Opening Ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic on 8th August

Beijing 2008 Olympic is going to start from tomorrow, Friday, 8th August, 2008 at the Beijing National Stadium. The opening ceremony will start at 8 P.M. and will go up to three and half hours. Liu Huan from China and Sarah Brightman of Britain has been chosen to sing the theme song.

The main part of the opening ceremony, "the artistic performance" will last one hour. It will be divided into two parts, one to highlight China's age-old civilization and the other to highlight China's splendid modern era. The theme song will come at the end of the artistic performance.

The post-performance part of the ceremony will last two and a half hours and comprises various Olympic rituals and traditions, and a two-hour long parade of all the athletes.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics, 205 nations participating in the international event and delegations from all the 205 national will enter the stadium according to the order of the simplified Chinese characters.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics will feature 302 events in 28 sports and the games will end on Sunday, 24th August, 2008.