A 90-second animated (动画) video of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games     1     features characters from traditional Chinese New Year paintings     2     ( recent ) became so popular on the Internet.

Netizens were fascinated by the video’s     3     ( amaze ) combination of winter sports and traditional Chinese characters, highlighting     4     ( they ) own unique characteristics and placing them alongside a wide range of sporting venues and cultural elements, including New Year paintings, Peking Opera, and ink-and-wash paintings.

The video starts with a girl and a panda going to Beijing     5     ( watch ) the Winter Olympic Games together. All of     6     sudden, the bamboo in the panda’s hands is turned into a bobsleigh (雪橇) carrying the girl while the panda speeds ahead. Snowflakes are created like magic, awakening (唤醒) characters often     7     ( see ) in Chinese New Year paintings, such as Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, two gods of the door, competing     8     alpine (高山) skiing, and Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao, a couple as well as generals of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), engaging in pair skating.

Hangzhou AU Culture and Technology Co. created the work. It is an animation company and     9     ( win ) the National Award for Scientific and Technological Progress in 2017.

“ We hope to add more     10     ( happy ) to the great event, meanwhile, viewers can learn about traditional Chinese culture, ” said Zheng Feihu, director of the video.