Beijing Olympics opening

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — The 29th summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing on Friday night.

The following are some facts and figures about the opening ceremony.

THE VENUE

The opening was held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in the Olympic Green in northern Beijing.

The stadium was jointly designed by Herzog & de Meuron Design Office, and China Architecture Design & Research Group and ARUP. Its construction began on Dec. 24, 2003, and completed on June 30, 2008. Altogether 45,000 tonnes of steel was used to build its framework.

The stadium’s seating capacity is 91,000, including 11,000 temporary seats. The floor space is 258,000 square meters.

I was amazed by how Li Ning makes his way to light up the torch... soo cool! HE Flew!!!! He ran along the wall!! Look like the old chinese action movie.