sad that the number of restrictions placed onto tokyo meant that they were limited to what they could do for their opening ceremony. if covid wasn’t a thing i think their opening ceremony would have been competitive to beijing’s
After almost 16 years this still remains as by FAR the best opening ceremony and especially the best representation of culture at any Olympics thus far
After just sitting and watching the Paris opening ceremony I remembered this one. By far the best I have ever seen. It wrapped Paris up. Put it in a box and said come back next time. Incredible scenes in Beijing.
I came back here after watching Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. It's crazy how Beijing 2008 remains the best and unbeaten ceremony even after 16 years. You may also wonder if China organizes another Ceremony today, How remarkable would it be! Incredible eternal job
Tokyo 2020's creative team was fired last minute and the original plans were scrapped. It had to be rapidly simplified to fit a "sober" mood which explains why it was subtle and kind of unstriking.
I was volunteering at the waiting area with all the athletes at that night and we were told it was forbidden to disturb the athletes unless they asked us for help. Later when Kobe entered with Team USA, a boy from my group was very excited as he was a big fan of Kobe. Because of the rules, he could only gaze at Kobe, but he was like, watching Kobe for 3 seconds and then turning away his head, and a few seconds later watching Kobe again 🤣🤣🤣 Later Kobe came to this boy, saying that he loved the outfit of volunteers (which was just a simple blue polo shirt with white collar) and he was wondering whether he could take a photo with a volunteer, and the boy was suddenly in tears 🥺 he was so nice to his supporters
I think the part that surprised everyone was how many people were a part of it. No machines, no robots or effects just a lot of guys. That's what scared people is the extreme coordination of at least 10,000 people in almost perfect synchronization. The Chinese know how to open a show.
+cgrie3 But think about that the other way round. We've got Olympics in South Korea and Japan in 2018 and 2020- probably at least one of them will use thousands of robots in their opening ceremony, and they may well choose a few random people from the audience to do some podium dancing, with each one's movements being imitated, live, by several hundred of the robots. That would be really scary!
Just imagine how insanely coordinated and perfectly synchronized a North Korean opening ceremony would be! Hell, they go all the fuck out for their dear sweet leader's damn birthday every year. Would feel sorry for anyone who dropped their baton or whatever. Can't imagine that would go over well with their uptight thin-skinned leader.
+Dustin Allen Music lol...definitely deserve a thumbs-up for that one. It never ceases to amuse me how hilariously freaked out some of my fellow Americans get by the mere _existence_ of another nation that dares to flex it's collective muscle even _one tenth_ of what we Americans boastfully push on the world.
If Beijing wins the 2022 winter olympics we'll probably be able to see something like this again. Though probably not at this caliber, with the budget being pulled back and all.
There was a rumor going around that Shanghai might be bidding for the 2028 Summer Olympics so who knows maybe we'll see another spectacular performance from China in the coming decade or so.
Cheers comrades! I have to search for the best opening ceremony I could remember to lower my blood pressure. France by far is the worst nation to hold the opening.
My uncle was one of the environmental designers for the "Bird Nest" stadium, and he got me 2 tickets for the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, I was an ignorant young guy and went to partying in Vegas instead, worst decision of my life, still regretting it to this day.
After watching French ceremony which was a shame to the history of Olympics I feel terribly disappointed. As a Greek myself i have to say only China and civilizations with grand history respects the Olympic spirit. Well done China!
France's avant-garde critique of Christianity doesn't remove their stain of being catholic church cucks for centuries for One. Two, Drag Show + token Child (Grooming/Pedophilia) is so blatant here in the video, one has to wonder if the French believe abusing children is normal.
Tokyo couldn't do the proper ceremony they had prepared because of pandemic..so u can't really compare..they didn't have enough time to re arrange everything...
china Olympic op ceremony is not all about money, it's about the creative masterpiece from a brilliant guy and the cooperation of a bunch of chinese who put so much effort and time practicing it.
Ironically, such a huge investment makes the Beijing Olympics one of the few profitable Olympic Games. I personally don’t care much about the elements of humour. I care about participation. TO let the 1.3 billion individuals come out of the earthquake----disaster in the first half of the year, focusing on happiness. Believe me, It really is a placebo.
best wishes to my lovely country!!! with more than 5000 years of history, China is existing as the oldest living civilization. I am so proud of being a Chinese!
