Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008

Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday

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Relive full the Opening Ceremony from the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in beautiful Beijing, China. The ceremony was held at the Bird's Nest on Friday, 8 August 2008. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!
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@Olympics 5 жыл бұрын

What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

@gamewarch2 5 жыл бұрын

Seoul 1988 or LA 1984

@ensiilen 5 жыл бұрын

london 2012

@sesangse 5 жыл бұрын

2☢️2☢️ Olympic games

@jeff9734 5 жыл бұрын

Full Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, please

@awesomeassam7081 5 жыл бұрын

Abhinav Bindra's Gold winning moment for India in 2008 Beijing Olympic.... 😘😍

@yanchanch 3 жыл бұрын

2021回来看的人😳 ↓↓↓

@jingxxxxx 3 жыл бұрын

居然碰到溪子酱了

@user-nr2pp3xh4w 3 жыл бұрын

报到

@user-xq7zw2ur4w 3 жыл бұрын

东京的有点雷人，回来找安慰了

@-w-5112 3 жыл бұрын

感觉都是被东京开幕式吓到，过来洗眼睛的。。。。

@user-ek3jl9zp2p 3 жыл бұрын

你也来了。哈哈。是不是吐槽无力才来看缓缓气的。

@JadenMalik 8 күн бұрын

I decided to rewatch this before the Paris 2024 games. Nothing will ever beat Beijing 2008

@Souverainiste-FR 8 күн бұрын

The director of the Paris ceremony said he watched the 2008 ceremony and wanted to do the complete opposite 🤡

@mohib7628 2 күн бұрын

Uss bruh

@albertooo16 Күн бұрын

RIO 2016 send their regards

@tatjana7008 Күн бұрын

@@Souverainiste-FR its not like they are able to repeat it, but people want to safee their face, so they hate it

@LoLYouSayWhat 3 сағат бұрын

me too

@halleyae2 9 күн бұрын

In love with this ..!!! WHO ELSE IS HERE IN 2024 BEFORE PARIS 2024 ?!?!? 🎉🎉❤❤

@dawu-q9y 4 сағат бұрын

me！😁

@angelsanchez5715 3 күн бұрын

Beijing 2008 opening ceremony was in my opinion the best opening ceremony ever. There has not been a better opening ceremony ever since.

@jickle57 2 күн бұрын

I return to this opening every couple of years and I'm here again. I feel the same

@ygja9244 2 күн бұрын

yup

@fitzsimon7857 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here to find out what an olympic opening really like.

@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm 3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone

@manchan8397 3 жыл бұрын

Me toooooo

@queeniechan8701 3 жыл бұрын

Epic vs Boring

@Leo-kc3qf 3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone!

@skajnejskj 3 жыл бұрын

You're not alone

@user-hq6co6tv9b 3 жыл бұрын

Let me see how many people came to review the Beijing opening ceremony after watching the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games

@Ast95 3 жыл бұрын

Amazed to see Beijing opening especially when you know that it held in 2008, which is 13 years ago,

@oliviali1604 3 жыл бұрын

Haha. I'm coming

@jinjingzhu938 3 жыл бұрын

,😂😂😂

@user-hs3uq7io3f 3 жыл бұрын

哈哈

@user-kb3gb5ys7l 3 жыл бұрын

一样 true

@user-cz7bd7cs1f 3 күн бұрын

I’m so proud of my country. In 2008, we had the major May 12th earthquake in Sichuan Province, nearly 400,000 people died, went missing or injured, millions of people lost their houses. Meanwhile, the vast central and southern parts of China were stricken by a 100-year non-seen ice disaster. I was stuck at school for three months because all the traffic was cut off by the snow and ice. All the grade 3 students in high school walked from 5km to over 20 km on the icy road to get home for the Chinese new year, with our school bags, books, and luggages on our shoulders. We didn’t feel difficult, or sad, we never stopped one day of the school, we were cheerful and happy. Meanwhile, we hosted the best (or one of the best) Olympic Games in history. Because we’re one of the toughest, smartest and most hardworking people in the world. I didn’t watch the complete opening ceremony in 2008 because I was busy preparing for my college entrance examination, but now, I feel so proud about it. I wish my country and people will be better and better.

@existentialbaby Күн бұрын

I am so sorry to hear about this, friend. I respect chinese people.

@MsKateC2K 3 сағат бұрын

I was only a kid in 2008 but I remember that year so well, including how everyone chipped in to donate what they could to the Sichuan earthquake relief 🥲 everyone in Taiwan was glued to the screen during the opening ceremony and we all felt so much pride

@khishigdorjselenge6779 6 ай бұрын

Who is watching 2024 😅

@johnboateng184 5 ай бұрын

@lynn_payton2009 5 ай бұрын

@RoxiltheDragon 5 ай бұрын

I am. Recent events have made me want to look back on happier times.

@deannawhitaker2284 5 ай бұрын

@TheRomeerome 5 ай бұрын

Herro from California 🎉

@johnelton2958 3 жыл бұрын

Just back here to see what a real ceremony of Olympics should be like.

@iu2 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Beijing's was the best. London and Tokyo tied for the worst.

@zzneverland1244 3 жыл бұрын

Same here…

@Dan-zt7uj 3 жыл бұрын

@@iu2 London was better than Rio and Tokyo

@user-hn9kt8uo1n 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@lumosvichall865 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@user-xd9ss7ru7m 5 жыл бұрын

11years later, we can finally see the full version on KZfaq.Thanks.

@marksnow7569 5 жыл бұрын

- and without intrusive commentary too. Double Thanks!

@tadeuslima 5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY 11 years later lol

@user-np4jb8qj1f 5 жыл бұрын

以前有，不知道怎么被删了

@midwestmeiliguo 5 жыл бұрын

Agree! I watched the whole thing.

