12.3 A performance of movable-type printing, one of the four great inventions of ancient China.
12.4 The movable-type printing performance creates images of both ancient and modern fonts of the Chinese character.
12.5 This is an ancient representation of the Chinese character \which means harmony.
12.6 This is another ancient representation of the Chinese character \12.7 This is a modern representation of the Chinese character \three character representations show not only the evolution of Chinese characters, but also the Confucian
idea of humanism, that is, \
12.8 The Great Wall is demonstrated by smooth lines, both concise and vivid.
12.9 A sea of peach blossoms romantically demonstrates the good wishes of the peace-loving Chinese people.
12.10 All 897 performers have trained for more than 10 months. Each person has a unique movement sequence, which can be accomplished only with a good memory and diligent practice. 13. Opera
13.1 This is the percussion performance of traditional Peking Opera of China. As China has a vast territory with people speaking numerous dialects, hundreds of traditional operas have been derived.
13.2 This operatic percussion performance depicts a festive scene of terracotta soldiers' triumphant return. 14. Silk Road
14.1 The performers advance, carrying a canvas. On the ground is the map of the \
14.2 The Silk Road, well known far and near, existed more than 2,000 years ago, when trade caravans of China set out from Chang'an (today's Xi'an of Shaanxi Province) with
expensive silk, crossed the Hexi Corridor and entered the European continent. Hence, the Silk Road became an important passage for economic and cultural exchanges between China and Western countries.
14.3 The \to the West.
14.4 More than 600 years ago, under the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He led seven shipping fleets with 27,000 people on board on a long voyage starting from Quanzhou of China and arrived
in Western Asia and Eastern Africa, thus creating the well-known \Silk Route.\
14.5 The performer holds an ancient compass, one of the four great inventions of ancient China, in his hand. 15. Music
15.1 The actor is singing Kunqu, which is an ancient and traditional art form that has entered the world list of intangible cultural heritage. 15.2 On the ground are five of China's most famous paintings, finished respectively in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. 16. Starlight
16.1 Renowned pianist Lang Lang and a young child, five-year-old Li Muzi, play a romantic tune together, welcoming a brand-new age. Li began studying the piano at the age of 4.
16.2 The ancient paintings extend in the endless starlight, indicating the more splendid age of today.
16.3 The color tone for the modern performance turns from black and white to bright colors.
16.4 One thousand performers build a \nest,\towards which a lovely kite flies from the sky.
17. Nature
17.1 Taijiquan is the most representative forms of shadow boxing in Chinese martial arts, characterized by the \and static and the interdependence of hardness and softness.\
17.2 The multimedia performance demonstrates the ancient traditional philosophical concept in Chinese martial arts: the relationship between man and nature.
17.3 \torrent dropping three thousand feet/Straight down to the valley floor/I think it must be the Milky Way/Spilling to the earth from the heavens.\
the famous lines by Li Bai, a poet during the Tang Dynasty, is expressed in a performance.
17.4 The Eight Diagrams of Taiji symbolize eight natural phenomena that bring out changes in all things on earth and include heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain and lake.
17.5 A total of 2,008 Taiji performers form a circle, which means grandness and consummation in the traditional Chinese concept. The present array is called \Square Earth.\
17.6 The children are coloring the ancient Chinese paintings of nature green, expressing the idea of environmental protection which is also the key concept of Taiji -- unity of man and nature. 18. Dream
18.1 It took more than one year to design, construct and install the gigantic elevating Globe.
18.2 The actors run, seemingly free from gravity, on nine rings covered with an Olympic torch cloud pattern, full of magical fantasy and bravery.
18.3 The actors have trained for more than 10 months in order to complete the difficult movements. The performers on the lower half of the Globe are running downwards.
18.4 The theme song \and Me\is performed by Sarah Brightman of Britain and Liu Huan of China atop the Globe.
18.5 The several thousand students entering the field now are all volunteers for the Beijing Olympic Games.
18.6 The thousands of children's smiling faces from throughout the world were collected by BOCOG over a span of a year.
18.7 Fireworks form 2008 \
representing 56 Chinese ethnic groups dance joyously to greet all the athletes.
18.8 Orchestras from five continents warm up to perform during the Parade of Athletes.