It was a memorable year, when I was only eight years old. My grandfather suffered from severe coronary heart disease. He didn't die until after the Beijing Olympics, and he told me with a smile that the happiest thing in his life was seeing China grow stronger and less bullied by other countries (he was a Chinese soldier) My grandpa, It's 2018, and China is getting stronger and stronger .Our generation will protect our country well🇨🇳
I was 6 in 2008, I don't really know how big it is and what's going on at that time. I come back and watch this in 2020(in the age of 18). I feel so proud to be a Chinese, I literally cried.
Sorry to said , but i comment from 2018, and there is an Asian olympic games (not world olympic, but only asia) that held in Indonesia, andd the opening ceremony is more fantastic than opening ceremony Beijing ,you should watch it, and you will surprised, because now it's be the best opening ceremony in the world
shut up. nobody want to listens to you. Indonesians already infamous of its overproud nationalism. It's a boring opening anyway. I dare you to list a memorable acts apart from the rato jamoe and jokowi's entrance.
Who's here after the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony to see if it even comes close to Beijing 2008... the (still) undisputed Opening Ceremony champion. I remember exactly where I was in 2008 when I watched this live... still blown away.
Setting the bar ridiculously high. I think China and possibly the US are the only ones that could really do something like this, and I get a feeling Americans aren't even interested in hosting the Olympics these days.
The audience gave a lot of applause for Iraq😭 So warm！I was 11 at that time, Beijing Olympic made me felt I was in a global village, and people were loving each other! Such a golden age has passed away😭
I was in Beijing 6 weeks before this ceremony. They were not done. But they had armies of people from the farmland working very hard to get the Bird's Nest ready. There were no trees or flowers. Much of the concrete walkways were not even set. The place was chaos but they pulled it together to perfection. Nicely done! A fantastic opening ceremony.
the sheer magnitude of the amount of people involve, coordination that goes with it, the amazing fireworks and lightings, and the rich display of the Chinese culture and history made this one of the best Olympic opening ceremony!
after seing a post from X on France 2024 Summer Olympic comment, it made me search about the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games. I am so impressed! wow!!! i feel proud of Beijing!
i think what separates this (and london to an extent) is u can truly feel the shared humanity. the games are supposed to bring ppl together and celebrate human abilities. u can tell the organizers put in a lot of effort into showcasing the diversity and beauty of chinese cultures. aside from lights, there weren’t that many stage props, rather the performers used cultural objects and their own bodies. seeing sm ppl together like this is overwhelming, in the best way.
I am very fortunate that I grew up in Malaysia, a multi-racial country. So, I have seen how industrious and relentless the Chinese are, they deserve every success they have today. Yes, I totally agree with Apple Jelly, no one will ever be able to top Beijing 2008! Quite frankly, no one has their tenacity, cultural diversity and sheer dedication. Hope there will be another Olympics in China!
+Mala Papachan Cultural diversity? I'm positive there are more nations that can challenge them on that front. Also, as recent months have shown, their industrious-ness is more of just a prop than an actual structure. They've been propping it up through smoke and mirrors for years and now their stock market and their declining economy are showing it to be true.
Maybe Korea-Japan 2020 will be better than this since Japan and Korea have an enormous rivality against China and eastern countries like those 3 have state of the art technology to do amazing things!
Breathtaking!!! After 6 years, I'm still in awe! Best show on the planet! Simply remarkable... Splendid... And I'm running out of adjectives! I wonder which country could top this high-octane performance. :)
I'm an American...and even I felt pride for China when I watched this. They did a fantastic job! Probably the best one I've seen yet. Much better than the self-aggrandizing chaos of the Russian one...or the droll pedestrian British one. Can't wait to see what Brazil has in store though. I imagine they'll bring in elements of the flamboyant colorful psychedelia that is Carnival. That should be a treat for the eyes. Oh...and I recently heard Japan's opening ceremony(I think in 2020?) will incorporate *_man-made meteors_*...literally launched from satellites above the ceremony...tinged with the hues of various minerals that burn different colors. That'll be insane! But still...the Chinese opening ceremony is hard to beat. Would love to visit China someday soon... :)
Welcome to China! China is actually a country you need time to know it and better to look by your eyes and experience by yourself, insteading of hearing from media ^-^
Many opening ceremonies (Beijing especially) were meant to impress the world but Britain has no need to do that because we built much of it. This ceremony was meant for Britain. I think it's the sign of a truly great and confident nation that can leave so much of their great achievements out and just sit back and wait for others from abroad to draw attention to them. GB - the masters of under statement. Danny Boyle and the organisers were keen to distance themselves from the Beijing ceremony and what it stood for. Otherwise, we could have just did what Russia did and had a watered down version using pyrotechnics as subs for the people. We certainly have the global history. Personally, I preferred Boyle's vision, which although not perfectly synchronised, showed real warmth and humanity of the British. I'm sorry but, If you find the Industrial Revolution segment, the children's choirs of the 4 nations of Britain at the start, Underworld's soundtrack (And I will Kiss particularly pulled at the heartstrings), the poppy tribute to the fallen, the Queen acting alongside James Bond, followed by a parachute jump, Mr Bean's Chariots of fire tribute, Shakespeare's Tempest, not to mention the lighting of the torch, particularly lacking, then we truly are a different species. And thank God for it!!!
