The Winter Olympics explained by a math teacher with cartoon penguins. Yes, really.
Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestIn 1924, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France. In the course of nearly a hundred years of Winter Olympics, athletes constantly challenged nature, broke through the limits of human beings, and achieved remarkable winters. And behind these breakthroughs is an even more remarkable human ingenuity
Why are the Olympic Games divided into winter and summer? The fastest runner and the fastest skater, who is faster? As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to open, the 10-episode documentary "The Great Winter" produced by the Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center will be broadcast on CCTV-9 from February 1st. An interesting and scientific documentary about the popular science of the Winter Olympics, focusing on the relevant knowledge of the various events of the Winter Olympic Games and the highlights of the construction of the Beijing Winter Olympics venue, using the interesting method of "animation + popular science expert explanation", multi-angle and in-depth Showcasing the unique charm of the Winter Olympics.
Direction
Animation-meets-lecture format shouldn't work but absolutely does
Writing
Physics explained via curling stone gossip
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as Beijing 2022 propaganda, it accidentally became China's most beloved educational content—state media that doesn't feel like homework.
Host Li Yongle is a famous Beijing high school math teacher with millions of online followers; this was his network television debut.
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