@myrdraal2001 5 жыл бұрын

@@marksnow7569 I wish it would have had at least some. I don't really know too much about Chinese history or culture other than what's presented from anime.

@macmel2160 4 ай бұрын

Here in 2024 and we still haven’t had another opening ceremony that comes close to this one!!! They set the bar too high

@jan8919 2 ай бұрын

Extremely high

@px8867 Ай бұрын

Athens 2004 is by far better.

@DeusVacui Ай бұрын

@@px8867 That should be given because they are the originators of the Olympics.

@myk7371 22 күн бұрын

@@px8867 I personally prefer the chinese one, but the greek, 2004, was AMAZING as well!

@user-d2024 17 күн бұрын

you go to see 2023 SEA Game opening ceremony in Cambodia . you will be speechless it is the same level Olympics opening ceremony.

@LTFM 6 ай бұрын

怀念啊 2024年了.我又回来看2008年了大家都好吗？我知道有人不在了但是这边一直都有你们的身影在记忆永存

@even1007 4 ай бұрын

我在哦

@Vinedwall 3 ай бұрын

台灣人第一次看，真心感動！

@emilioyang4042 2 ай бұрын

@@Vinedwall共享同一民族的复兴与荣耀的那一天一定会到来！祝福台湾同胞！

@hongyuzhou8935 2 ай бұрын

同感，祖国的伟大。开车时听着《如愿》，中国真的不容易，总有铮铮铁骨挽大傻之将倾。吾辈当自强。

@yzho105 2 ай бұрын

2024我一切都好。也祝你好

@GanNiPiYan 4 жыл бұрын

who else is watching this during the quarantine time 2020?

@shuilynmua8584 4 жыл бұрын

Me!! From Southern California! It's amazing!!! The performance. Not the quarantine lol

@PureCC 4 жыл бұрын

@@shuilynmua8584 im in LA and im watching this lol.

@hermanchan1978 4 жыл бұрын

@@PureCC I am. And I'm from HK.

@PureCC 4 жыл бұрын

Herman Chan China #1 haha. I can’t believe I watched the whole 4 hours.

@jin1008 4 жыл бұрын

Herman Chan HK citizens stay strong！

@carlosantonioflores3239 3 жыл бұрын

This changed the Olympics opening ceremony's history. I remember watching this as a kid, figuring out how amazing the human being can be. To this year, no one has overcome the magnificity of this masterpiece.

@donderstorm1845 3 жыл бұрын

i remember too. had boosebumps then, still do now while watching lol.

@chenling1636 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being 12 years old in front of the TV with my parents

@Peanutbutter1714 3 жыл бұрын

Yup. I remembered too... magnificent

@hecmec5114 3 жыл бұрын

Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was an eye opener and epically put Europeans & Americans in their places. They finally realized what it feels like to be that "hare" in the The Hare and The Tortoise Story.

@jaypcc 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, you’re cool for this comment :)

@genecoke 27 күн бұрын

誰能不為這一幕感到震撼。每一個華人，誰能不感到光榮與驕傲

@Otter-Destruction 11 ай бұрын

Still the best opening ceremony the Olympics has ever had.

@aidenx5408 5 күн бұрын

And will not happen in the future, even 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was very simple.

@jy3754 2 күн бұрын

Because nobody cares about the winter Olympics. Some people don't even know they exist lol.

@168lotusflower 3 жыл бұрын

After seeing 2021 Japan’s opening, I have to come back for this to cheer me up.

@ssh9188 3 жыл бұрын

hahahahh. Indeed

@user-tb5ri3rd3n 3 жыл бұрын

@kaysong1369 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@yanxing7153 3 жыл бұрын

北京奥运会永远的神！

@yz3519 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Beijing 2008 yyds

@slneiq 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe there is so many people rewatching this. It’s been so long that I thought most people would have forgotten.

@a.w.b.9971 3 жыл бұрын

We can never forget the greatest opening ceremony ever!

@lloonhtmm5689 3 жыл бұрын

It will never be forgotten because it is the Best ceremony

@Sandra-ml1xn 3 жыл бұрын

This was the most memorable and amazing of them all.

@jaimeterrazas5394 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than this Olympic opening.

@sarahlin1591 3 жыл бұрын

This is such a legend. People that watched it won't forget. Same as the Japanese one. It's quite...amazing...ly unforgettable.

@canto_v12 20 күн бұрын

The year that China truly arrived. I will never forget the roar of the crowd when the Chinese team came on stage as the home team for their first time.

@Infographiste 3 ай бұрын

as a Frenchman, I’m so afraid about the opening we will do. How can you even compare it to this masterpiece China did back then

@up1405 3 ай бұрын

Ils étaient à deux doigts de foutre un gars porter la flamme olympique... Parce qu'il brulait sa chambre avec du sable.

@adrianfelipelopezbaltodano7902 5 күн бұрын

un des organisateurs a mentionné que la cérémonie de Paris 2024 serait à l'opposé de Pékin, sans histoire ni traditions, une cérémonie digne des wokistes

@up1405 5 күн бұрын

@@adrianfelipelopezbaltodano7902 Juste une question pourquoi Indila n'est pas invitée pour chanter?

@adrianfelipelopezbaltodano7902 3 күн бұрын

@@up1405 J'aimerais qu'elle chante au moins lors de la cérémonie mais les organisateurs wokistes ont choisi Nakamura comme artiste.

