Spectacle      editer:Qujing Zhao

The historical background has been changed enormously during the past 100 years, but the human spirit is always constant till now. The Olympic spirit is promoting human development. According to the slogan what is “Higher, Faster, Stronger”, it can be seen that “unity, friendship and progress” is advocated.

The video above is a series of images about recent three Olympics opening ceremonies in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. All of the pictures illustrate the same objects in the different countries’ Olympics opening ceremonies. Emblem, stadium, Olympic rings, performances and torch are the five significant elements of Olympics. Emblem like a totem which is reflected a nation’s spirit. And the stadium is a stage to hold the Olympic spectacle. In terms of Olympic rings, it shows the unity of human. The cultures of host country can be found in the performances. The last element, torch

It can not be denied that the Olympics opening ceremony is a big show in the world. In the three different countries, at the different time, but in the same Olympics opening ceremony, a large number of people focus on international event when it is held. The cultures of host countries impact on it deeply. And it generate that the Olympics opening ceremony is concentrated. The spectacle base on civilization, so to some extent, the area’s convention reflect unique feeling to the audiences. I have chosen the three counties from three different continents; it can be discriminated easily via the images. Aborigines of Australia, myth of Greece and Four Great Inventions of China are the characteristic symbol. It shows histories, cultures and civilization respectively. Then the Olympics originate from western country, the multiple cultures’ mixture is another important issue.

In general, the several reasons lead it to a symbol of a famous event, and it is a big show as well. So in my opinion, it can demonstrate the strong of spectacle.

Announcement: all the images in the clip are from the internet

The references:

1, http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/2008_olympics_opening_ceremony.html

2, http://www.thefirst.com/