Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday
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Relive full the Opening Ceremony from the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in beautiful Beijing, China. The ceremony was held at the Bird's Nest on Friday, 8 August 2008. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
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What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!
Seoul 1988 or LA 1984
london 2012
2☢️2☢️ Olympic games
Full Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, please
Abhinav Bindra's Gold winning moment for India in 2008 Beijing Olympic.... 😘😍
2021回来看的人😳
↓↓↓
居然碰到溪子酱了
报到
东京的有点雷人，回来找安慰了
感觉都是被东京开幕式吓到，过来洗眼睛的。。。。
你也来了。哈哈。是不是吐槽无力才来看缓缓气的。
I'm here to find out what an olympic opening really like.
You are not alone
Me toooooo
Epic vs Boring
You are not alone!
You're not alone
Who is watching 2024 😅
Me
Me
I am. Recent events have made me want to look back on happier times.
Me
Herro from California 🎉
Here in 2024 and we still haven’t had another opening ceremony that comes close to this one!!! They set the bar too high
Extremely high
who else is watching this during the quarantine time 2020?
Me!! From Southern California! It's amazing!!! The performance. Not the quarantine lol
@@shuilynmua8584 im in LA and im watching this lol.
@@PureCC I am. And I'm from HK.
Herman Chan China #1 haha. I can’t believe I watched the whole 4 hours.
Herman Chan HK citizens stay strong！
Let me see how many people came to review the Beijing opening ceremony after watching the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games
Amazed to see Beijing opening especially when you know that it held in 2008, which is 13 years ago,
Haha. I'm coming
,😂😂😂
哈哈
一样 true
怀念啊 2024年了.我又回来看2008年了 大家都好吗？ 我知道有人不在了 但是这边一直都有你们的身影在 记忆永存
我在哦
台灣人第一次看，真心感動！
@@Vinedwall共享同一民族的复兴与荣耀的那一天一定会到来！祝福台湾同胞！
同感，祖国的伟大。开车时听着《如愿》，中国真的不容易，总有铮铮铁骨挽大傻之将倾。吾辈当自强。
2024我一切都好。也祝你好
This must be the greatest Olympics opening ceremony of all time
Athens 2004 is still the greatest for its historic value.
Anyone else rewatching this after seeing Tokyo's opening ceremony?
🙋♂️
🙋
🙌
🙋♀️
here!
greatest all time
我不知有多少人能我一样，在2023年看这个视频，此时的我已经被感动到泪流满面了，希望一切都能变得更好.
我今天又翻看了，已經看了不知多少次，很感動
08年过去了很久，但我很怀念。
哥
喔昨天也看哭了😢
在习近平死亡之前，你还是祈祷太阳从西边出来，比较现实
@@leonyang8970的确很怀念，那时我还很年轻，年轻到虽然看了开幕式，却觉得它棒得那么理所当然（因为咱国家大小event晚会从来都做得太好了）
I cried like four times watching this. I'm so proud of the Chinese people, setting the date at 08-08-08, showing the world your beauty and proving the West wrong. Love you China
11years later, we can finally see the full version on RUclips.Thanks.
- and without intrusive commentary too. Double Thanks!
EXACTLY 11 years later lol
以前有，不知道怎么被删了
Agree! I watched the whole thing.
@@marksnow7569 I wish it would have had at least some. I don't really know too much about Chinese history or culture other than what's presented from anime.
Me: After watched Tokyo ceremony
RUclips: I guess you rather want to watch Beijing Olympic ceremony
😂😂😂
YEP...we just needed to remember...RELIVE how AWESOME that Opening Ceremony was. They SET the BAR so high that Nobody has ever come CLOSE since. I lost count how many times I was near tears. However, when that BEAUTIFUL SCROLL started to open, we all knew they were gonna paint one hellva picture and BOY DID THEY!! 😭😭💕💕CHINA made beautiful history.
Same thoughts here 😃😃
Yeah i did watch the Beijing..so awesome ❤️😎😎😎 beutiful wow...
Same
Still the best opening ceremony the Olympics has ever had.
