It is impossible to capture the richness of Beijing’s history and present in a few pages - the area around China’s capital city has been inhabited for over 200,000 years, and the city’s history stretches back 3,000 years. Today, Beijing is China’s first post-industrial city, and is home to over 22 million people. It is impossible to cover the entirety of Beijing in one article. Hence, we’ll try to crack eight secrets to appreciating what China’s capital has to offer.
It is impossible to capture the richness of Beijing’s history and present in a few pages - the area around China’s capital city has been inhabited for over 200,000 years, and the city’s history stretches back 3,000 years. Today, Beijing is China’s first post-industrial city, and is home to over 22 million people. It is impossible to cover the entirety of Beijing in one article. Hence, we’ll try to crack eight secrets to appreciating what China’s capital has to offer. Here is one of those secrets:
8/8/2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics marked the first time the quadrennial event came to China, and had Beijing rise to the occasion to meet and exceed all expectations as host city.
Its opening ceremony was backed up by an array of Barco lighting projects, but the secret its success was extremely meticulous planning and preparation. A dose of luck helped, too: the ceremony was held on 8 August, 2008. During the Olympics themselves, people could follow the goings-on via big LED displays posted throughout Beijing’s twelve ‘Cultural Square’ venues.
