Speaking of the Olympics, we must mention the opening ceremony. Every Olympic Games has many wonderful moments, and the most memorable one is the opening ceremony carefully prepared by the host country. Simply put, first impressions are important. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is no exception, and every country hopes to firmly attract audiences from all over the world through this opening statement, after all, the audience of the whole world is the purpose of raising the image of their own country and city. And this year's Tokyo Olympics have also impressed people around the world, and it may be difficult to understand the model of cultural development advocated by Japan, but this time it has made a mess of the opening ceremony. In fact, when the Olympic Games entered the period of great development, there were many wonderful opening ceremony pictures, which were analyzed according to the viewing rate and excitement, cultural dissemination, connotation spirit and other aspects, and finally ranked in the top eight of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games recognized by the world.
Eighth, the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, in this Olympic Games, South Korea showed the world a beautiful opening ceremony, the opening ceremony is a performance full of rich oriental cultural atmosphere, beautiful girls wearing traditional long skirts to dance to the fullest, the theme song of the opening ceremony "Hand in Hand" is its moving melody, beautiful singing voice quickly swept the world, becoming the most successful Olympic theme song so far.
Seventh, the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the torch relay before the opening of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was more creative. At the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the organizers made full use of water, land and air transportation to let the world see the style of one of the world's oldest peoples, the Australian Aborigines. Australia is a vibrant, ancient people that has captured the attention of countries around the world with its unique culture and traditions.
Sixth, the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games, many people may think that the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games is not so shocking, but as the first Olympic Games after Beijing, it is under great pressure, and based on Shakespeare's famous work "The Tempest", with the theme of "Wonderful Island", the history and culture of the British Isles are skillfully combined, and the creators will collectively display the pastoral scenery and the Industrial Revolution, as well as the Beatles and many other well-known British cultures in the world. At the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, the world was presented with the ultimate visual feast.
Fifth place, the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, after more than a hundred years of return, the 2004 Athens Olympic Games have a special significance. The earliest modern Olympic Games were held in Greece in 1896. In 1996, Greece also applied for the Centennial Olympics, but was eventually defeated by Atlanta. In 2004, Greece welcomed back more than a hundred years of Olympic torches at the Olympic Games. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, with the theme of "After 108 Years, the Olympic Games Return to the Homeland", showed the romantic atmosphere of the Aegean Sea and Greek civilization to audiences around the world. What we Chinese viewers remember even more is that Liu Xiang won the men's 110m hurdles championship in 12.91 seconds at the Athens Olympics, equaling the world record set by Britain's Colin Jackson. At that time, Liu Xiang became China's greatest hero.
The fourth place, the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, this opening ceremony appeared one of the most touching pictures in the history of the Olympic Games, and the appearance of the boxing king Ali shocked the world. During that period, Ali was the world's greatest boxer, but Parkinson's disease haunted him. But he still held the torch with trembling hands and then lit the sacred fire precisely. At this scene, the whole world was crying. Let's look back at this classic moment together, at the opening ceremony, the famous boxer Holrifield passed the torch from the torch to the female athlete Evans, she slowly passed the torch to the hands of the boxing king Ali, the boxing legend with Parkinson's disease lit the Olympic flame with trembling hands, the boxing king who was suffering from Parkinson's disease, although shaking, but under the reflection of the flame, his face was extremely strong and infectious, this picture became one of the most touching memories in the history of the Olympic Games.
The third place, the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, this Olympic Games we will definitely remember a name, that is, Fu Mingxia - diving queen. Fu Mingxia turned out to be the world, announcing the arrival of the supremacy of the Chinese diving dream team. Her superior technology landed her on the cover of Time magazine. But Barcelona was indeed a classic opening event, with a 37-year-old Paralympic athlete firing an arrow through the clouds and lighting the Olympic torch to successfully open the Olympic Games. Although according to Spanish media reports afterwards, the holy fire at that time was surrounded by flammable gases, as long as he shot almost accurately, but there was no doubt that it ignited the enthusiasm of everyone in the world.
The second place, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, this Olympic Games, for China, has a special historical significance. It was the first time after the founding of New China that it participated in the Olympic Games. In Xu Haifeng's competition, he won the men's pistol 60 rounds of slow shooting championship with a score of 566 rings, winning the first gold medal for China, and at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Chinese team achieved a total of 15 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze good results, ranking fourth in the medal table. The first time to participate in the competition, it achieved such a good result, which made the Chinese people feel extremely proud. In addition to Xu Haifeng's gold medal, the picture of flying into the stadium and lighting the flame in the shape of an astronaut at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was also impressive and enjoyable.
The first, the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, August 8, 2008, the world-renowned Beijing Olympic Games in the Bird's Nest grand opening, under the night, the Bird's Nest Stadium is full of lights, shining with brilliant light, the audience is full, laughter, inherited more than 2,000 years of Olympic Culture and China's more than 5,000 years of culture intertwined, together compose a chapter of the magnificent scene of mankind, a director Zhang Yimou carefully planned, a wonderful program rich in Chinese traditional color and the integration of modern civilization is staged in turn, In the long history of China for 5,000 years, we ushered in a Chinese Olympic Games, the opening ceremony with the 2008 ancient Chinese musical instruments striking sound shock attack, the time came to 20 o'clock, the scene 2008 actors together recited the "friends from afar, not happy" verse, this scene shocked the world.
After the fifth ring descended to the ground, the fairy flew into the sky, accompanied by a 7-year-old girl Yang Peiyi singing "Singing the Motherland", 8 flag bearers raised the flag to enter, and 56 children dressed in national costumes were clustered, showing that China's 56 ethnic groups are one. Various symbols of Chinese culture appear in turn, and in the melodious melody, the cultural scrolls present the grand situation of the Silk Road two thousand years ago; the sailors gather, shake the giant pulp, the grandeur of Zheng He's voyage to the West is displayed one by one, and various traditional cultures are displayed innumerable. Later, British female singers Brightman and Liu Huan sang "Me and You", which perfectly reflected the internationalization of Chinese and foreign integration, and the lyrics vividly interpreted the theme of "one world, one dream" of the Beijing Olympic Games. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was undisputed first place.