That night, the whole world was shaken by the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and the meaning of the word "China" changed dramatically in people's hearts.

"Espetacular (spectacular), maravilhosa (wonderful), impressionante (impressive), adorei (very liked), muitolegal (very cool)"

This is the English used most by all the global media the next morning, yes ~ these words are all used to describe the same thing, yesterday the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games ~!

The Associated Press reported with the title "China Strides to the Olympic Stage", and the well-known journalist John Turner was extremely excited in the article: "This Friday night, China occupied the stage of the world's world, and the country celebrated its first Olympic Games with a shocking and magnificent epic performance and fireworks, and Li Xiaole showed a level that surpassed other artists on the planet~!! Completely shock people's senses~! ”

The Washington Post, on the other hand, featured in the Olympic column "Wonderful start! "Show the entire world in a few minutes!" and "The Grand Ceremony Kicks Off the Olympic Games" and many other commentaries highly praised the opening ceremony, and the editor-in-chief Isaiah Thomas sighed again and again:

"Beijing kicked off the Olympics with a grand opening ceremony. The opening ceremony began with a grand scene of striking, which was breathtaking. The 2008 performers are not just striking the reels, but also forming a brilliant ever-changing formation through the lights on the reels and mallets, which is unbelievably beautiful and worth watching for an entire night...... The 3D video performance led by Li Xiaole is like a fantasy through time and space, and the whole performance is indescribably wonderful, presenting the 5,000-year-old history of the Chinese nation. ”

One of the reports in the Los Angeles Times was Eddie Carbone, a well-known political and economic commentator, who described his feelings that night: "The scene of the ignition was very spectacular, especially the appearance of the legendary Chinese dragon, which amazed everyone, and it was really ~ everyone at the scene was scared...... China also shocked the whole world last night, it turned out that the most populous country in the world had reached such a level of comprehensive strength......"

Eddie Caloriet also emphasized: "Don't miss the scene when the 3D picture scroll opens, I really don't know why that Chinese kid can use a brush as a weapon and write so artistically......

Of course, when it comes to the theme song, I can't imagine how the acrobats on the ball can walk sideways and somersault on the ball. Immediately afterwards, Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman sang the theme song "You and Me", and thousands of Olympic volunteers raised the smiling faces of children from all over the world, which was very touching......"

Slightly surprisingly, ABC TV's Olympic special program, the host interviewed a lot of Chinese people on the street, asking them to talk about their views on the opening ceremony, surprisingly, many Chinese said that they didn't watch it, Mike Young, who works at Ford Motor Yard in Detroit, said very awkwardly to the camera:

"Opening ceremony? Oh...... I'm sorry I rested last night as soon as I got home from work and didn't watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics, is it really beautiful? It seems that many people say that it is good...... But I have to work overtime tomorrow, so I really don't have the energy to see ......."

On the European side, the opening ceremony has also received almost all the praise from the media, but the focus is different from the ridicule of the Chinese in the United States, their goal is to prepare to see the London Olympic Committee's good performance, the always harsh "The Sun" also did not hesitate to praise the opening ceremony, in the news report "The wonderful opening ceremony unveils the curtain of the Beijing Olympic Games", the famous film critic from Wales George Arthur wrote:

"The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, with its brilliant fireworks soaring into the sky and exquisite and rich performances, demonstrated China's profound cultural heritage and best wishes for the world. Such a grand performance epitomizes Chinese tradition, history, music, dance and painting...... I can't help but say that from the director's point of view, Li Xiaole's performance this time surpassed all his previous works, and I think the people in the London Olympic Organizing Committee are already panicking, right? I'll give them an idea, either bring in Peter Jackson or bring in Li Xiaole, otherwise I can imagine how many people we will face from all over the world in the next session......"