1点出发，3点到赛场，3个小时安检，累到快睡着，买一金拱门，排队40分钟，曾经有幸和8万人一起唱我的祖国，第一次唱歌唱哭了自己，之后一直在感动，震撼中，度过，幸福！
我在和平里家里热的冒烟的观看了开幕式，我一样买了金拱门的炸鸡块冰激凌🍦！😂
After seeing 2021 Japan’s opening, I have to come back for this to cheer me up.
hahahahh. Indeed
M2
lol
北京奥运会永远的神！
Me too! Beijing 2008 yyds
Who comes here after watching Tokyo 2021 😂😂😂😂 this is still the best after almost 15 years
me , tokyo omg
Me too
Me.
me too
Here with you
I'm British, I cried when I watched this in 2008 because it was and is beautiful beyond words
One of the most friendly and safe country in this planet, welcome visiting. ♥
Tons of people after watching Tokyo 2021 come back to watch this including myself lol.
ye, cause Japan's ceremony is so confusing and weird XD
Same,, tokyo opening is great. And the china opening also is great and cannot be forgotten
Same here - watch Beijing again after watched Japan’s opening 😂
Amazing ！
Yes
I can’t believe there is so many people rewatching this. It’s been so long that I thought most people would have forgotten.
We can never forget the greatest opening ceremony ever!
It will never be forgotten because it is the Best ceremony
This was the most memorable and amazing of them all.
Nothing better than this Olympic opening.
This is such a legend. People that watched it won't forget. Same as the Japanese one. It's quite...amazing...ly unforgettable.
2024年5月4号，此时的我，已经是二岁孩子的妈妈，第一次看是在家跟爸妈一起，时隔那么多年，再次观看，除了震撼，更多的是感动。眼泪止不住的流下。祝福祖国越来越好❤
2024年5月6日留言
2024年5月28号@@williamjhoo
It's 2023. And it's the first time I've ever seen this. I cried, it's just so... Moving. It makes me think about what beauty and wonders humanity can achieve together.
China wants to build and embrace the world, but the United States refuses
Who’s here in 2021 I’m genuinely curious
me! haha
Kevin Liu me
me! hii :D
it's 5 am but for some reason I really wanted to watch it
Me
2008:let the world Know china
2021：let the world know China again!
special thanks to Japan
你这是什么意思？ 你上次不是说你不会忘记天安门而且必定找回民主主义吗。
Fun Fact: I was literally born the day before this happened. I'm serious when my mom was gave birth to me, my family were watching this opening ceremony in our hospital room
No way bro, 2008 wasn't that long ago, you're still a toddler, stop, please
I was born after the 2014 Winter Olympics
Thanks for making me feel even older 😂😢😮
im 15@@volusian95
I'm 9
2023 still so fascinating!!! After all these years, I still have tears in my eyes eachtime I watch this wonderful Olympic Games Opening Show! WOW I REALLY LOVE THIS SHOW!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Chinese opening ceremony is the best so far, I came here after watching the disappointing Japanese ceremony, love you China
Dear friend, the winter Olympics will be held in Beijing next year, and as a Chinese myself, I bet it will definitely be another amazing show! China will never disappoint you ♥
me too
There are a lot of people today, just like you!
@@wanzg I firmly believe it
Thank you very much my friend
Was trying to sleep after watching Tokyo's opening ceremony but just can't help myself from checking the Beijing one...
same
Same
TBH, no offense, Tokyo one made me a little sacry
I am the same as you!
same
Still watching this ceremony in 2023 and looking forward to the Olympics next year. I'm in tears whenever I watch this opening ceremony. Pure beauty with rich historical and cultural implications, with the message of "peace & welcome", "green & hope". That big painting was a fantastic idea because every athlete actually helped to complete it. Salute to the unbelievable hard work behind all performances.