Already watching this again and tonight’s the Paris Olympic opening. So proud to be Chinese! Fun fact, a lot of Chinese LOVE Kobe😍 They were truly starstruck to see him at the Olympics in person trust me!
They spent over a billion because they wanted to prove to the western world that they were to be respected. They wanted to be known and didn't care how much they spent to achieve that, and it worked
I'm here in 2024 after Paris. I remember watching this as teenager, I felt I missed out on such a spectacular event. I longed to be at one in my lifetime. Not after this July. I've lost every form of love for these games and events. We all were collectively insulted!
This opening ceremony always makes me emotional... it’s so nostalgic for me because I first watched it as a kid living with my grandparents in South Korea. I think about the humanity and how far we have come... the possibilities that we have. I just LOVE this video
I was a college student that time I remember myself cried so hard while watching this on tv, and ten years later today, watching this still makes me got tears in the eyes ! I am so proud of my country !!!!🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Those were TRULY Magic Moments which made many tears of Love flow all around our beautiful planet. God bless China! We can negatively condemn ANY country, of course; there is no Heaven on Earth~ But China showed WONDERFUL dignity, love and human aspirations in that exquisite Opening Ceremony. I am looking for the complete Closing Ceremony. Sadly, I cannot find it.
Who is here after watching the Paris opening ceremony???
Me
here 🎉
Me 😂
And me😂
Me
After watching the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, I am back on here to see how the show should be.
Same here😅
😂😂same
same 😂
Same here 😂
Same here .
After watching the Tokyo opening ceremony , Beijing surely is the best
Me too. Just watched Tokyo opening ceremony.
You're right
sad that the number of restrictions placed onto tokyo meant that they were limited to what they could do for their opening ceremony. if covid wasn’t a thing i think their opening ceremony would have been competitive to beijing’s
Yuh, it was the only one that had the potential to beat Beijing, but it was honestly disappointing
Alicia Casey let’s see 2022 Beijing winter Olympic game
After almost 16 years this still remains as by FAR the best opening ceremony and especially the best representation of culture at any Olympics thus far
The best is Barcelona 92
This ceremony it's top of humankind, it was really huge
After just sitting and watching the Paris opening ceremony I remembered this one. By far the best I have ever seen. It wrapped Paris up. Put it in a box and said come back next time. Incredible scenes in Beijing.
I came back here after watching Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. It's crazy how Beijing 2008 remains the best and unbeaten ceremony even after 16 years. You may also wonder if China organizes another Ceremony today, How remarkable would it be! Incredible eternal job
I am Chinese, and I can tell you that if China were to host the Olympics again, it would definitely do better than in 2008
Me too
Chinese culture is very historical. forward china.
London 2012 was better.
暂时不举办呢
Still the best opening ceremony after watching Paris 2024
Who is here after the Tokyo ceremony? The gap is brutal, man...
Ikr
I am here again.
Because of social distancing, tokyo 2020 was kinda meh
Tokyo 2020's creative team was fired last minute and the original plans were scrapped. It had to be rapidly simplified to fit a "sober" mood which explains why it was subtle and kind of unstriking.
stop comparing, this year's Olympics wasn't suppose to happen anyway
Omg! I came to watch this after watching the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony. Seeing Kobe Bryant smiling in the crowd brought tears to my eyes
I was volunteering at the waiting area with all the athletes at that night and we were told it was forbidden to disturb the athletes unless they asked us for help. Later when Kobe entered with Team USA, a boy from my group was very excited as he was a big fan of Kobe. Because of the rules, he could only gaze at Kobe, but he was like, watching Kobe for 3 seconds and then turning away his head, and a few seconds later watching Kobe again 🤣🤣🤣
Later Kobe came to this boy, saying that he loved the outfit of volunteers (which was just a simple blue polo shirt with white collar) and he was wondering whether he could take a photo with a volunteer, and the boy was suddenly in tears 🥺 he was so nice to his supporters
Oh no, come on man. Don’t remind me that we’ve lost him for a long time. Rip Kobe, mamba never out.
