2008 actors and 2008 percussion, marking the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, symbolizing the concept of time and space between east and west, north and south, heaven and earth. "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends from afar?" This is a popular line by Confucius, and the actor chanted it by hitting the percussion, expressing the pleasure of welcoming friends.
Footprints made up of fireworks crossed Tiananmen Square, all the way to the north, toward the main venue, huge footprints, over the Bird's Nest blossomed into a cascade of stars, and on the ground converged into a fantastic five rings.
The flying skies in the air picked up the rings from the ground, clustered around the five rings floating in the night sky, both beautiful and full of magic. The blue, yellow, black, green and red rings represent the five continents that participate in the modern Olympic movement - Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas - and every country participating in the Olympic Games can find at least one of the six (plus a white background) colors on its flag. (
)The "Bird's Nest" screen began to show the prelude to the cultural performance "The Beautiful Olympics".
The short film of the prologue, showing the whole process of a Chinese scroll from paper making, the four treasures of the literary house to inking and coloring, and framing into a scroll, foreshadowed the overall aesthetic character of the cultural performance. Paper-making is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, the Four Treasures of the Scholar's House is the Chinese collective name for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and framing is a special Chinese technique for protecting and beautifying paintings, calligraphy and inscriptions.
A real Chinese painting scroll is slowly presented to all the audience, which tells people that tonight's performance will start with a Chinese painting scroll.
A white sheet of paper is laid in the center of the scroll, and on the damask around the paper, patterns of the origin and development of Chinese culture flow, with petroglyphs, pottery and bronzes. ...... The scroll shows the origin and development of China's history and culture: papermaking is one of the four great inventions of China in ancient times, petroglyphs are the precious Chinese forefathers left to their descendants cultural heritage, pottery is an ancient Chinese art and craft, and ancient Chinese bronzes, a great contribution of ancient Chinese to human civilization.
All within the four seas are brothers, a famous line from Confucius' Analects, being recited by his 3,000 sons and daughters.
On the huge stage, Confucius' disciples chant with bamboo slips in their hands, while a live character printing performance resembles both an ancient movable character tray and a modern computer keyboard. Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, and ancient Chinese characters carry the long history of Chinese civilization. A huge ancient Chinese character He appeared in front of people, another ancient Chinese character He was shown in front of them, and a third modern character He appeared again. The three characters He, which expresses the evolution process of Chinese characters, also expresses the humanistic concept of Confucius - He is precious.
The resounding Peking Opera gongs and the melodious huqin*** sounded together, opening the curtain of the opera performance for every audience.
This is a traditional Chinese Peking Opera percussion performance, and the stirring drums, music and terracotta warriors waving red flags pulled people's thoughts to the distant past. China's vast territory, long history of opera and numerous dialects have given rise to hundreds of varieties of Chinese opera, of which Peking Opera is one of the most famous. The Terracotta Warriors are a type of terracotta warriors, and the Terracotta Warriors at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi Province are known as the "Eighth Wonder" of the world.
A huge map of China's ancient "Silk Road" appears in front of the audience.
More than 2,000 years ago, Chinese caravans often carried valuable silk from Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), through the Hexi Corridor, to Central Asia, West Asia, and linked to the Mediterranean countries. "The Silk Road became an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West. A "Maritime Silk Road" is also shown in front of people, this is China and the rest of the world between the sea transportation routes, when Zheng He was through this sea road to the West.
The lights gradually gathered, two actors sang softly, and the ancient Kunqu opera lingered in people's ears.
The "Daji Hualu Diagram", "Ming Xianzong's Lantern Festival" and "Qianlong's Eighty Years of Longevity Scroll" were presented one by one, which came from the five major dynasties of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, and were accompanied by classical dances, recreating the grandeur of ancient China's state of etiquette.
The celestial sound of the piano, like a star in the sleeping night sky, is a wonderful movement played by the young pianist Lang Lang and a five-year-old girl **** together. With their romantic melodies, they ushered in a brand new era.
Ancient scrolls stretch out in the infinite starlight, telling the world that today's road is more beautiful and wider; from black to white to color, jumping from color to color, showing a modern and gorgeous style; 1,000 performers built a "bird's nest", and a lovely kite flew in the air. Infinite starlight, romantic melody, implying a happier and more harmonious life today.
The performance of Tai Chi embodies the harmony between man and nature and the pursuit of the unity of mankind.
Taijiquan is one of the most representative of Chinese martial arts, which is characterized by "the combination of static and dynamic, rigid and flexible". Lights on, "gossip" presented, multimedia presentation, vividly reproduced the ancient Chinese philosophical concepts: man and nature in harmony. 2008 Tai Chi actors in a circular array, reflecting the "heaven and earth". The ancient painting of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, colored green by the children, expressed the desire for environmental protection, but also reflects the core concept of Chinese Tai Chi: the unity of man and nature.
The huge multi-globe slowly rose from the stage, showing brilliant colors in the night sky. The actors walked on it, seemingly out of gravity, filling one with infinite reverie.
"I and you, heart to heart, live in the same global village, for the dream, thousands of miles, meet in Beijing ......" by Liu Huan and the famous British singer Sarah Brightman sang the theme song "I and you" rang, thousands of volunteers, thousands of children's Thousands of volunteers and thousands of children's smiling faces entered the venue, which the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee spent nearly a year to collect from the world. At the same time, 2008 fireworks smiley faces appeared in the night sky, at this moment, the theme of the same world, the same dream is once again presented in front of everyone.