2008 Beijing 29th Summer Olympics
World Athletes Welcome Entry 😊😁😄
Malaysia 🇲🇾 1:24:15
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) 🇹🇼 1:31:42
Hong Kong, China 🇭🇰 1:32:45
Brazil 🇧🇷 1:39:27
Indonesia 🇮🇩 1:50:24
Canada 🇨🇦 1:54:12
Laos 🇱🇦 1:59:00
Spain 🇪🇸 2:00:00
Guam 🇬🇺 2:09:12
Tanzania 🇹🇿 2:21:42
Great Britain 🇬🇧 2:22:27
Kenya 🇰🇪 2:23:42
France 🇫🇷 2:26:33
Poland 🇵🇱 2:27:45
South Africa 🇿🇦 2:30:39
Cambodia 🇰🇭 2:31:21
United States of America 🇺🇲 2:36:06
Thailand 🇹🇭 2:42:21
Philippines 🇵🇭 2:53:12
Vietnam 🇻🇳 2:55:30
Portugal 🇵🇹 2:58:00
Republic of Korea 🇰🇷 2:58:48
Austria 🇦🇹 3:02:42
Switzerland 🇨🇭 3:03:42
Italy 🇮🇹 3:06:51
Mexico 🇲🇽 3:10:51
Australia 🇦🇺 3:15:45
Zambia 🇿🇲 3:17:12
China (People's Republic of China) 🇨🇳 3:18:12
I think you mean Britain, not Great Britain..
Greece is always first
After watching Tokyo Opening ceremonies, I realized I could have had a better Opening ceremony in my living room.
hahahahha
@@yourlovelyduck_1306 so, if you can't host the Olympic Games well, why do you insist on holding it?
kkkkkkk
@@xianzhe5612 別太杠，觀感不好，自豪即可
@@xianzhe5612 so they should cancel the olympics because the opening ceremony was lame????
Beijing Olympic is turning point in my life . I was frustrated in my life because of zero achivement, but when I watched the dedication and hard work of Chinese people, I changed myself completely, and put 💯 percent effort in my study and within 2 years I got two government jobs, which is equivalent to Olympic medals for me. Thank u china and salute from india.
。。真的假的
如果是真的，其实还是靠的你自己，你的内在驱动力才是你成功的关键
This is the real charm of the Olympics. Beijing did it, and you did it.😊
And now,your experience is just magnificent as Peking Olympics.
@@shaozhihao 哈哈，印度老铁实在人
i’m also indian and have tremendous respect for my fellow asian brothers and sisters, the chinese are a great people long live china and the five stars shine 🇨🇳
In 2024 I still come here to rewind this masterpiece. ❤
Why am I crying? I’m not even Chinese!! rewatching for the 3rd time after Tokyo’s opening 😬
thank you for complimenting❣️
thank you，I’m chinese
I’m crying with you 🥲
me too，i was crying when i watched this at 2008，i dont know why im still crying at 2021…
me too.
This was by far the best Olympic Games opener
I agree 💯!
Also to me, it was the best OLYMPIAN PERIOD! THE OPENING WERE TRIUMPHANT! BETTER THAN THE ONE HOME here in Georgia (Atlanta) 🤫🤗
Without a doubt the greatest Olympics opening ceremony with the Bird's Nest Stadium the greatest in terms of architectural design. I'm expecting big things from Tokyo next year.
I second u!
Too bad they couldn't use real fireworks in the opening. At 14:05
Chris Humble that firework is real! I’ve watched a documentary about how they prepare this opening ceremony, and one part of the video shows how they do the fireworks.
那时我刚刚上小学，经历了至今想起都悲痛的地震，随后暑假迎来奥运会，我在奶奶家吃着大西瓜、喝着奶奶熬的绿豆汤，和家人、小伙伴们一起看奥运……一晃十五年过去了。今年过年依然无法回家。我想，回不去的不只是家乡。祝福大家，越来越好、健康开心。❤
Saw a clip of the drummers on Facebook. And decided to come check the ceremony. It's so beautiful. I was young that time but it feels like something that happened today.
Same to me
This changed the Olympics opening ceremony's history. I remember watching this as a kid, figuring out how amazing the human being can be. To this year, no one has overcome the magnificity of this masterpiece.
i remember too. had boosebumps then, still do now while watching lol.
I remember being 12 years old in front of the TV with my parents
Yup. I remembered too... magnificent
Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was an eye opener and epically put Europeans & Americans in their places. They finally realized what it feels like to be that "hare" in the The Hare and The Tortoise Story.
Agreed, you’re cool for this comment :)
This is what we call the Olympic Opening Ceremony.
@@Neo-Reloaded Taiwan is Chinese
@@Neo-Reloaded I think this video should not involve politics. Taiwan belongs to China. What is interesting is that as far as I know this is a fact written in the Taiwanese Constitution. I think that their participation in the Olympics as Chinese Taipei has demonstrated our respect, because Taiwan is only a province to mainland China.
@@Neo-Reloaded learn some history and go back to see how ignorant your comment was
Watching all the opening ceremonies since morning and found myself watching 2008 again. China never failed to surprise us. Beautiful ceremony
那年我才7岁❤错过了
@@user-yh4pu9xj7b
错过就再看一遍
I remember exactly where I was sitting in New York watching this opening ceremony. Little did I know that, by the closing ceremony, I’d be living in Beijing… and another 6 years after that!
A stunning moment, and just even in terms of historical significance and momentum? Forever the greatest opening ceremony of all time - can’t be beat!
This is what olympics opening should be like. Powerful but peaceful, ceremonious but cheerful.
@Webz Gaming well you can see other comments, if you say that, those will all be fake
@Webz Gaming yeah，fake a olympic opening ceremony，do you even know how hard is it？it is hard than fake going to the moon，because the whole world is watching，every single viewer，every single player，all kind news company，it is impossible to fake it
@Webz Gaming what a loser
@Webz Gaming the only word you can describe is fake, so I do pity you
Made in China.
Because of Tokoyo Ceremory, I turn back to beijing's. Surprisingly find so many similiar minds here!
Similar? Are you kidding me?
@@jinbochen3738 他说很多人跟他一样看了东京开幕式之后回来补血，不是说东京跟北京很像……
@@SamHero_ 哈哈哈抱歉。理解错了
@@jinbochen3738 因为东京奥运会开幕式，我回来看北京的了。很惊喜看到这么多跟我一样想法的人。
where is it i need link video
the amount of dedication and effort put into this opening ceremony is unprecedented , i dont think we will ever witness anything similar . beijin opening ceremony just put everyone else to dust .i remember watching this as a kid in morocco and blown away with the creativity and percision .
Beautifully put.
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.
I am not alone! So many people come back to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics Ceremony. The best of the best! Incredible!!!!!! Rock the world!!!
this is the best!!
What a time
You are not alone
Watching this instead of the disappointment of Tokyo
Totally agreed. It made me want to watch the 2008 Olympic again.
Yes…
I’m Japanese and I respect China😂
@@ruka1712 It's fine~
I think the drones part is beautiful and sports icon part cute.
Indeed !! I'm really disappointed
Apart from the drone display, this is more fun to watch.
Here’s 2024. I am here for the memory before going to Paris this June!!!
The world will never know a ceremony like this. Well done
The Music, The Culture, The Technology, The Art, The Message, The Fireworks, Greatest show ever happened in Human history!
13 years ago......
It's true.
The message is the most important, which is peace. We address that too many times and the world is still fall into suspicious and we still beat each other, we didn't help each other faced with disaster. Useless, totally. In 2008, at least we have hope, and what we have now.
Athens: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And it was a live show, no second take, no NG!!
2008年那年太难了，我在西藏当兵，还是新兵第一年，那年经历了太多的苦难，奥运会的时候在外面执勤没机会看，这会在抖音上刷到08年视频，然后才来看了完整的一遍！一开场我就泪崩了，因为那年我经历了国家困难时期的事情，中国经历千幸万苦走到这一步，吾辈们我们要好好珍惜啊！
吾辈当自强
吾辈当自强！
@@hotpotguoguo8773 神经病
@@hotpotguoguo8773 没有共情能力的隐形人刷什么存在感？
有家国观念的人都知道2008的时候地震，冰灾等种种问题，就是这种“大头兵”的人民子弟兵在第一线忙活，
那时候你在干嘛？
奥运会的成功举办和盈利是一次凝聚力和政治经济实力的展示。别看到立场不一样只知道对骂不知道时代背景下人家做了什么付出。
@@fengshui.... 他确实在找骂，2008年奥运0差评的开幕式都能刷个存在感
Forget "Best Opening Ceremony" this is one of the greatest public spectacles in human history.