Where is Kobe?
@@yz2566 9:48
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Who came here after Paris Ceremony? Beijing still the best.
That Paris Ceremony was tough to watch. Beijing still the gold standard i think
The paris opening ceremony was unbearably woke ...
Haha me
Asco de 🇨🇵
Me
This has to be the standard of Olympics Opening Ceremony!
It’s the peak:(
nah, this is the bar of Olympics Opening Ceremony :)
this will still be better than any opening ceremony 100 years later
Immediately
I think the part that surprised everyone was how many people were a part of it. No machines, no robots or effects just a lot of guys. That's what scared people is the extreme coordination of at least 10,000 people in almost perfect synchronization.
The Chinese know how to open a show.
+cgrie3
But think about that the other way round. We've got Olympics in South Korea and Japan in 2018 and 2020- probably at least one of them will use thousands of robots in their opening ceremony, and they may well choose a few random people from the audience to do some podium dancing, with each one's movements being imitated, live, by several hundred of the robots. That would be really scary!
A display of their power. Imagine that many men with that much synchronization and coordination with guns. That's what China was trying to show.
Ok there Cartman
Just imagine how insanely coordinated and perfectly synchronized a North Korean opening ceremony would be! Hell, they go all the fuck out for their dear sweet leader's damn birthday every year. Would feel sorry for anyone who dropped their baton or whatever. Can't imagine that would go over well with their uptight thin-skinned leader.
+Dustin Allen Music lol...definitely deserve a thumbs-up for that one. It never ceases to amuse me how hilariously freaked out some of my fellow Americans get by the mere _existence_ of another nation that dares to flex it's collective muscle even _one tenth_ of what we Americans boastfully push on the world.
me in 2008: such great honor to have the Olympic games being held in China
me in 2021: such great honor to have China to hold the Olympic games
Is it a coincidence that we hav the same pfp?
@@duvaruva Mai NO 1
@@zw8608 yes
The CCP is a genocidal regime.
Too bad for you you can't understand what the pandemic led.
Fun fact: 8 is a lucky number in China, this happened in 2008.08.08. 8 minutes, 8 seconds past 8pm. Amazing right?
Yeah bro you know it well haha
HaughtyFighter2007 8 is the lucky number and Red also means good luck in 🇨🇳❤️
AND when 8 p.m , all the world is in that day --2008.08.08
Yea, eight sounds like "get rich" in Chinese
That was how I got to know that 8 us a lucky number for Chinese .
After watching the Paris opening ceremony, Beijing surely still is the best.
I don't think any country is gunna be able to top this.
I think Tokyo might be able to
Koroniria Ryder Time will tell. c:
i think only China can top this with another performance
If Beijing wins the 2022 winter olympics we'll probably be able to see something like this again. Though probably not at this caliber, with the budget being pulled back and all.
There was a rumor going around that Shanghai might be bidding for the 2028 Summer Olympics so who knows maybe we'll see another spectacular performance from China in the coming decade or so.
Still the best Olympic opening ceremony in history. Not only is it timeless, but it was also far too advanced for its time.
You know why you’re here
lol here after Paris, naturally Tokyo, and then here
😂
S i miss old Olympics
Same
Ikr
I really believe that there will never be another opening ceremony as magnificent as this one...
+1
Probably the one in Beijing again next year?
Will be the next Beijing Olympic Games
London 2012 was better
2022 Beijing Winter: Hold my baijiu.
Is there anyone here after watching the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony?
I feel terrible after watching the Paris opening ceremony. I need to watch something else ( like this one) to clear my mind.
Cheers comrades! I have to search for the best opening ceremony I could remember to lower my blood pressure. France by far is the worst nation to hold the opening.
Me. I needed to clear my mind by watching this amazing opening ceremony.
Even communist can put on a awesome show and this was 15 years ago.