George Arthur summed it up in the end: "London, did you see the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics? Pay attention, hurry up and revise your own opening ceremony plan, China has set a high benchmark for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in the future...... I hope you don't crawl past next session. ”

The Times reported on the topic more directly, with the headline simply "The London Olympic Crisis", commenting directly in an almost desperate tone: "I'm sure everyone who watched the opening ceremony in Beijing yesterday will be worried about London in four years, right?" Worried about how they can surpass such a great performance......

But I can tell you here that I will give you a guaranteed ticket~~ Please rest assured, this is not a problem at all, because it is impossible for us to hold the opening ceremony better than Beijing, it should be said that no other country on this earth can hold the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games better than Beijing.

Because, if you want to surpass last night's Beijing, you need to meet the previous conditions, 1; A strong central government is needed that can mobilize resources across the country. 2. The country must be very wealthy, and it must have a large number of great artists of different categories, and it must also have an ancient culture that is recognized by the world, 3. It must also have two great directors of the world who are willing to spend 2 or 3 years without making a penny to prepare for performances......

So, to sum up...... Yes, our London Organising Committee of the British Empire can rest assured that they will be bold and bad to the end, because even if they lose, they will lose as a matter of course...... It's not that they're incompetent, it's that their opponents are terrible......"

France's "Paris Times" also praised Li Xiaole one-sidedly: "He used superb techniques to integrate performance, technology and culture, showing China's 5,000-year history, this large country with a population of 1.2 billion presented a shocking opening ceremony, and the performance of every chapter of the opening ceremony was brilliant. ”

In a commentary, the German National Television Station praised the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as "exquisitely conceived, flawlessly performed, and impressive." Swedish TV commentators praised the opening ceremony as antique and magnificent. The host of Spanish national television praised the opening ceremony as very exciting. The narrator of the Portuguese national television channel 2 said that the way Chinese told his history and culture to the world is unusual and imaginative......

While the whole of Europe is crazy about the opening ceremony, its Asian neighbors are suddenly discovering that China, a bulky man, seems to be becoming more attractive.

Yoo Jae-seok, the host of a variety show on South Korea's BBS TV, talked about his thoughts on the opening ceremony in the Olympic special program of "Night and Night":

"The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics is a magnificent and majestic 'Midsummer Night's Dream', and you know why China is called China. The middle of China is the middle of the middle, and the Chinese is a large and attractive flower like a peony. As the words imply, within a few hours of 8 a.m. on August 8, 2008, the center of the world was China, and Beijing was the giant flower of human culture and civilization that bloomed in the middle. As a Korean who has breathed and grown up in the Chinese cultural circle, every beautiful scene is a very intimate ...... every moment."

Another chubby host, Jiang Hudong, summed it up with his humorous language: "I think the opening ceremony is really amazing, just like the 'Manchu and Han full banquet' in food, although you can't use your tongue to be ordinary, but the opening ceremony is a hot visual artistic enjoyment, China's splendid and permanent civilization, really makes people feel that the taste is very delicious, very delicious, very happy." ”

In Japan, the opening ceremony also set an unprecedented record, the Japanese video research agency released the survey statistics on the morning of the 9th, showing that in the Kanto region of Japan, the average rating of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was 37.7%, and the highest rating of the moment reached 48% at 20:27 Beijing time. This is the highest rating of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Japan since the 90s of the last century.

The average rating in the Kansai region of Japan was 35.9%, the average rating in the northern Kyushu region was 39.5%, and the highest rating in the moment reached a record 55.1%. The average viewership in the Nagoya area was 37.9%, with the highest rating of 51.8% at 20:54 Beijing time.

Very few TV programs in Japan have ratings of more than 30%. Among all TV programs in the previous week, the TV series with the highest ratings reached 24.6%......

After the NHK live broadcast ended, the station repeatedly broadcast the opening ceremony clips in the following news programs, and even the opening ceremony trailer set a record for the "highest rated trailer" in the history of Nippon TV......

When people in Tokyo go to newsstands in the morning, they will find that the covers of major newspapers such as the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, and Nihon Keizai Shimbun all prominently carry the news of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on the front page.