National Stadium - also known as the Bird’s Nest
The opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. on 08-08-2008 and the Chinese are making sure it will be a fabulous event. The number 8 is the luckiest and most coveted in Chinese cosmology…to have one 8 is lucky, but to have five [...]
Dancers dressed in traditional Chinese warrior costumes will feature in the Beijing Games Opening Ceremony / AP
The footage of floating 3D humpback whales, kung fu fighters and trapeze gymnasts gave viewers a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come / AP
Chinese placard bearers rehearsing for the Opening Ceremony wait for their turn to enter the National [...]
Fireworks explode above the Olympic National Stadium, known as Bird’s Nest, during Wednesday’s secret rehearsal for the opening ceremony in August. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)
The second full dress rehearsal of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony will be held in the National Stadium on Saturday night, as previously scheduled.
Different from the first [...]