YeinJee's Asian Journal » Liu Ningyi http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Beijing Olympics roundup (2) http://yeinjee.com/2008/beijing-olympics-roundup-2/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/beijing-olympics-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:28:38 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=1814 A few more hours to go before the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics. Some random news and information about Olympics and happenings in Beijing…

2008-08-08 8.08pm

The number ‘8′ is seen as a symbol of prosperity for Chinese. The Beijing organisers are optimising their wish for prosperity to the max obviously… by running the opening ceremony on 8.08pm, on the 8th of August, 2008.

Renowned director Zhang Yimou and choreographer Zhang Jigang are the co-directors for tonight’s show at the Beijing National Stadium.

It’s still a mystery on who will light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. It’s heavily rumoured that gymnastic legend Li Ning will take the honour; we’ll see how true the speculations are.

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