheground.

FenghuangshanSportsParkGymnasium.

FenghuangshanSportsParkGymnasiumisgoingtobeadestinationforhoopfansduringtheGames,astwogoldmedalsinbasketballeventswillbeawardedhere.ThegymnasiumlocatedinChengdu"sJinniuDistrictisanextra-largevenuethatcoversafloorareaof119,704.76squaremeters,withsevenfloorsabovethegroundandonefloorundertheground.

High-techZoneSportsCenterGymnasium.

InternalofHigh-techZoneSportsCenterGymnasium.

Thefuturistic-feelingHigh-techZoneSportsCenterGymnasiumwasinspiredbytheSichuanBrocade,leavingpeoplewithadeepimpressionofitscomfortcurves.ThevenuethatalreadystagedtheWorldTeamTableTennisChampionshipscoversafloorareaof82,732squaremeters,withoneflooroflargespace,fivefloorsabovethegroundandonefloorundertheground.DuringtheGames,itwillserveasawarm-upandcompetitionvenuefortabletennisevents.

JianyangCulturalandSportsCenterGymnasium.

InternalofJianyangCulturalandSportsCenterGymnasium.

JianyangCulturalandSportsCentreGymnasiumisthewarm-upandcompetitionvenueforjudoevents.Theexteriordesignofthe18,500square-metervenueabstractsandsimplifiesthetraditionalcraftofbamboooverporcelain.

TheChengduOpenAirMusicPark.

Theworld"slargestpanoramicsurroundsound,half-indoortheaterChengduOpenAirMusicParkwillhosttheclosingceremonyoftheWorldUniversityGamesonAugust8,2023.Thestructurespans180metershorizontallyandreachesastaggeringheightof50meters.Theprojectabledomeontopcoversanareaofapproximately10,000squaremeters,whilethesprawlinglawnviewingareacanaccommodateupto47,000audiences.ThedesignideasofthemusicparkweredrawnfromelementsofthesunandImmortalBirds,theTianfucultureandancientShumusic.

Planegraphshowsmascot"Rongbao".(PhotocourtesyofChengdu2021)

TheChengdu2021SummerUniversiadehasatotalof27competitionvenuesand18trainingandwarm-upvenues.Thissummer,Chengdu,acitywitharichhistoryandmodernvitality,willshowcaseaninternationalsportseventwithChinesecharacteristics,contemporarystyle,andyouthfulspirittotheworld.■