The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
On July 24, the National Team flew to Paris, France, and moved into the Olympic Village.
Led by their coaches, the players familiarized themselves with the various venues.
They also had to adjust to the time difference.
China was seven hours ahead of Paris, France.
They had to get their body clocks adjusted as quickly as possible before the competition began.
Paris had plenty of famous attractions, such as the Seine River, the Palace of Versailles, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre Museum, and Notre Dame Cathedral.
But the players hardly had any time to go sightseeing.
Coach Du Feng stuck to the same old line.
"If you play well, I'll take you out and show you a good time.
"If you play badly, get lost. Don't you dare make fools of yourselves here."
At last, on July 27, the opening ceremony of the Olympics was held along the banks of the Seine River.
The ceremony's grandeur went without saying.
But compared with the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, this one still felt somewhat smaller in scale.
You had to admit, Lao Mouzi was born to create spectacles.
As fireworks lit up the sky, athletes from every country made their way along the banks of the Seine River.
Tonight, the Seine was more dazzling than ever.
Hundreds and thousands of colorful lights adorned the river, making it look like a beautiful bride.
The athletes competing this year were split evenly between men and women, fifty percent each.
The male and female athletes passed along the banks of the Seine, walked about five hundred meters, and eventually entered the Stade de France, which could hold eighty thousand people.
The applause and cheers each country received as it entered reflected how warmly the crowd welcomed that country and