Opening Ceremony Photos

Beijing 2008 XXIX Olympiad
Opening Ceremony
8 August 2008

A Special Presentation by Malaysia City
Attributed Professional Photos
in association with
BeijingUpdates.com

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Opening Ceremony_Starry starry night

Opening Ceremony_Countdown percussion

Opening Ceremony_Countdown 1 minute

Opening Ceremony_8 Seconds in numerical and Chinese

Opening Ceremony_29 Footprints marching towards Bird Nest (Note: filming on TV was faked)

Opening Ceremony_Fireworks showstart

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Opening Ceremony_Welcome My Friends

Opening Ceremony_Waterfall of Stars showering over audience

Opening Ceremony_20 Floating Fairies and Olympic Rings lifted up vertically

Opening Ceremony_56 ethnic minorities for Flag-raising Ceremony

Opening Ceremony_Ink-soaked Dancers sketching Chinese history

Opening Ceremony_Terracotta Soldiers Dance

Opening Ceremony_Blocks Formation depicting Chinese characters and inventions

Opening Ceremony_Flowers in tribute to Sichuan victims

Opening Ceremony_Oarsmen and Chinese junks during Silk Road voyage

Opening Ceremony_Chinese dynasties

Opening Ceremony_Chinese traditional opera

Opening Ceremony_Illuminated dancers forming Birds Nest symbolizing modernity

Opening Ceremony_2,008 Tai Chi masters

Opening Ceremony_Flow of harmony with nature

Opening Ceremony_Children drew mountain, water and smiling sun

Opening Ceremony_The future is bright

Opening Ceremony_You and Me Themed Song sang by Liu H and Sarah B

Opening Ceremony_Smiles of young children and Chinese red lantern depicting global unison

Opening Ceremony_One World One Dream

Opening Ceremony_Lighting of the Cauldron

Opening Ceremony_The End

Inside The Birds Nest today

Closing ceremony will be held on 24 August 2008. Chinese celebrities rumoured to be performing include Jackie Chan (HK), Stephanie Sun (Singapore), Wang Lee Hom (Taiwan), Rain (SKorea) etc. British celebrities include Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page and David Beckham.

Sincere acknowledgements to:

BeijingUpdates.com and contributors ; SSC Global Development Forum and forumers ; SSC Mainland China, China forumers and moderator “big-dog” ; Xinhuanet Online Media ; China Daily ; Sina China Online Community ; Sinaimg.cn Forum ; Baidu China Online Community

Beijing Countdown 4 Days

4 Days More To Go …

- Scenes of Beijing – Part IV -

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Olympic Cultural Festival August 3rd

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Acknowledgements: BeijingUpdates.com; China Sohu; SportsPhoto China; Xinhua; Forumer cmoonflyer and yxfs2000

Beijing Countdown 12 Days

12 Days More To Go …

- Scenes of Beijing – Part III -

Tianjin Olympic Center

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The Bird's Nest, Beijing National Stadium

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Beijing National Aquatics Center

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Inside The Aquatics Center

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Beijing Green Olympic Village

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Security at Beijing Olympics

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Beijing Olympic Park

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Old and New architecture_4_The Beijing National Grand Theatre

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Tian'anmen Square

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Gate to the Forbidden City

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Beijing CBD and China World Trade Centre Tower (right)

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Welcome to Beijing, city for The Games of the XXIX Olympiad

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Acknowledgements: BeijingUpdates.com ; big-dog SSC moderator ; SSC Beijing forumers ; others

Beijing Countdown 20 Days

 20 Days More To Go …

- Scenes of Beijing – Part II -

Beijing Olympic Park

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Beijing Olympic Fireworks Rehearsal

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Beijing National Aquatic Centre. Photo by ChinaFotoPress. Olympic capacity = 17,000.

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Beijing National Stadium "The Bird's Nest". Olympic capacity = 91,000.

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Beijing National Indoor Stadium (right). Olympic capacity = 18,000.

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Some newly-built Beijing Olympic venues.

(from top-left to right) Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court ; Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium ; Beijing Laoshan Velodrome ; Beijing Shooting Range Hall ; Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium for Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics ; Peking University Gymnasium for Table Tennis ; Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium for Judo and Taekwondo ; China Agricultural University Gymnasium for Wrestling ; Beijing Workers’ Stadium for Football [Note: there are many other venues for other sporting events]