Heartbroken Greek here 😩😁
My uncle was one of the environmental designers for the "Bird Nest" stadium, and he got me 2 tickets for the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, I was an ignorant young guy and went to partying in Vegas instead, worst decision of my life, still regretting it to this day.
wow.
r/thingsthatdidnthappen
Tony Stark i feel for you.
It hurts to read. I know you're regretting it but something tells me forgiveness is needed.
But you still have the chance for the next winter Olympic held in China
Just finished watching the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Beijing is still the best.
You also came back here after watching the French Olympic opening ceremony of 2024? 😅
Nothing will ever beat the Beijing Olympics. Not only the opening ceremony.. but everything.
AGREED everything about those games was so iconic and inspiring 😭❤️I fear no other Olympics will ever compare 😔
Phelps 🏊♂️
Phelps and Usain Bolt
Your opinion
London 2012 was better. No lip syncing kids. No fake fireworks.
In my opinion, this was the very best Olympics ceremony.
Athens??
I agree with you
@@MySPIROS no, Beijing took it to another level.
Sochi is the second best IMO.
I use to think the same, until london olympic ceremony arrived
And London😭
After watching French ceremony which was a shame to the history of Olympics I feel terribly disappointed.
As a Greek myself i have to say only China and civilizations with grand history respects the Olympic spirit.
Well done China!
对的 中国组织很好
France has amazing history, the organizers just suck lmao 😭
After that garbage show in Paris, I had to come here to clean my mind.
😂😂Me too
Me too!
Me too😂😂😂
Wash my eye😂
Toi kung giong ban
I have to keep coming back to watchthis video after watching every other Olympic opening ceremony since 2008.
This is what happens when you have culture and you cherish it.
France's avant-garde critique of Christianity doesn't remove their stain of being catholic church cucks for centuries for One. Two, Drag Show + token Child (Grooming/Pedophilia) is so blatant here in the video, one has to wonder if the French believe abusing children is normal.
Unlike Paris
Who's come here after watching 2020 Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony🙋🏻♂️
Me
Me kkk. The gap between them is mountain and see.
志郁姐姐好美
😅
Tokyo couldn't do the proper ceremony they had prepared because of pandemic..so u can't really compare..they didn't have enough time to re arrange everything...
came here after Tokyo 2020 opening, and bruh I don’t think any country in history could ever top this opening
Same man
Agree
If you compare budget sure
agree
Agree
china Olympic op ceremony is not all about money, it's about the creative masterpiece from a brilliant guy and the cooperation of a bunch of chinese who put so much effort and time practicing it.
Ironically, such a huge investment makes the Beijing Olympics one of the few profitable Olympic Games. I personally don’t care much about the elements of humour. I care about participation. TO let the 1.3 billion individuals come out of the earthquake----disaster in the first half of the year, focusing on happiness. Believe me, It really is a placebo.
@Just Getting By well you have another aspect and i agree in a sense.
Such a beautiful culture and traditions. Best Opening ever.
Chinese culture is only 70 years old
@@00-Dima that’s modern China, but ancient Chinese culture goes back thousands of years
@@sabrinaghostblade3948 you sure pretty sure it was erased in the great leap backwards Chinese history is in Taiwan
@@00-Dima 蛇精？
Only people in Taiwan believe that real Chinese culture is in Taiwan
best wishes to my lovely country!!! with more than 5000 years of history, China is existing as the oldest living civilization. I am so proud of being a Chinese!
My phone is made in China
Oldest civilization is tamil culture and oldest language in the world in tamil
Being Chinese is one thing, being from the mainland can be another.
@@salmaankhan2963 போடா🤣
@@chandlerminh6230 nee enna vena pesuva nee oru loosu
ayeeee I need to bleach my eyes after the Paris opening by rewatching this one.
It was a memorable year, when I was only eight years old. My grandfather suffered from severe coronary heart disease.
He didn't die until after the Beijing Olympics, and he told me with a smile that the happiest thing in his life was seeing China grow stronger and less bullied by other countries (he was a Chinese soldier)
My grandpa, It's 2018, and China is getting stronger and stronger .Our generation will protect our country well🇨🇳
bless your grandfather
一起努力，复兴中华
Li Charles 谢谢🙏我辈定当复兴中华
F U C K C H I N A
tha1ne Go to the hell. 有病去医院。
@@JLZ-pb4iq better than going to China LOL
damn it. it was 10 years ago.
SoWhat still awesome after 10 years!
