hi,friend, thank you, thank you very much for the praise. and welcome to china.
did you remember that the drums at the beginning of the ceremony? must amazing, right? i tell you a story about it. it is a kinda culture of ancient china. it is not drum, it is called "fou" in chinese, in ancient china, by chinese people usually welcome friend from far away by strking "fou", i figure you must be hear of the “Analects of Confucius”of china, it is written by Confucius in china, one of the word in the book :you peng zi yuan fang lai, bu yi le hu,means How happy we are, To meet friends from afar!! the word you can seen it on the fringe of Bird Nest at the beginning of the Ceremony, IT just express the hospitable courtesy of china. and, becasue it is the internatial games, will there are a plenty of friend from all of the world come to china, so , the ceremony express hospitable welcome by Striking "fou".