Greece was better
Tears trickled down as I watched this. So much artistry and aesthetics displayed in such a magnificent way! I can't help but be humble in front of the powerful feelings this open ceremony renders me. I felt this back in 2008 as I watched this with families and I still feel this now 15 years after. So magical! Simply brilliant!
need to watch this to remind myself of how grand the Olympics can be
😂😂
@@saweieea2569 一样 百鬼夜行属实“震撼”
@@acc-eg9sr 你一看就是核废水喝多了，满口氚气
Where you from? just asking 👍
百鬼夜行也还行吧，只能说北京更好，日本经费新冠等等因素确实搞得不咋好
I’m sorry but no opening ceremony will beat this one! This was spectacular
yesss
The brazillian oppening is Best, on my opnion
@@nathanielgood2782 not even close
Just wait and Hope that the 2022 olympics would be a thing
London 2012 - best opening ceremony
Who’s here in 2023 watching? I’m proud of my country China and I’m proud of the huge progress my countrymen have achieved given all the hardship that we had gone through.
Restore the 1912 Republic and the nation will be united!
I watched this live on tv when i was 12 and now 25, still think this is the Best Opening Ceremony of all time.
i think so
🤧
Me too! I was 12 and was like wow. I'm now 24, and this still is the best!
Yea, back at 2008 I was just a little kid now an grownup. So many years past, still think this is the most splendid one.
Me too! 😁
Who remembers China had a level 8.2 earthquake that year 2-3 months before the ceremony, and still so stunning!!
The quake was just in a specific point , not in the vital cities like Beijing and Shanghai. and the whole China's territorry its colossal.
汶川 sad
@@bublegumjp A national disaster tho
I had been to 汶川 last week, their homeland have been rebuilt and those who live in the mountains moved to small towns.
And the worst snow in the south in a hundred years as well as the global financial crisis that year.
A proper opening ceremony, the best I have ever seen. I remember being overwhelmed by the sheer content and level of preparation that must have been done to bless us with such a spectacle. I’m proud of you China!!! 🇨🇳 🇨🇳
Hong Kong, China🇨🇳2023 Still watching
2024年在看😂叫😅😅
Free Hong Kong 🇭🇰
@@user-jg1dn3uz8rfree your mother😅HK is free
When Bejing set the bar so high, it would never be reached
London set the bar higher
The "earth" one would never be reach. How about a shadow show on the moon surface? We can put the word "peace" in all the nations words on the moon for a 24 hrs show, and all human beings can watch the live show in the sky.
@@tommy_0502 not even close lol
@@tommy_0502 keep dreaming. The London ceremony was pathetically comedic.
Well, a best is to be bested...wait and see the Beijing Olympics 2022 Opening Ceremony
The Best Olympic ceremony combined with Chinese history and culture story
I've never watched it, I was too little, but my sisters said it was the best. Seeing it now, I can definitely admit that nothing comes close to it. It's awesome.
Absolutely!
Couldn't have said it any better :)
Yes this was fantastic. London 2012 was also great.
👍🇨🇳
The most amazing Olympic opening ceremony ever.
I didn't know much about China but after watching this opening ceremony in front of T.V in 2008, I visited China twice and I love China!
thank you
Take care! See you next time 😀
welcome to China again☺️
welcome to China again when the pandemic ends
@@AnitaQQQ can't wait to travel freely and openly again
watching this in July 2021. Back then we didn't know this was the pinnacle of the Olympic Games... We thought we were doing the Chinese a favor. We now know it's the other way around. The Chinese did the World a favor, in the grandest style.
these r very touching words,tks
Looking forward the Beijing winter Olympic opening in 2022，coming soon guys
@@rickychow8737 going to be awesome after this pandemic 😂
thank you
@@rickychow8737 yieee so excited hope it won't be postponed.
Even after 16 years, the entire show still feels completely timeless and absolutely perfect in terms of its appeal.❤
Anyone else rewatching this feeling like Paris 2024 won't deliver even a fraction of this magnificence?
Let's see 😂
This was literally the best opening ceremonies in Olympic games, history.
Everything in China is done at such a grand scale. Back in 2008 we even had a financial crisis. I watched with my mom, who passed away 3 years later, it was a very memorable time that I got to spend with her. She loved every minute of the show. But I don’t remember it being 4 hours long.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
China experienced earthquakes, snowstorms and financial crises in 2008, but he still made an Unparalleled opening ceremony. I'm so proud of my country ❤️🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
清澈的爱，只为中国🇨🇳
❤️🇨🇳❤️🇨🇳❤️🇨🇳❤️
👍
爱国主义不需要任何宣传片，2008北京奥运会开幕式就是最好的宣传片！
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤️❤️爱心
51:21 Words can’t describe how beautiful this whole entire segment is. The glowing performers and the magical piano playing in the background is just stunning to hear and look at.
