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OPENING CEREMONY

The artistic part of the ceremony comprised two parts titled "Brilliant Civilization" and "Glorious [7] Era" respectively. The first part highlighted the Chinese civilization and the second part [7] exhibited modern China and its dream of harmony between the people of the world. The [8] stadium was full to its 91,000 capacity according to organizers. The opening ceremony proper began with a contemporary drum sequence by [21] 2,008 Fou drummers. The LED-embedded Fou drums and their glowing drumsticks were lit up by the drummers. In formation, the drummers lit their drums to form giant digits (in both Arabic and Chinese numerals) to countdown the final seconds to the Games and herald the start of the opening time of 8:08 p.m. local time, in continuation of the 8/08/08 opening date. At the prelude to the section, Beautiful Olympics, a short film was screened depicting the making of paper, another of the Four Great Inventions, ending with a rolled up scroll painting to set the stage for the next segment. Ceramics, porcelain vessels and other Chinese fine arts artifacts were beamed on a giant LED scroll, representing the first of the Four Great Inventions of China, paper, and displaying animated graphics, slowly unfurling. At its center was a piece of white canvas paper, which then ushered in a performance of black-costumed dancers whose hands hid brushes that had been dipped in ink. They performed a dance while leaving their trails on the block of white paper, reminiscent of Chinese ink and wash painting. The giant scroll was then moved aside to show a fluid array 897 movable type blocks that formed three variations of the character (H "harmony"), representing the third great Chinese invention: the movable type press. The character was shown, consecutively, in Bronze inscription, Seal script andKai Script (Modern Chinese Script). Performers in Zhou-era clothing representing the "3000 Disciples of Confucius", carrying bamboo slips, recited excerpts from the Analects: "Isn't it great to have friends coming from afar?" and "All men are brothers within the four seas." The blocks changed into a small version of the Great Wall, which then sprouted plum [29][30] blossoms, the Chinese symbol for openness. At the end of the sequence the tops of the movable type blocks came off to reveal 897 performers, who waved vigorously to the crowds, indicating that the individual pieces of type block were not computer controlled and synchronized, but rather the combined efforts of 897 perfectly in sync performers. The next segment saw ancient terracotta soldiers and Chinese opera, followed by a Beijing operapuppetry performance. The Wusheng type of Beijing opera performers was also enacted. Next, a female dancer dressed in Tang-era clothing entered, suspended by a rectangular extension held by hundreds of performers The next segment featured Kunqu, one of the oldest extant Chinese operas, with two opera artists, a man singing and a woman accompanying on a guzheng. [32] A Tijqun performance by 2,008 masters showed the fluid movements achieved when in harmony with nature. They demonstrated martial arts while combining to form geometric mass human formations. A skit was shown with schoolchildren drawing and coloring on the paper scroll and chanting poetry.
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China's national flag carried into the National Stadium

Ending segment of the first half "Brilliant Civilization" before the second half "Glorious Era"

Silk Road segment

A scene of Beijing opera performers

The disciples of Confucius chanted a famous quote from the Analects, translated as "All those within the four seas can be considered his brothers".[27]

Dancers painting on the scroll

Lang Lang playing together with five-year-old Li Muzi on a white Steinwayconcert grand piano

Performers dance on the surface of an illuminated sphere in the middle of the National Stadium

BEIJING OLYMPICS
The torch is 72 centimetres high, weighs 985 grams and is made of aluminium. The torch is of a curved surface form, with etching and anodizing being used during its production. A torch can usually keep burning for approximately 15 minutes in conditions where the flame is 25 to 30 centimetres high in a windless environment. The torch has been produced to withstand winds of up to 65 kilometres per hour and to stay alight in rain up to 50mm an hour. The flame can be identified and photographed in sunshine and areas of extreme brightness. The fuel is propane which is in accordance with environmental guidelines. The material of its form is recyclable.

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