The Summer Olympics got off to a start with a breathtaking and spectacular opening ceremony choreographed by Chinese Director Zhang Yimou. Zhang is known for movies like Raise the Red Lantern, Story of Qiu Ju and the recent blockbuster Curse of the Golden Flower. The opening ceremony was full with deeply symbolic elements of the Chinese culture and history. It was a gigantic task to distill 5000 years of Chinese culture and present it in 50 minutes with such aplomb.
I was left wondering how the Olympic rings were created out of thin air?
After all the controversy that the Olympic torch attracted, I was curious on how the cauldron will be lit. Chinese gymnastics legend Li Ning was hoisted by steel cables from the floor to just below the stadium's rim, where he ran a lap around the crest of the Bird's Nest, then lit the Olympic cauldron.
This was remarkable enough, but fell short of astonishing sight in the Barcelona Olympics where Paralympic games archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic flame by shooting an arrow over the cauldron. The fact that Antonio is blind elevated the spectacle to a whole new level, which is arduous to match.
I was left wondering how the Olympic rings were created out of thin air?
After all the controversy that the Olympic torch attracted, I was curious on how the cauldron will be lit. Chinese gymnastics legend Li Ning was hoisted by steel cables from the floor to just below the stadium's rim, where he ran a lap around the crest of the Bird's Nest, then lit the Olympic cauldron.
This was remarkable enough, but fell short of astonishing sight in the Barcelona Olympics where Paralympic games archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic flame by shooting an arrow over the cauldron. The fact that Antonio is blind elevated the spectacle to a whole new level, which is arduous to match.