I was a child who had no worries - like a blink of eye. we won't live too long.
so long ago
@@happywhale1786 saaaame💔
@@happywhale1786 呵呵
The Beijing Olympic opening was the best showing of all Olympic events
I was 6 in 2008, I don't really know how big it is and what's going on at that time. I come back and watch this in 2020(in the age of 18). I feel so proud to be a Chinese, I literally cried.
❤️
LMAO SAME
tbh, I didn’t give a fk to these olympics in the past.But now 2008 proves me wrong. China, my country did an admirable job indeed, it becomes my ego
@@gryfenfer1037 what
you are from Malaysia or Singapore?
Cry for the beauty of humanity ❤️
Best ever in human history. Love it.
Who is here after the Paris opening? Beijing version is still the best!
Can't deny the fact that This was the best Olympic Ceremony Opening!! The BESt!! I watched this for the 10th time and still got goosebumps!
Beijing 2008, the best of the best
Ruwei Sheng 两个儍逼给中国摸黑
Phoebe Gao 傻逼 可以告诉你我是北京人了
Sorry to said , but i comment from 2018, and there is an Asian olympic games (not world olympic, but only asia) that held in Indonesia, andd the opening ceremony is more fantastic than opening ceremony Beijing ,you should watch it, and you will surprised, because now it's be the best opening ceremony in the world
Michael Siregar Oh really?
shut up. nobody want to listens to you. Indonesians already infamous of its overproud nationalism. It's a boring opening anyway. I dare you to list a memorable acts apart from the rato jamoe and jokowi's entrance.
No one will ever top Beijing they set the bar real high
people who came after the paris opening ceremony
👇
Trash china still the best 🎉🎉
Who's here after the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony to see if it even comes close to Beijing 2008... the (still) undisputed Opening Ceremony champion.
I remember exactly where I was in 2008 when I watched this live... still blown away.
I don't know why I'm crying while watching these. This is just too amazing.
Give you a big hug, even i have the same feeling...
Me too
This is brilliant. The best opening ceremony in Olympic history.
the best olympics opening ever ...
Setting the bar ridiculously high. I think China and possibly the US are the only ones that could really do something like this, and I get a feeling Americans aren't even interested in hosting the Olympics these days.
+Mexican - American Martian but in 2024 is not Paris the olympic city?
says Mulan XD
Sangiogio but today it's abandoned ...sad
Kylan Hurt because it an economic burden in the end.
Cameback after France?
Hit the like
They should just show this every four years.
No
That’s not how the Olympics work.
Best opening ceremony ever, came after watching Paris
This is the opening ceremony of a truly respectful sports competition.
After today.. beijin still the best ❤️
The audience gave a lot of applause for Iraq😭 So warm！I was 11 at that time, Beijing Olympic made me felt I was in a global village, and people were loving each other! Such a golden age has passed away😭
I was in Beijing 6 weeks before this ceremony. They were not done. But they had armies of people from the farmland working very hard to get the Bird's Nest ready. There were no trees or flowers. Much of the concrete walkways were not even set. The place was chaos but they pulled it together to perfection. Nicely done! A fantastic opening ceremony.
This is the best Olympic opening ceremony ever...........🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I'm half chinese really proud of this opening ceremony
Washing my eyes here after watching 2 hrs of Paris
😂😅😢me too.. and wash my heart mind and soul!
I tried to hold back my tears watching this. I couldn't help it.
Me tooooo......
Cringe
the sheer magnitude of the amount of people involve, coordination that goes with it, the amazing fireworks and lightings, and the rich display of the Chinese culture and history made this one of the best Olympic opening ceremony!
no other nation will ever top this opening ceremony.....
For real, it was absolutely INSANE! I'd say this opening ceremony pretty much cemented China as a world power.
Russia will ,tonight !
***** no way, russie sucks, its a failure already, and going to be worse before its over. fail and shame on russia
***** Did you see russia fail to open that olympics flower
Henry Brown lol I saw that. I wondered if they did it intentionally, then I found it was just a silly mistake...
after seing a post from X on France 2024 Summer Olympic comment, it made me search about the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games. I am so impressed! wow!!! i feel proud of Beijing!
i think what separates this (and london to an extent) is u can truly feel the shared humanity. the games are supposed to bring ppl together and celebrate human abilities. u can tell the organizers put in a lot of effort into showcasing the diversity and beauty of chinese cultures. aside from lights, there weren’t that many stage props, rather the performers used cultural objects and their own bodies. seeing sm ppl together like this is overwhelming, in the best way.
come to see it after paris open ceremony just to see something beautiful and well made
Sorry for London and Rio. Beijing went way too far
Oh to bed
Just Getting By 呵呵
2020 Japan be like "cheap imitation shit, watch this....hold my beer"
trilingualkid Nah... Tokyo could never. Culture of China is just too OP
greece 2004
I always back here after Every Olympic. The standard of this Opening is Gem.
