BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Saturday marks the anniversary of the opening of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, as Beijing became the first city in the world to have hosted both summer and winter Olympic Games.
China tallied nine golds and 15 medals overall at the Games, both record highs for the country at a single Winter Olympics.
The Beijing Winter Olympics won widespread compliments from participants for its excellent venues, organization and volunteers, and Chinese culture was superbly showcased during the Games that coincided with the Chinese New Year, one of the most important traditional festivals in the country.
Beijing 2022 created social and economic benefits that went beyond the Games themselves, with a growing number of Chinese people showing enthusiasm towards winter sports and enjoying fun on ice rinks and snow pistes.
As the International Olympic Committee put it in a recent article: "The Games have engaged 346 million Chinese in winter sports since 2015 and created lasting, wide-ranging social and economic benefits for local people."
Smiles, tears, breakthroughs, friendship. One year on, what are the memories that first came to your mind when thinking of these "streamlined, safe and splendid" Games that China presented to the world?
The Olympic delegation of the People's Republic of China parade into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)
Children perform during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
Children's choir sing the Olympic Anthem during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
Torch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang (L) and Zhao Jiawen set the torch into the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows a cauldron holding the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
Fireworks illuminate the night sky during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Athletes of China celebrate after winning the mixed team relay final of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Fan Suyuan (2nd L) /Ling Zhi (2nd R) of China pose for photos with Christopher Plys (L) /Vicky Persinger of the United States after a curling mixed doubles match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
Gold medalist Gu Ailing shows her medals after the awarding ceremony of freestyle skiing women's freeski halfpipe at Zhangjiakou Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province on Feb. 18, 2022. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
Su Yiming (R) of China reacts during the men's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Gold medalist Ren Ziwei of China reacts during the awarding ceremony of the men's 1,000m short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Xu Mengtao of China reacts after the freestyle skiing women's aerials final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province on Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Zhuang)
Sui Wenjing (R)/Han Cong of China perform during the figure skating pair skating free skating of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
Gu Ailing (R) of China and Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland (L) comfort Tess Ledeux of France after women's freeski big air final at Big Air Shougang in Beijing on Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan performs during the figure skating gala event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Claudia Pechstein of Germany gives a thumbs-up sign after the women's 3,000m final of speed skating at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Gold medalist Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands poses during the awarding ceremony of the women's 1,000m short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2022 shows the mascots of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bing Dwen Dwen to be awarded to winning athletes of the women's snowboard slopestyle final during the flower ceremony at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
Volunteers pose for group photo after the figure skating gala event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Volunteers wave during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Fireworks illuminate the night sky during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Li He)