Beautiful. Outstanding. I can't even explain how this whole ceremony makes me feel, I can't stop crying
Just came here to cleanse my eyes after watching Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. The coordination and synchronization of Chinese artists is incredible.
Came here after a decade, can’t believe still a amazing to watch in 2021!!!
You are not alone bro.
Tokyo 2021 is not an opening, it's a closing, a funeral, too scary and confusing
抱着很大的兴趣观看了东京奥运会开幕式，说句实话看完感到生理不适，日本人想表达什么？把核电站污染物质排进大海后世界充满了变异的生物吗？一点都不美，看完东京奥运开幕式后你会获得焦虑症和抑郁症，我不喜欢，我喜欢北京奥运会开幕式，北京奥运会开幕式会让你觉得希望已经在路上向你奔来！😂
Who’s still watching in Dec 2020. 12 years fly away.
how soon
me too :-)
各种版本捋了一遍
Still the most amazing opening ceremony I've ever seen until china hosts again probably.
I'm here! What an awesome gala in that summer for a country recently recovered from a catastrophic earthquake 3 months ago. Indeed they'd overcome another crisis as the global finance turnmoil soared 3 months after. Looks as if everything was under control by the regime albeit the numerous disturbances and containments from the west since then. Salute to the Chinese people!
2008 I was 16 when this happened I'm glad I've get to see this over & over I love watching the Olympics I love all cultures I love different languages. The parade of all nations forever my favorite part
as a Frenchman, I’m so afraid about the opening we will do. How can you even compare it to this masterpiece China did back then
Ils étaient à deux doigts de foutre un gars porter la flamme olympique... Parce qu'il brulait sa chambre avec du sable.
The most aesthetically pleasing opening ceremony, everything was so breathtaking
Arya Lhasa can you think logical that how a country can achieve so much if the human rights are not protected！as far as i know there are a lot terrorist attacks there before. There are
2 documentaries you could watch ,called “fighting terrorists in xingjiang, made by Chinese government, you could skip what they say, just see the terrorises killing innocent people in streets, which caught by cameras, those are real things!!!! I have been in xiangjiang and Tibet both, all i can say is Chinese use different way to solve terroism problem. Say us try to solve this problem as well in the Mideast, and accidentlly, they got thousands of normal people killed.....chinese way is ， they found a lot of terroists become part of tourists group is because they did not go to school and poverty，but the irony is that chinese give them high degree of autonomy，and islamic tradition is the kids do not go to modern school instead of study quran in Islam temple ······· of course will be hard for them to merge into modern society...... so now chinese govn let kids go to school free and adult go to profession skills training school so they can find a job later......i think chinese govn do use some force to ask them to go to this training center， but there is no better way so far～～in the west valve，of course this is violate human rights～～～they could argue “ i have the right not to let my kids go to school～or i have the rights to remain poor～it is hard to say～a very important is that China has thousands of years civilization，they have their own life philosophy (Confucianism
,daoism so on)as you could see some from this ceremony，again， very different from west～so it is up to which perspective do you take to see this， from the west，it is no human rights，from their own way，they are help their own people to have a better life and share the dividends of modern china.....one more background, for example, Europe never a unity state, but most time China always a unity country since 221 bc.....and their gdp is the highest in the world until 1890（uk beat china up in 1840 for sell opium to chinese to make money）.....my English is not very good but i hope I express well ....if people understand their culture philosophies, what they did will make so much sense ~~~
Arya Lhasa I can see that you’re a nice people but too bad you’re also quite naive to trust the what the media tells you.
@Arya Lhasa You're heavily naive if you believe those American imperialist reports while turning a blind eye to genocides and invasions carried out by America in the middle east. Get educated
@@concernedhermit7153 I believe the same words apply to u as well :) U think west media is better?
@@vanease1大哥，人家是友军，为什么要输出人家？
This is not ceremony, this is art.
Agree
@Marina Mansfield Yes I was one of the volunteers inside and I was in charge of showing people their seats and warm up the audience. It was a marvelous experience and when we went back it was already dawn the next day.
It was indeed directed by one of the best film director in China
indeed
Is it not both?
