Aug 06 2008
Fireworks over the Bird’s Nest (Photo)
Fireworks exploded over the Bird’s Nest of Beijing.
Archive for August 6th, 2008
Aug 06 2008
Beijing Torch Relay
Beijing will welcome the final stretch of the Olympic Flame relay from August 6 to 8, as part of the global Torch Relay of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The torch will travel through 18 districts, and pass through the hands of 841 torch bearers, taking about 9 hours to complete. On Wednesday, August 7th, the Beijing relay will begin at the Forbidden City and ends at the Temple of Heaven in about four hours. Tuesday relay will start outside Beijing at the famous Badaling section of the Great Wall and end back in Ditan Park in downtown Beijing. In the morning of the August 8th, the torch relay will begin in front of the Peking Man Museum and pass the 8km route to Beijing’s 101 District Middle School, where the torch will then be transported to the National Stadium for the Opening Ceremony later that night.
The Olympic Flame will be carried through Beijing by 841 torchbearers including famous NBA basketball superstar Yao Ming and China’s first gold medalist Xu Haifeng.