Best olympic ceremony ever. Hands down.
From the Philippines, Maraming Salamat, 谢谢, Thank you very much! 🇵🇭❤️ 🇨🇳
I am very fortunate that I grew up in Malaysia, a multi-racial country. So, I have seen how industrious and relentless the Chinese are, they deserve every success they have today. Yes, I totally agree with Apple Jelly, no one will ever be able to top Beijing 2008! Quite frankly, no one has their tenacity, cultural diversity and sheer dedication. Hope there will be another Olympics in China!
For the sake of the environment , I hope not
i want to say. Thanks.
thank you Mala, yes Beijing will be hosting Olympic again I'm 2022 winter. see u there
+Mala Papachan Cultural diversity? I'm positive there are more nations that can challenge them on that front. Also, as recent months have shown, their industrious-ness is more of just a prop than an actual structure. They've been propping it up through smoke and mirrors for years and now their stock market and their declining economy are showing it to be true.
+Erika Ortiz you mean if China host another Olympics, the environment of China or else where in the world will go worse? what's the logic?
the greatest Olympics opening ceremony ever and one of the 3 greatest Olympics event ever- 2008 Beijing Olympics
probably won't see another one better than this one in my life time. amazing!!!
Maybe Korea-Japan 2020 will be better than this since Japan and Korea have an enormous rivality against China and eastern countries like those 3 have state of the art technology to do amazing things!
+Trafalgar D. Water Law well in 2020 is japan not 2 countries at the same time , lol
+Trafalgar D. Water Law China is too big of a country for them to beat😌
wait for Tokio 2020
*Tokyo
Breathtaking!!! After 6 years, I'm still in awe! Best show on the planet! Simply remarkable... Splendid... And I'm running out of adjectives! I wonder which country could top this high-octane performance. :)
dude, after 10 years, i still feel unreal when i open this video, i think it will still be the best show in another 10 years, even 20 years
It's been 10 years now ...... Still breathtaking and made me cry .......
16 years later
Paris opening sucked😂😂
10 Years Later
Still and forever, The Best Opening Ceremony in Olympic History.
after watching paris 2024 opening ceremony, I needed to re-watch this masterpiece, Thnx Chaina💙
Completely overwhelming and breathtaking. The best opening ceremony of all time.
Aditya Shukla w
i was a kid watching this and i was like 0_0 the whole time
cool story
I also enjoyed this story.
same
I was 7 or 8 years old and me and my parents were amazed!
I'm an American...and even I felt pride for China when I watched this. They did a fantastic job! Probably the best one I've seen yet. Much better than the self-aggrandizing chaos of the Russian one...or the droll pedestrian British one. Can't wait to see what Brazil has in store though. I imagine they'll bring in elements of the flamboyant colorful psychedelia that is Carnival. That should be a treat for the eyes. Oh...and I recently heard Japan's opening ceremony(I think in 2020?) will incorporate *_man-made meteors_*...literally launched from satellites above the ceremony...tinged with the hues of various minerals that burn different colors. That'll be insane! But still...the Chinese opening ceremony is hard to beat. Would love to visit China someday soon... :)
you've repeated yourself twice now, its really time for you to stop trying.
Welcome to China！欢迎！
Welcome to China! China is actually a country you need time to know it and better to look by your eyes and experience by yourself, insteading of hearing from media ^-^
Many opening ceremonies (Beijing especially) were meant to impress the world but Britain has no need to do that because we built much of it. This ceremony was meant for Britain. I think it's the sign of a truly great and confident nation that can leave so much of their great achievements out and just sit back and wait for others from abroad to draw attention to them. GB - the masters of under statement.