I'm still here in 2023, feeling like this will stand as one of the most incredible things I will see in my life
I remember seeing the Confucious poem part with my family when this happened, and we were all absolutely silent and in awe the entire time. When all the men came out of the boxes and waved, my mother looked at my dad and said "no f-ing way!" That bit always came to my mind when watching other Olympic openings.
2021还在看的来举个手。
我
经典就要一直看啊
@@user-dz1uy3su4t 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯，每每都激动万分，热泪盈眶！
我是中國人，我驕傲！
祝福 祖國昌隆！
台灣
在看
This showed the definition of tradition,history and culture.
Similar to Athens 2004.
Imagine being part of that crowd. Or being one of the performers. Wow, humans are amazing
It's pure people power. So much discipline and synchronization. Just bloody awe-inspiring.
For me this is by far the most glorious Olympic opening ceremony of all time
Who's still watching and enjoying this opening ceremony in 2019 - 2021 like me....?
Henry VERDIER Jr. Me from china
Henry VERDIER Jr. 我 I me
Pyeongchang brought me here
Me from Colombia
Everyone who has clicked this video is watching in 2019....
This was when this became the standard for opening ceremonies.
Not standard, the epitome
每看一次就要流泪，美好珍贵的回忆。祖国，我愿成为你身上的一滴血，大海里的一滴水。
Who is watching this in 2024?
This was when the bar was set.
Personally I think the bar, IE, the modern Opening Ceremony was set with Sydney 2000, it got raised for Athens, Beijing, maybe even London, I wasn't really a fan of Rio's though.
I can't wait to see what Tokyo does, it's incredible to think that, if we weren't in this current situation, Tokyo 2020 would have come and gone by now, I am sure it will be a spectacle.
Was set and broken at the same time
@lawomann winter olympics will not be as grand as summer olympics tbh, less participant and less NOC will participate. You can check Asian Games 2018 Opening Ceremony in Indonesia. I was there and it was spectacular :) and in some points i think it was kinda more beautiful than Beijing 2008 :)
And the bar was never met since then lol
The concept to make out of the box opening ceremonies started with LA 1984. It was held during the Cold War with the Ussr, and having Moscow host four years before, and boycotting their games, the United States wanted to put on a show that was intentionally high standard as a middle finger to the ussr
Sorry, Tokyo, I’m reviewing 2008 Beijing for feeling happiness. And I find Kobe here. How crazy happy and sad. @~@
Kobe was extremely popular in China at that time
@@fukong *all the time
An open ceremony that fully expressed our country and its history. Proud to be Chinese! Sitting here watching this in tears.
不管在什么时候回看都会感动到热泪盈眶，如此美丽，如此的让人不可思议，我很爱我的祖国，他和平，包容，强大，不断的进步着，无论是这场奥运会，还是两年前的冬奥，他总能给人惊喜，让人意外。我爱他，也欢迎所有喜欢中国文化的朋友来中国旅游。
Just finished watching Tokyo Olympic open ceremony. Sorry to say that beijing 2008 is still the best.
Totally agreed👍
You forgot that we are in the middle of pandemic, how come you didn't realize that!
Agreee
true
Until today I realized 2008 Olympic games opening ceramony is THE best in human history. And probably will be until the next Olympic in China
非常好的开幕式，当时还小，完全错过了，今日一观，简直惊为天人，无论从表演，文化展示还是传达的理念等各个方面看，这届开幕式都堪称杰作🎉
I watch this video almost every year. Every time I watch it, I will be moved to tears. This is an epic opening meeting. It is 16 years ago. I hope that mankind will stay away from war, world peace and human unity will be great again.
I realised that ceremony was directed by Zhang Yimou I'm not surprised, Everything he puts his hand is amazing.
Yes,lol he is famous director
Beijing's opening ceremony is still the best. After 13 years, is still wonderful!!!!!! I love it and the way China transmits its culture, is perfect!
I’d have to argue that it’s Athens 2004
Actually London is more professional and I like sense of humor in it. Beijing is certainly my second favourite, but London had the Queen, mr bean, best music and the event had more scale than beijing
@@dennis4088 Beijing olympics number one
@@dennis4088 Beijing is definitely the number one.
Anthems is Number 2.
London?! Meh…. When is London… cannot even remember what is it…
@@dennis4088 more scale than the ceremony that involved tens of thousands actors and other workers to pull off, yeah try again mate