@albitaquinta 3 жыл бұрын

Why am I crying? I’m not even Chinese!! rewatching for the 3rd time after Tokyo’s opening 😬

@una_c4744 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for complimenting❣️

@user-rj5gn1fr1m 3 жыл бұрын

thank you，I’m chinese

@MrCrystalkitten 3 жыл бұрын

I’m crying with you 🥲

@g.t8322 3 жыл бұрын

me too，i was crying when i watched this at 2008，i dont know why im still crying at 2021…

@user-zq5nn5yj5g 3 жыл бұрын

me too.

@sydneyxiao7368 3 жыл бұрын

I was one of the volunteers back in 2008. I was on my duty on the ceremony night. I can hear the fireworks but can’t see any. I saw the whole ceremony the next morning from TV. I was in tears. 12 years later, watching this in a second wave of COVID quarantine, I was in tears again. 5 spices in my heart.

@eamoncat 3 жыл бұрын

lol 5 spices. Thanks for your service!

@user-ez4xh6js5t 3 жыл бұрын

5 spices 笑死我了，hahahaha，过于Chlish

@user-jq4gi6nv7g 3 жыл бұрын

hats off

@q_q123 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@sinchan56 3 жыл бұрын

Good I'm 8 year old and watching on TV in India

@rogenwenceslao8090 Күн бұрын

This is still the best so far. I get goosebumps every time I watch this. It’s my third time watching this grand opening ceremony. Full of Chinese cultures and passions. Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭

@harukalover 3 ай бұрын

In 2024 I still come here to rewind this masterpiece. ❤

@shawnobrain4763 3 жыл бұрын

Was trying to sleep after watching Tokyo's opening ceremony but just can't help myself from checking the Beijing one...

@olivialee1853 3 жыл бұрын

same

@lumosvichall865 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@eddielz7976 3 жыл бұрын

TBH, no offense, Tokyo one made me a little sacry

@user-zw1nn2qg3i 3 жыл бұрын

I am the same as you!

@devindang5284 3 жыл бұрын

same

@evancastella6944 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry but no opening ceremony will beat this one! This was spectacular

@gpaderx6105 3 жыл бұрын

yesss

@nathanielgood2782 3 жыл бұрын

The brazillian oppening is Best, on my opnion

@pubgmtutorials6020 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielgood2782 not even close

@TheGammingPie 3 жыл бұрын

Just wait and Hope that the 2022 olympics would be a thing

@JoshWaller 3 жыл бұрын

London 2012 - best opening ceremony

@Tutubangmaa-dd7wc 5 ай бұрын

I cried like four times watching this. I'm so proud of the Chinese people, setting the date at 08-08-08, showing the world your beauty and proving the West wrong. Love you China

@user-ot5vi3tb2s 2 ай бұрын

I watch this video almost every year. Every time I watch it, I will be moved to tears. This is an epic opening meeting. It is 16 years ago. I hope that mankind will stay away from war, world peace and human unity will be great again.

@nghoanhao 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else rewatching this after seeing Tokyo's opening ceremony?

@zzneverland1244 3 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♂️

@user-uf4qp6xe8m 3 жыл бұрын

🙋

@chenling1636 3 жыл бұрын

🙌

@amienguyen5103 3 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀️

@Super00086 3 жыл бұрын

here!

@thewisdom5780 3 жыл бұрын

Beijing Olympic is turning point in my life . I was frustrated in my life because of zero achivement, but when I watched the dedication and hard work of Chinese people, I changed myself completely, and put 💯 percent effort in my study and within 2 years I got two government jobs, which is equivalent to Olympic medals for me. Thank u china and salute from india.

@shaozhihao 3 жыл бұрын

。。真的假的如果是真的，其实还是靠的你自己，你的内在驱动力才是你成功的关键

@evanzhang3801 3 жыл бұрын

This is the real charm of the Olympics. Beijing did it, and you did it.😊

@feiling5079 3 жыл бұрын

And now,your experience is just magnificent as Peking Olympics.

@user-gv8fj8bb3j 3 жыл бұрын

@@shaozhihao 哈哈，印度老铁实在人

@thecr6402 3 жыл бұрын

i’m also indian and have tremendous respect for my fellow asian brothers and sisters, the chinese are a great people long live china and the five stars shine 🇨🇳

@penepatitenor 4 күн бұрын

One of THE best opening ceremonies. I remember watching this on TV like ‘say what now?!?!’ 😅

@Stephenwongdirectimaging 5 күн бұрын

I revisit here to recall my and my father fav opening all time , same year my father passed away

@100iamgreat5 3 жыл бұрын

I am not alone! So many people come back to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics Ceremony. The best of the best! Incredible!!!!!! Rock the world!!!

@lillianyu1300 3 жыл бұрын

this is the best!!

@AD-ur1fk 3 жыл бұрын

What a time

@user-nb4dd7ym9m 3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone

@douglasbrown3850 3 жыл бұрын

After watching Tokyo Opening ceremonies, I realized I could have had a better Opening ceremony in my living room.

@namiqnq 3 жыл бұрын

hahahahha

@xianzhe5612 3 жыл бұрын

@@yourlovelyduck_1306 so, if you can't host the Olympic Games well, why do you insist on holding it?

@zoetropelau2778 3 жыл бұрын

kkkkkkk

@zoetropelau2778 3 жыл бұрын

@@xianzhe5612 別太杠，觀感不好，自豪即可

@runawayspringroll5288 3 жыл бұрын

@@xianzhe5612 so they should cancel the olympics because the opening ceremony was lame????

@tuesdae666 Жыл бұрын

It's 2023. And it's the first time I've ever seen this. I cried, it's just so... Moving. It makes me think about what beauty and wonders humanity can achieve together.

