The pictures are taken by Qian Li at Xiaonei Community.
At last, let's bless for this girl:
She's just too tired.
27 Pictures about the 2008 Olympic Games from China
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Bloggers report Olympic Games tagged as #080808
Flypig, Webleon and Junyu started a very meaningful campaign: Reporting Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a "080808" tag.
There are now already tons of tweets at twitter tagged with 080808. This event is even reported by Twitter.com officially! I am also enjoying the "opening ceremony" now. Almost everyone is talking about this great game now in China. And I can even see the light from Bird Nest ( I'm currently not far away from Bird Nest )
Just hope the world can be more and more beautiful!
Update: As the Chinese Delegation enters the stadium, the whole Bird Nest is crazy! People are shouting "中国加油" (Come on, China!)
FYI: The young boy besides Ming Yao, survived in the horrible earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan on May 15, 2008.
At This Moment
Nearer, nearer and nearer,
I heard steps of the Game there,
Sooner, sooner and sooner,
All hearts beat faster 20 hours later...
How to light the Olympic torch on?
Who will sing the theme song?
Will Beijing-China be well done?
Many Qs there are lining down.
One world, hundred year's dream,
Thousands hurrah, one rhythm!
Though the above isn't a poem,
Words leaped from my heart bottom!
Wonderland in Hot Summer - Pictures from Mt. Lushan
Are you tired of endless work and complicated personal relationship?
Can't you stand the hot summer day?
Then...how about having a trip in a remote wonderland, being far from the madding crowd.
Last week I went to Mt. Lushan to have a short holiday. Lushan is one of China’s key attractions and scenic spots, claiming to have the “peculiar and beautiful mountain under heaven”. It was listed as the World Heritage in 1996 and was approved as National Geological Park in 2001, also was approved as one of the first “World Geopark” by UNESCO in 2004.
Because the average temperature of year is 16-17℃, Lushan is a famous summer resort. It is located in the northern part of Jiangxi Province and the southern part of Jiujiang City.
Since 1895, thousands of villas had been built on Lushan by people from about 20 countries. Lushan played an indispensable role in the Chinese history. The Chinese first Chairman Mao Zedong presided over three conferences of the Communist Party on Lushan.
Historic celebrities gathered here. Chinese remarkable poets and great writers such as Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Zhu Xi, Su Shi of the Song Dynasty and so on, all of whom once traveled and lived here, leaving lots of widely praised poems and inscriptions.
Besides famous tourist spots fairy Cave, Jinxiu (charm and beauty) Valley, Hanpo Mouth, Wulao (five-elders) Ridge, Huajing(flower pathway), Lushan gathers other beauties such as deep and secluded gutters, valleys, ridges, cliffs, waterfalls, odd holes and stones.
The most enchanting natural landscape is Sandie Waterfall, which drops 120 meters. It’s upper part likes flying snowflakes, the middle section likes sparking broken jade and the lowest part likes a silver dragon plunging into a pool.
Travel tips:
- It is convenient to get Mt. Lushan because it just located in the suburb of Jiujiang City. People can first arrive in Jiujiang City by air, by train or by bus. There are special buses in Jiujiang which can sent you to the Kuling Town on Mt. Lushan.
- There is a middle-sized town called Kuling Town on Lushan. Hotels can be easily found there. Or you can live in the Villa District near the town, at here lots of the villas work as hotels.
Beijing Olympic Games Theme Videos from outside China
It's very hot in Beijing now, not only the temperature but also the people's heart. Everyone is looking forward to the great games. When I was driving from UIBE to Sina.com some days before, I saw there are thousands of people around "Bird Nest" to take a near look of this great stadium. However, there are only 2 days to go and I collected some great videos for this great game from outside China. Now let me share these here to you all:
- Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie - BBC Sport
- Beijing 2008 Olympics on Stadium Astro
- A video of Fuwa Huan Huan and Ying Ying visiting us in South Florida at the Chinese Festival Feb 21, 2008.
If you know more, just feel free to ask me to add.
Some funny pictures from China about the Olympic Games
Here I found some funny pictures about the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The first is how the waitress are trained to smile. As we can see, everyone one is taking a pencil in her mouth. Thus to make sure that only 8 teeth are shown to the others.
The second one here seems to be a "balance training". Everyone is taking a book on her head and keep it there. As we can see from this picture, even when having a book on head, they are smiling so sweet ;)
Anyway, I don't quite understand how to explain this picture in English properly, maybe you can give me some tips?
Then, the last one (Fuwa girls), just for fun:
PS: One more for fun (Fuwa comic version) ;p
FYI: Most of the pictures are originally from club.163.com, some are from xiaonei.com.
The "World of Warcraft" version of "You are welcome to Beijing" song
A couple of weeks before, Celia at ifgogo translated this great song to English here. However, now I found one even more creative than the original MTV. It just takes advantage from the characters in a world wide famous game: World of Warcraft and then made up the whole song a brand new MTV.
It's really so funny in another style, enjoy it :)
(Though I tried my best, I still have no idea about who created this great video)
Earthquake(or aftershock) strikes Sichuan again at 16:31, Aug 1st
A friend in Chengdu told me that another earthquake had just happened there and the shaking lasted for about 1 mintue!
Here's a general translation of his Fanfou(A twitter like service in Chinese)
- 还在摇 11 分钟前 通过 GTalk 分享
It's still shaking. 11 Minutes ago, via Gtalk - 有点大 11 分钟前 通过 GTalk 分享
A little strong 11 Minutes ago, via Gtalk - 地震 12 分钟前 通过 GTalk 分享
Earthquake 12 Minutes ago, via Gtalk - 地震 12 分钟前(2008-08-01 16:33) 通过 GTalk 分享
Earthquake 12 Minutes ago, via Gtalk
There have already been a couple of aftershocks and this one seems to be one of the biggest.
I really hope the people in Sichuan could be all safe. Everyone, every life!
FYI: Sichuan of China on the map, via Wikipedia:
