19 or so, coaching the audience; /kloc-the countdown starts at 0/9: 56, and the opening ceremony officially starts at 20: 00, which will last for about three and a half hours, that is, it will end around 23: 30.
Second, the main process of the opening ceremony
The first part is the pre-performance ceremony, including the welcoming ceremony, the display of the Olympic rings, the entrance of the China flag, the raising of the China flag and the playing of the Chinese national anthem. This part is about 14 minutes.
The second part is the literary performance part. The name of the performance is Beautiful Olympics. It is divided into two parts. The first part is called Brilliant Civilization, and the second part is called Modern People. The art performance lasts about one hour.
In terms of performances, the opening ceremony will focus on the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation, the achievements of reform and opening up in contemporary China and the spiritual outlook of the people in contemporary China.
In terms of artistic style, the opening ceremony insisted on "telling the story of China in the world language", fully embodying the national characteristics and characteristics of the times, taking the unique "picture scroll" of China as a clue, showing the inside story of oriental civilization with the freehand brushwork spirit of China's aesthetics, showing the vitality of contemporary China with gorgeous colors, and giving the opening ceremony a modern and international look with creative contemporary artistic expressions.
At the end of the performance, that is, the performance section of Dream, the theme song of the opening ceremony will be publicly sung for the first time. I didn't sing the theme song in three rehearsals. This theme song stood out from the four song-soliciting activities held by the Olympic Organizing Committee in the past five years and was determined through a special evaluation procedure. In order to respect everyone's expectation of mystery, we still won't publish the relevant information of this theme song today. But today I also want to announce the singer who sang this theme song. They are: China famous singer Liu Huan and British famous singer sarah brightman.
The third part is the post-performance ceremony, including the athletes' entrance ceremony, President BOCOG's speech, the speech of the President of the International Olympic Committee, the announcement of the opening of the Olympic Games in China, the entry of the Olympic flag, the playing of the Olympic anthem, the raising of the Olympic flag, the oath of the athletes' representatives, the oath of the referees' representatives, the release of pigeons, the torch relay in the venue, the final lighting ceremony and the final celebration of fireworks. This part will last for nearly two and a half hours, of which it takes about two hours for athletes to enter the stadium; The order of athletes' registration will be arranged according to the simplified Chinese characters of the names of delegations from 205 countries or regions.