@edidervishi7102 11 ай бұрын

China wants to build and embrace the world, but the United States refuses

@adseb1214 4 сағат бұрын

Came here to watch the Best ever Olympics opening ceremony just before Paris games. Anyone here like me? 16 years have past, but feels like yesterday 😊

@taffyandbeanz 3 жыл бұрын

Everything in China is done at such a grand scale. Back in 2008 we even had a financial crisis. I watched with my mom, who passed away 3 years later, it was a very memorable time that I got to spend with her. She loved every minute of the show. But I don’t remember it being 4 hours long.

@justinxie633 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes.

@crownyuan9645 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes.

@frankxu5670 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes.

@weidai289 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes.

@KeshawnPro2016 3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes.

@user-pq3xg4oh5x 3 жыл бұрын

2008年那年太难了，我在西藏当兵，还是新兵第一年，那年经历了太多的苦难，奥运会的时候在外面执勤没机会看，这会在抖音上刷到08年视频，然后才来看了完整的一遍！一开场我就泪崩了，因为那年我经历了国家困难时期的事情，中国经历千幸万苦走到这一步，吾辈们我们要好好珍惜啊！

@tonylil8838 3 жыл бұрын

吾辈当自强

@wongisa368 3 жыл бұрын

吾辈当自强！

@fengshui.... 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotpotguoguo8773 神经病

@wongisa368 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotpotguoguo8773 没有共情能力的隐形人刷什么存在感？有家国观念的人都知道2008的时候地震，冰灾等种种问题，就是这种“大头兵”的人民子弟兵在第一线忙活，那时候你在干嘛？奥运会的成功举办和盈利是一次凝聚力和政治经济实力的展示。别看到立场不一样只知道对骂不知道时代背景下人家做了什么付出。

@wongisa368 3 жыл бұрын

@@fengshui.... 他确实在找骂，2008年奥运0差评的开幕式都能刷个存在感

@luluuuuu906 8 ай бұрын

Still watching this ceremony in 2023 and looking forward to the Olympics next year. I'm in tears whenever I watch this opening ceremony. Pure beauty with rich historical and cultural implications, with the message of "peace & welcome", "green & hope". That big painting was a fantastic idea because every athlete actually helped to complete it. Salute to the unbelievable hard work behind all performances.

@AsammyL 2 ай бұрын

2024年5月4号，此时的我，已经是二岁孩子的妈妈，第一次看是在家跟爸妈一起，时隔那么多年，再次观看，除了震撼，更多的是感动。眼泪止不住的流下。祝福祖国越来越好❤

@williamjhoo 2 ай бұрын

2024年5月6日留言

@ganxing-mc6on Ай бұрын

2024年5月28号@@williamjhoo

@langke-ri5pu Ай бұрын

2024年6月7日@@williamjhoo

@seanli5133 3 сағат бұрын

2024年7月25日

@chongwei6419 3 жыл бұрын

Who comes here after watching Tokyo 2021 😂😂😂😂 this is still the best after almost 15 years

@charlesdegaulle2928 3 жыл бұрын

me , tokyo omg

@vivianwang3049 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@weijiang4286 3 жыл бұрын

Me.

@ThienNguyen-ss6jx 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@jackzhang5705 3 жыл бұрын

Here with you

@smartviewer7323 3 жыл бұрын

Because of Tokoyo Ceremory, I turn back to beijing's. Surprisingly find so many similiar minds here!

@jinbochen3738 3 жыл бұрын

Similar? Are you kidding me?

@SamHero_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@jinbochen3738 他说很多人跟他一样看了东京开幕式之后回来补血，不是说东京跟北京很像……

@jinbochen3738 3 жыл бұрын

@@SamHero_ 哈哈哈抱歉。理解错了

@sylvialee3818 3 жыл бұрын

@@jinbochen3738 因为东京奥运会开幕式，我回来看北京的了。很惊喜看到这么多跟我一样想法的人。

@someoneonthisearth 3 жыл бұрын

where is it i need link video

@suzeel 11 ай бұрын

2023 still so fascinating!!! After all these years, I still have tears in my eyes eachtime I watch this wonderful Olympic Games Opening Show! WOW I REALLY LOVE THIS SHOW!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

@pyaephyo601 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this live on tv when i was 12 and now 25, still think this is the Best Opening Ceremony of all time.

@seedgen 3 жыл бұрын

i think so

@aondepensaumapessoa 3 жыл бұрын

🤧

@nikitagundala2158 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I was 12 and was like wow. I'm now 24, and this still is the best!

@Viiiora 3 жыл бұрын

Yea, back at 2008 I was just a little kid now an grownup. So many years past, still think this is the most splendid one.

@octaviusfernandez 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! 😁

@isabellatan785 3 жыл бұрын

need to watch this to remind myself of how grand the Olympics can be

@saweieea2569 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@acc-eg9sr 3 жыл бұрын

@@saweieea2569 一样百鬼夜行属实“震撼”

@celestialbeing-rt5yz 3 жыл бұрын

@@acc-eg9sr 你一看就是核废水喝多了，满口氚气

@sgpleasure 3 жыл бұрын

Where you from? just asking 👍

@snlhl6702 3 жыл бұрын

百鬼夜行也还行吧，只能说北京更好，日本经费新冠等等因素确实搞得不咋好

@Thepockyy_y 5 ай бұрын

Here’s 2024. I am here for the memory before going to Paris this June!!!

@halleyae2 9 күн бұрын

Wow that Awesome !! excited for you

@thejojoo 2 күн бұрын

This opening ceremony was directed by zhang yimou, who is the director of the movie "Hero" ( 2003 ). no wonder this was so Epic.

@inyourphace1690 3 жыл бұрын

watching this in July 2021. Back then we didn't know this was the pinnacle of the Olympic Games... We thought we were doing the Chinese a favor. We now know it's the other way around. The Chinese did the World a favor, in the grandest style.

