olympic 2008 opening ceremony

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was held in Beijing, China from 8 August 2008 through 24 August 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 08:08pm. (The number 8 is associated with prosperity in Chinese culture.)

Now ascendant as a world power, China welcomed the results of world leaders at the opening ceremony, followed by 91000 people in the eye, capture the national stadium and a potential audience of 4 billion people. He is represented as larger, more expensive in the bottom of Olympic history, bookended by some dams 30000 fireworks.

As the ceremony got under way with a dramatic, drummed countdown, viewers watching at home and on giant screens inside the Bird's Nest National Stadium watched as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks processed gloriously above the city from Tiananmen Square.