Want to know why it's called ice ribbon?

Because there are 22 ribbon glass decorative strips on the exterior wall of the venue. These decorative strips are like traces of athletes sliding on the ice, symbolizing speed and passion. The ice belt is described as the National Speed Skating Hall. Speed Skating Hall is the only newly-built ice competition venue in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. It will undertake the speed skating competition during the Winter Olympics and will produce 14 gold medals.

Characteristics of Ice Belt in National Speed Skating Hall

Because the external curtain wall of the National Speed Skating Hall is glass, which consists of 3360 pieces of glass, almost none of them are exactly the same. Looking at the details, the glass has the shape of ice, and it is these curved glasses of different sizes that make up this streamlined ice shape. There are 22 streamline lines like this.

It symbolizes the fast track of speed skaters on the ice. The number 22 also symbolizes the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. At night, the 22 streamlines in the daytime became 22 ribbons under the decoration of special effects lighting, flying in the Olympic Park. The ice belt contains the wisdom of China people, a balance hidden in nature.