Danny Boyle and the organisers were keen to distance themselves from the Beijing ceremony and what it stood for. Otherwise, we could have just did what Russia did and had a watered down version using pyrotechnics as subs for the people. We certainly have the global history. Personally, I preferred Boyle's vision, which although not perfectly synchronised, showed real warmth and humanity of the British. I'm sorry but, If you find the Industrial Revolution segment, the children's choirs of the 4 nations of Britain at the start, Underworld's soundtrack (And I will Kiss particularly pulled at the heartstrings), the poppy tribute to the fallen, the Queen acting alongside James Bond, followed by a parachute jump, Mr Bean's Chariots of fire tribute, Shakespeare's Tempest, not to mention the lighting of the torch, particularly lacking, then we truly are a different species. And thank God for it!!!
Welcome 欢迎来中国🇨🇳
2008: Let the world know about China olympic
2021: Let the world know about China olympic again
You so naughty.
Winter on 2022 is coming
可以
哈哈😄
2024: Let the world know about China Olympic is the best again
After the Tokyo's, I need to survive myself from Yin to Yang.
hahahahahahaha
xiao dead
😂😂
老阴阳人了。
I'm here after watching Olympic Paris opening.. Beijing still the best..
Already watching this again and tonight’s the Paris Olympic opening. So proud to be Chinese! Fun fact, a lot of Chinese LOVE Kobe😍 They were truly starstruck to see him at the Olympics in person trust me!
needed some relief after watching the Paris clusterfuck
This was the best opening ceremony I've ever seen, I still remember it. China always do it better, thats a fact.
It does help that it was directed by one of China's best movie directors.
They spent over a billion because they wanted to prove to the western world that they were to be respected. They wanted to be known and didn't care how much they spent to achieve that, and it worked
dude,they earned 10 times the amount they spend......and most of the workers are volunteers.....
Waking Up From A Nightmare
hey. black people walked the earth b4 anyone else.
+Waking Up From A Nightmare who cares GB finished above china in the medals in Rio we kick their asses
Wow.... that's like, the greatest thing I've ever seen.
北京奧運會開幕式始終是無法超越的傑作（這個時候必須用中文評論）
北京奥运会开幕式始终是无法超越的杰作！
给你来个简繁互换。
马上就要被超越了，还有6个多月。
@@gyin9098 08年是中国走向世界的一年 21年是世界中国元年
@@gyin9098 冬奥应该没办法超越夏奥，
20247.27巴黎奥运会，仍未超越，反而越来越恶心人
I'm here in 2024 after Paris. I remember watching this as teenager, I felt I missed out on such a spectacular event. I longed to be at one in my lifetime. Not after this July. I've lost every form of love for these games and events. We all were collectively insulted!
I have to re-watch this clip to comfort my broken heart due to the 2024 Paris Olympic opening ceremony
This opening ceremony always makes me emotional... it’s so nostalgic for me because I first watched it as a kid living with my grandparents in South Korea. I think about the humanity and how far we have come... the possibilities that we have. I just LOVE this video
After watching Tokyo 2020, i’m here to watch Beijing again. The most amazing ceremony i watched when a child but still remember now. Wowwwww
2008 is the end of a era in Olympic Sports and society in general.
We went from Athens and Beijing, to Paris😢
No
London 2012 was better.
London 2012 was better.
10 years past, still the best opening ceremony of all times!
who still watching it in 2019??? I cannot stop myself to watch it everyday...
One of the best Opening Ceremony Olympic Games! Thank you for uploading!
Need to watch this again to cleanse my eyes after the Paris opening ceremony
I was a college student that time I remember myself cried so hard while watching this on tv, and ten years later today, watching this still makes me got tears in the eyes ! I am so proud of my country !!!!🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This ceremony is the best over any other opening ceremony.
weil ,to be a chinese,i am glade to see so many people didn't forget beijing olympic ceremony.
it's really good-no amazing! how can people forget about it?!
NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN!! VIVA CHINA AND ITS RICH HISTORY! -
Annisa Fahriaji Thank you for your appreciation.
Cuervo Luminoso Thank you for your appreciation.
Those were TRULY Magic Moments which made many tears of Love flow all around our beautiful planet. God bless China! We can negatively condemn ANY country, of course; there is no Heaven on Earth~ But China showed WONDERFUL dignity, love and human aspirations in that exquisite Opening Ceremony. I am looking for the complete Closing Ceremony. Sadly, I cannot find it.
comeback because of Tokyo 2020🤪🤪🤪
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The drone globe was sooooo cool
ya,Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony like a shit,so many ghost😂
The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony is the best opening in this 12year Olympic opening ceremony
Supposed to be 2021