@steinfrick677 3 жыл бұрын

these r very touching words,tks

@rickychow8737 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward the Beijing winter Olympic opening in 2022，coming soon guys

@Its_BM 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickychow8737 going to be awesome after this pandemic 😂

@LiBobkk 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@ncknelson 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickychow8737 yieee so excited hope it won't be postponed.

@oldstickygummybear 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s here in 2021 I’m genuinely curious

@noasknopeak 3 жыл бұрын

me! haha

@SpiritKnight8819 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Liu me

@fei7785 3 жыл бұрын

me! hii :D

@connorwood108 3 жыл бұрын

it's 5 am but for some reason I really wanted to watch it

@syc9675 3 жыл бұрын

@officiallukeneptune3020 6 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: I was literally born the day before this happened. I'm serious when my mom was gave birth to me, my family were watching this opening ceremony in our hospital room

@volusian95 5 ай бұрын

No way bro, 2008 wasn't that long ago, you're still a toddler, stop, please

@BlueyBlueyon2000 5 ай бұрын

I was born after the 2014 Winter Olympics

@TheRomeerome 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for making me feel even older 😂😢😮

@officiallukeneptune3020 5 ай бұрын

im 15@@volusian95

@BlueyBlueyon2000 4 ай бұрын

I'm 9

@AdvaiticOneness1 3 жыл бұрын

The Music, The Culture, The Technology, The Art, The Message, The Fireworks, Greatest show ever happened in Human history!

@user-ml8iy9xi9t 3 жыл бұрын

13 years ago......

@wanglaugh9932 3 жыл бұрын

It's true.

@feiling5079 3 жыл бұрын

The message is the most important, which is peace. We address that too many times and the world is still fall into suspicious and we still beat each other, we didn't help each other faced with disaster. Useless, totally. In 2008, at least we have hope, and what we have now.

@sergioenrique346 3 жыл бұрын

Athens: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@soukwong6366 3 жыл бұрын

And it was a live show, no second take, no NG!!

@river5613 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know much about China but after watching this opening ceremony in front of T.V in 2008, I visited China twice and I love China!

@ylwgua 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@chrisll5690 3 жыл бұрын

Take care! See you next time 😀

@AnitaQQQ 3 жыл бұрын

welcome to China again☺️

@henryyu1368 3 жыл бұрын

welcome to China again when the pandemic ends

@river5613 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnitaQQQ can't wait to travel freely and openly again

@carolinafox6665 19 күн бұрын

Best opening ceremony ever in Olympic history 🧧🪄

@EmmaRadford-c3h 5 күн бұрын

Fr though I was only 8 but this is the only opening ceremony I have vivid memories of watching and just being amazed

@amelief19 7 ай бұрын

I remember exactly where I was sitting in New York watching this opening ceremony. Little did I know that, by the closing ceremony, I’d be living in Beijing… and another 6 years after that! A stunning moment, and just even in terms of historical significance and momentum? Forever the greatest opening ceremony of all time - can’t be beat!

@user-ou6fg8ie1t 3 жыл бұрын

This is what olympics opening should be like. Powerful but peaceful, ceremonious but cheerful.

@jijun6625 3 жыл бұрын

@Webz Gaming well you can see other comments, if you say that, those will all be fake

@ll-lw8vn 3 жыл бұрын

@Webz Gaming yeah，fake a olympic opening ceremony，do you even know how hard is it？it is hard than fake going to the moon，because the whole world is watching，every single viewer，every single player，all kind news company，it is impossible to fake it

@lisali3790 3 жыл бұрын

@Webz Gaming what a loser

@yunxuewang5786 3 жыл бұрын

@Webz Gaming the only word you can describe is fake, so I do pity you

@cliftoncawi703 3 жыл бұрын

Made in China.

@skajnejskj 3 жыл бұрын

Chinese opening ceremony is the best so far, I came here after watching the disappointing Japanese ceremony, love you China

@wanzg 3 жыл бұрын

Dear friend, the winter Olympics will be held in Beijing next year, and as a Chinese myself, I bet it will definitely be another amazing show! China will never disappoint you ♥

@user-xq7zw2ur4w 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@user-fg5yy2qw8v 3 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of people today, just like you!

@skajnejskj 3 жыл бұрын

@@wanzg I firmly believe it

@jackzhang5705 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much my friend

@laraw840 11 ай бұрын

Tears trickled down as I watched this. So much artistry and aesthetics displayed in such a magnificent way! I can't help but be humble in front of the powerful feelings this open ceremony renders me. I felt this back in 2008 as I watched this with families and I still feel this now 15 years after. So magical! Simply brilliant!

@Pansyssmallworld 6 ай бұрын

那时我刚刚上小学，经历了至今想起都悲痛的地震，随后暑假迎来奥运会，我在奶奶家吃着大西瓜、喝着奶奶熬的绿豆汤，和家人、小伙伴们一起看奥运……一晃十五年过去了。今年过年依然无法回家。我想，回不去的不只是家乡。祝福大家，越来越好、健康开心。❤

@cryptoman9781 3 жыл бұрын

Tons of people after watching Tokyo 2021 come back to watch this including myself lol.

