Beijing Olympics 2008

This year China is hosting the Olympics. We’ve wrapped up a power point to show our thoughts on the stadium, athletes and much, much more!

Chinese Culture

We predict that the opening ceremony will include Fireworks (China invented these), Lanterns (are at every ceremony), Pandas (Chinas most famous animal), Dragons (something China is famous for), Yellow and Red (Chinas lucky colours) and Acrobats (Chinas best athletes). All of these things are special and famous in China so could very well be included.

The Birds Nest Stadium

As most people know the Chinese are holding the Olympics in the Birds Nest Stadium. The stadium can hold up to 91,000 people but after the games it will be reduced to 80,000. The stadium is 330m long by 220m wide it is 69.2m tall and is made of 36km of unwrapped steel. It will cost up to 3.5 billion Yuan (423 million US).