Olympics opening Ceremony Photos

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, bookend by some dams 30000 fireworks.

Video fantasy parade of athletes was followed by exquisitely choreographed dance routine and powerful images of the massed ranks of Kung Fu fighters dressed in white.

Games organizers gave no immediate response to the leak. Sun Weide, spokesman Chief Olympics said he had just learned to go and had nothing to say. “We hope to surprise the world with superior performance,” he said.

But it was not at first sight of the public were given of what promises to be a large screen: there is no escape fireworks shows that the creation of illuminated the night sky of the capital China last week during a rehearsal, on the other.

For the organizers of the opening ceremony is the most important element of these games, mixing an element of almost religious ritual with a demonstration of national culture, which was to restore China to its historic role as a major world civilizations.

The choice of director - Gian Yimou, one of the best in the country known directors - has sparked controversy. His films are often accused of pandering to the mass market and West visitors at the expense of tradition, and eight minutes is scheduled for the closing ceremony in Athens 2004 was criticized minable, and more-sexual.

However, some did not go unnoticed in the world, organizers have imposed a black-exposed images of repetition. These permits are in fact a research and sign contracts saying they would not describe the contents to anyone. Employees are considered, who were threatened with imprisonment up to seven years if they violate confidentiality.

“I totally need to keep what they see in secret,” said a volunteer Games, which had won the lottery, which gave him the opportunity to serve the repetition of the third overnight last. “I was so happy - that I was one of my groups of volunteers to come forward to equality.”

The results are displayed on its network, SBS, and the latest video was released by the Internet News Limited and the Australian media group.

“Before and immediately after August 8, we will not see the continuing heavy rains,” Van de AFP quoted Jianjie, deputy director of the Bureau said. “Especially for 8 - my time in Beijing will be cloudy and time and we’ll see some concerts rain and thunder showers. It is not possible to say at what point, rain will fall on August 8, but we can not exclude that there will be rain then. “

The organizers have repeatedly said the rain is the biggest concern ahead of their opening ceremony of the AFP said.

The Beijing Meteorological Bureau confirms the bad weather is certain to August 8, but we hope that instead of clear sky for the evening ceremony, which will include more than 10,000 performers and massive fireworks.

In violation of China dreaded security apparatus, a television journalist Korean was able to walk again directly in the national stadium - a bird ’s Nest - and the film long rehearsals.

However, an officer with SBS Korea was able to walk through the centre of international broadcasting and get to the stage with a video camera.

The show starts with the performance of dancers countdown, accompanied by a list of drums. Book unravels huge, open three dancers.

At several places, trapeze artists hover above the crowd, while essential whales and the animals are expected inside interpretive grid work of steel stage. In perhaps the most impressive shots, tight ranks of performers, dressed in huge crates of water and fall into what appears to be an overview of the continued construction of a skyscraper blocks, Regarding the China captain and current cultural progress.

The greatest attention to the ceremony from abroad had so far at this time Steven Spielberg, director of Hollywood, fired as artistic adviser as a sign of protest to the policy of China and Darfur, Sudan. Some foreign advisers remain, including Ric normal, the Australian manufacturer of the opening ceremony in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Sydney Olympics.

In the excitement is generated by the Games China, little criticism from abroad, was dramatically illustrated last night by thousands of people to pay overflights and sidewalks around the birds’ s Nest for the last repetition, I come in hoping to see some fireworks.

Haitong Xu made his eight years, every son of how Lanzhou, a city 1,000 km west China, May it be part of history, but the war. “We did not get tickets for the events themselves,” he said. “But for my kind of person who is education, sports and patriotism. He can see the country is powerful and strong.”