@lame835 3 жыл бұрын

ye, cause Japan's ceremony is so confusing and weird XD

@tristramemerge 3 жыл бұрын

Same,, tokyo opening is great. And the china opening also is great and cannot be forgotten

@jennyc0806 3 жыл бұрын

Same here - watch Beijing again after watched Japan’s opening 😂

@hiifeewong2459 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing ！

@pkpp96 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@spiritdevil5427 3 жыл бұрын

Me: After watched Tokyo ceremony KZfaq: I guess you rather want to watch Beijing Olympic ceremony

@gavinhe7230 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@yama5182 3 жыл бұрын

YEP...we just needed to remember...RELIVE how AWESOME that Opening Ceremony was. They SET the BAR so high that Nobody has ever come CLOSE since. I lost count how many times I was near tears. However, when that BEAUTIFUL SCROLL started to open, we all knew they were gonna paint one hellva picture and BOY DID THEY!! 😭😭💕💕CHINA made beautiful history.

@emt3031 3 жыл бұрын

Same thoughts here 😃😃

@ahnejoh418 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i did watch the Beijing..so awesome ❤️😎😎😎 beutiful wow...

@llj3813 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@kenosako8191 21 күн бұрын

2024 and still the best Opening Ceremony

@seanjhonpiornato3904 Жыл бұрын

Watching all the opening ceremonies since morning and found myself watching 2008 again. China never failed to surprise us. Beautiful ceremony

@user-yh4pu9xj7b Жыл бұрын

那年我才7岁❤错过了

@bruhtnt4258 11 ай бұрын

@@user-yh4pu9xj7b 错过就再看一遍

@halleyae2 11 күн бұрын

@@user-yh4pu9xj7b那年我8岁半夜起来看了

@adelialm8050 8 күн бұрын

@@user-yh4pu9xj7b您將看到更美好的奧運開幕式… 在中國，不久的未來！

@99txgh 3 жыл бұрын

The most aesthetically pleasing opening ceremony, everything was so breathtaking

@patcerra6714 3 жыл бұрын

Arya Lhasa can you think logical that how a country can achieve so much if the human rights are not protected！as far as i know there are a lot terrorist attacks there before. There are 2 documentaries you could watch ,called “fighting terrorists in xingjiang, made by Chinese government, you could skip what they say, just see the terrorises killing innocent people in streets, which caught by cameras, those are real things!!!! I have been in xiangjiang and Tibet both, all i can say is Chinese use different way to solve terroism problem. Say us try to solve this problem as well in the Mideast, and accidentlly, they got thousands of normal people killed.....chinese way is ， they found a lot of terroists become part of tourists group is because they did not go to school and poverty，but the irony is that chinese give them high degree of autonomy，and islamic tradition is the kids do not go to modern school instead of study quran in Islam temple ······· of course will be hard for them to merge into modern society...... so now chinese govn let kids go to school free and adult go to profession skills training school so they can find a job later......i think chinese govn do use some force to ask them to go to this training center， but there is no better way so far～～in the west valve，of course this is violate human rights～～～they could argue “ i have the right not to let my kids go to school～or i have the rights to remain poor～it is hard to say～a very important is that China has thousands of years civilization，they have their own life philosophy (Confucianism ,daoism so on)as you could see some from this ceremony，again， very different from west～so it is up to which perspective do you take to see this， from the west，it is no human rights，from their own way，they are help their own people to have a better life and share the dividends of modern china.....one more background, for example, Europe never a unity state, but most time China always a unity country since 221 bc.....and their gdp is the highest in the world until 1890（uk beat china up in 1840 for sell opium to chinese to make money）.....my English is not very good but i hope I express well ....if people understand their culture philosophies, what they did will make so much sense ~~~

@concernedhermit7153 3 жыл бұрын

Arya Lhasa I can see that you’re a nice people but too bad you’re also quite naive to trust the what the media tells you.

@LordLobov 3 жыл бұрын

@Arya Lhasa You're heavily naive if you believe those American imperialist reports while turning a blind eye to genocides and invasions carried out by America in the middle east. Get educated

@vanease1 3 жыл бұрын

@@concernedhermit7153 I believe the same words apply to u as well :) U think west media is better?

@spiderkds 3 жыл бұрын

@@vanease1大哥，人家是友军，为什么要输出人家？

@diamondcrystal8666 3 жыл бұрын

The Best Olympic ceremony combined with Chinese history and culture story

@somekindofflower2024 3 жыл бұрын

I've never watched it, I was too little, but my sisters said it was the best. Seeing it now, I can definitely admit that nothing comes close to it. It's awesome.

@eddymeyer3120 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@David-yn5bs 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it any better :)

@user-wb1vm9ex4k 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this was fantastic. London 2012 was also great.

@jackking7613 3 жыл бұрын

👍🇨🇳

@estebandelira7929 10 күн бұрын

anyone in July 2024? a few days away paris 2024 🎉

@takalanemathebula2593 11 ай бұрын

Saw a clip of the drummers on Facebook. And decided to come check the ceremony. It's so beautiful. I was young that time but it feels like something that happened today.

@tangalexander8877 11 ай бұрын

Same to me

@lray7314 3 жыл бұрын

This should be the correct opening ceremony, powerful and beautiful to show the culture of a civilization.

@jianghuwang 3 жыл бұрын

I realised that ceremony was directed by Zhang Yimou I'm not surprised, Everything he puts his hand is amazing.

@mengmengli5480 3 жыл бұрын

Yes,lol he is famous director

@Enfinauniverso 3 ай бұрын

A proper opening ceremony, the best I have ever seen. I remember being overwhelmed by the sheer content and level of preparation that must have been done to bless us with such a spectacle. I’m proud of you China!!! 🇨🇳 🇨🇳

@trfgshdtg4577 10 ай бұрын

15 years later...and this is still the best

@srv2268 3 жыл бұрын

Just came here to cleanse my eyes after watching Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. The coordination and synchronization of Chinese artists is incredible.

@laurencesun_ 3 жыл бұрын

Came here after a decade, can’t believe still a amazing to watch in 2021!!!

