On the evening of February 4, 2022, the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Stadium. Under the guidance of the General Artistic Director Zhang Yimou, BLACKBOW, the VFX production team, led by Wang Zhiou, the VFX Director, presented this spectacle after three-years' serious preparations.

Committed to holding a “streamlined, safe and splendid” event, the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics designed its general visual effects based on digital technology and relying on technical means such as real-time Al interaction, glasses free 3D, AR and digital video image, integrated advanced digital technology with Chinese aesthetics to demonstrate to the world the romance of China. All the shows were designed to echo the theme of ice to convey the “Winter Dream” to the world, and also show the Chinese traditional aesthetics and oriental artistic conception to the world through the combination of digital technology and artistic Chinese-style expression.

BLACKBOW team used a 158m x 76m LED screen simulating the ice surface to form the stage and all the visual design were about snow and ice to express the Chinese-style romance. The idea of the performances came from Chinese cultural and oriental esthetics, so that revealed the fractal aesthetics of “The Beginning of Spring”, the momentum of the “Waters of the Yellow River” and the highlight moment of the “Olympic Rings in Ice”. The micro-fire torch also created a unique lighting ceremony in history.

BLACKBOW team also designed many of the core installations of the opening ceremony such as the Snowflake Placard, Snowflake Olympic Cauldron, and the "Not One Dove Less", the peace dove props. After three years of hardworking, BLACKBOW has used technology and art innovation to interpret the Chinese romance in an original and creative way.