@user-wn6hu9lt8e 3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone bro.

@SquidwardNotSquid00456 3 жыл бұрын

Tokyo 2021 is not an opening, it's a closing, a funeral, too scary and confusing

@boluomi99 2 ай бұрын

抱着很大的兴趣观看了东京奥运会开幕式，说句实话看完感到生理不适，日本人想表达什么？把核电站污染物质排进大海后世界充满了变异的生物吗？一点都不美，看完东京奥运开幕式后你会获得焦虑症和抑郁症，我不喜欢，我喜欢北京奥运会开幕式，北京奥运会开幕式会让你觉得希望已经在路上向你奔来！😂

@jojolov3089 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s still watching in Dec 2020. 12 years fly away.

@oh-ut5mu 3 жыл бұрын

how soon

@yangfelix7021 3 жыл бұрын

me too :-)

@rivertim7182 3 жыл бұрын

各种版本捋了一遍

@hiimlolo9811 3 жыл бұрын

Still the most amazing opening ceremony I've ever seen until china hosts again probably.

@tsekwongtai9005 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here! What an awesome gala in that summer for a country recently recovered from a catastrophic earthquake 3 months ago. Indeed they'd overcome another crisis as the global finance turnmoil soared 3 months after. Looks as if everything was under control by the regime albeit the numerous disturbances and containments from the west since then. Salute to the Chinese people!

@linfengwei8198 7 ай бұрын

The most amazing Olympic opening ceremony ever.

@liliawardarose4580 4 ай бұрын

The world will never know a ceremony like this. Well done

@KelchanFerret 4 жыл бұрын

This was when the bar was set.

@LLHgames 3 жыл бұрын

Personally I think the bar, IE, the modern Opening Ceremony was set with Sydney 2000, it got raised for Athens, Beijing, maybe even London, I wasn't really a fan of Rio's though. I can't wait to see what Tokyo does, it's incredible to think that, if we weren't in this current situation, Tokyo 2020 would have come and gone by now, I am sure it will be a spectacle.

@smolcan4984 3 жыл бұрын

Was set and broken at the same time

@andikaonyoutube 3 жыл бұрын

@lawomann winter olympics will not be as grand as summer olympics tbh, less participant and less NOC will participate. You can check Asian Games 2018 Opening Ceremony in Indonesia. I was there and it was spectacular :) and in some points i think it was kinda more beautiful than Beijing 2008 :)

@BingDwenDwen 3 жыл бұрын

And the bar was never met since then lol

@greenhornet8262 3 жыл бұрын

The concept to make out of the box opening ceremonies started with LA 1984. It was held during the Cold War with the Ussr, and having Moscow host four years before, and boycotting their games, the United States wanted to put on a show that was intentionally high standard as a middle finger to the ussr

@lopezalehandro1666 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that day being uninterested and in my room playing games, then i heard my mom yelling for me to "come here and see this". In five minutes the whole family was in the TV room watching this show. 14 years later its still mesmerizing. One of the great spectacles of our age.

@allenzhang1496 2 жыл бұрын

Zhang Yimou is the chief director of the 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games

@Mike-iz6li Жыл бұрын

@@allenzhang1496 Same director, different president..

@trevorphillips8000 Жыл бұрын

谢谢你，同志（

@carlisclosetedphgt3666 Жыл бұрын

that's not typical brasilians looks like 🤣🤣

@克需 Жыл бұрын

The chief director Zhang Yimou really spent so many years on these two ceremonies.That's why it can be a masterpiece.

@chrissystewart6268 11 ай бұрын

2008 I was 16 when this happened I'm glad I've get to see this over & over I love watching the Olympics I love all cultures I love different languages. The parade of all nations forever my favorite part

@Leva492 8 ай бұрын

I got so much goosebumps watching the opening. I felt so connected and the energy from the audience to the performers were astounding! 🎉

@102lee2 3 жыл бұрын

This showed the definition of tradition,history and culture.

@tedmink7568 2 ай бұрын

Similar to Athens 2004.

@sesilyzheng4256 3 жыл бұрын

Who remembers China had a level 8.2 earthquake that year 2-3 months before the ceremony, and still so stunning!!

@bublegumjp 3 жыл бұрын

The quake was just in a specific point , not in the vital cities like Beijing and Shanghai. and the whole China's territorry its colossal.

@SquidwardNotSquid00456 3 жыл бұрын

汶川 sad

@litian865 3 жыл бұрын

@@bublegumjp A national disaster tho

@northguard157 3 жыл бұрын

I had been to 汶川 last week, their homeland have been rebuilt and those who live in the mountains moved to small towns.

@dorisj5161 3 жыл бұрын

And the worst snow in the south in a hundred years as well as the global financial crisis that year.

@pokevall 7 күн бұрын

I'm just a girl *cries while watching Beijing 2008 opening ceremony*

@elllllllle939 11 ай бұрын

Who’s here in 2023 watching? I’m proud of my country China and I’m proud of the huge progress my countrymen have achieved given all the hardship that we had gone through.

@jasonleetaiwan 4 ай бұрын

Restore the 1912 Republic and the nation will be united!

@iam-the-professor 4 жыл бұрын

Who's still watching and enjoying this opening ceremony in 2019 - 2021 like me....?

@ali0824 4 жыл бұрын

Henry VERDIER Jr. Me from china

@user-qm3ed1ix9u 4 жыл бұрын

Henry VERDIER Jr. 我 I me

@DreamyPatissiel 4 жыл бұрын

Pyeongchang brought me here

@luisamaya7814 4 жыл бұрын

Me from Colombia

@zukokurama 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone who has clicked this video is watching in 2019....

@nicolestacy3433 3 жыл бұрын

What made this ceremony incredible is that China was able to introduce their history and culture to the world. They were able to engage the viewers, make it grand and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes and ears

@luoluoye9620 3 жыл бұрын

I have a really high expectation for Tokyo. I'm quite sure Japanese will do incredibly well. But now it's not going to happen...

@sabrinaghostblade3948 3 жыл бұрын

@@luoluoye9620 they postponed it to July 2021

@luoluoye9620 3 жыл бұрын

Sabrina Ghostblade it’s already canceled.

@Zergcerebrates 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinaghostblade3948 I heard they're postponing it to 2032.

@luoluoye9620 3 жыл бұрын

@Ham Sammich It's bad but it's actually not as bad as what it appears to be. The girl on the stage and the singing girl BOTH made it to the final round of selection. The director had to pick one between them, and he preferred the singing girl. But that girl lost a tooth when the olympic opening ceremony was approaching. So he came up with that idea. It's not like 'the director liked her voice, but she was too ugly to be on the stage so he found another girl'. It's more complicated than that.

@GillesPaquet-Allaire 10 сағат бұрын

The girls in white during the athletes presentation are the real MVP hahaha, danse no-stop for 2 hours+ 🤣

@charlesghelo 3 жыл бұрын

This was when this became the standard for opening ceremonies.

@randyekrer431 3 жыл бұрын

Not standard, the epitome

@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695 5 жыл бұрын

This was by far the best Olympic Games opener

@sharonstrong6412 5 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯! Also to me, it was the best OLYMPIAN PERIOD! THE OPENING WERE TRIUMPHANT! BETTER THAN THE ONE HOME here in Georgia (Atlanta) 🤫🤗

@bwlboy123 5 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt the greatest Olympics opening ceremony with the Bird's Nest Stadium the greatest in terms of architectural design. I'm expecting big things from Tokyo next year.

@catcake7434 5 жыл бұрын

I second u!

@63076topher 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad they couldn't use real fireworks in the opening. At 14:05

@F51R 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Humble that firework is real! I’ve watched a documentary about how they prepare this opening ceremony, and one part of the video shows how they do the fireworks.

@coreyhowe177 6 ай бұрын

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.

@halleyae2 9 күн бұрын

Yea and it's insane it was done in 2008, does not feel like it most of the time when i'm watching it now in 2024

@Owen_Will 7 ай бұрын

非常好的开幕式，当时还小，完全错过了，今日一观，简直惊为天人，无论从表演，文化展示还是传达的理念等各个方面看，这届开幕式都堪称杰作🎉

@GeekyGaia 3 жыл бұрын

When Bejing set the bar so high, it would never be reached

@tommy_0502 3 жыл бұрын

London set the bar higher

@aw888492 3 жыл бұрын

The "earth" one would never be reach. How about a shadow show on the moon surface? We can put the word "peace" in all the nations words on the moon for a 24 hrs show, and all human beings can watch the live show in the sky.

@dauntlesskjcm4780 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommy_0502 not even close lol

@taymoorarsalan7789 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommy_0502 keep dreaming. The London ceremony was pathetically comedic.

@raybenchen 3 жыл бұрын

Well, a best is to be bested...wait and see the Beijing Olympics 2022 Opening Ceremony

@daddac 5 күн бұрын

This is another level.

@Gabriel-ot7zr 3 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching Tokyo Olympic open ceremony. Sorry to say that beijing 2008 is still the best.

@laurencesun_ 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed👍

@gon_freecs4030 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot that we are in the middle of pandemic, how come you didn't realize that!

@marisasagala5924 3 жыл бұрын

Agreee

@aliceeeeehakiki8658 4 ай бұрын

true

@user-bb9kx9oh7g Күн бұрын

Again after 2008 i am watching this spectacular opening ceremony in 2024..i was a school going boy then

@kryptosuperdoggaming 11 ай бұрын

I’ve remembered watching the 2008 summer Olympic Games in Beijing China opening while I was on vacation with my family.

@tperk 4 жыл бұрын

I was there 11 years ago as a participant and still have never seen the entire show until now. You cannot overstate the pride Chinese had on 08-08-08 in Beijing

@wickedpuma6331 4 жыл бұрын

what did you do

@zy18457 4 жыл бұрын

respect

@fairytaleshe1266 3 жыл бұрын

Wow..lucky you! Must have been an amazing experience to see it live there

@user-oh3ri9zr9j 2 жыл бұрын

😬

@lilianabermudez722 3 жыл бұрын

Beijing's opening ceremony is still the best. After 13 years, is still wonderful!!!!!! I love it and the way China transmits its culture, is perfect!

@-thecrumb 3 жыл бұрын

I’d have to argue that it’s Athens 2004

@dennis4088 3 жыл бұрын

Actually London is more professional and I like sense of humor in it. Beijing is certainly my second favourite, but London had the Queen, mr bean, best music and the event had more scale than beijing

@Superpo0oper2020 3 жыл бұрын

@@dennis4088 Beijing olympics number one

@Leo-kc3qf 3 жыл бұрын

@@dennis4088 Beijing is definitely the number one. Anthems is Number 2. London?! Meh…. When is London… cannot even remember what is it…

@seaniwu 2 жыл бұрын

@@dennis4088 more scale than the ceremony that involved tens of thousands actors and other workers to pull off, yeah try again mate

@muhammadauwalbello8264 5 ай бұрын

2024 and I can say that the 2008 games is my favourite Olympic game thus far. 🇳🇬

@han60687 Жыл бұрын

I just watched the opening ceremony of the World University Games in Chengdu, China, and came back to see the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. I really miss it🥰🥰🥰