Source: Xinhua

08-24-2008 22:25

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following is a list of the props employed at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, staged in the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in north Beijing on Sunday night.

DRUM

The drum has distinct symbolic meaning in traditional Chinese ceremonies. The drumbeat indicates the commencement of the ceremony, and calls people to get together to express common dreams and passion through grand ceremonial performances.

HEAVENLY DRUM

Resembling the traditional Chinese drum in shape, the 1.8-meter-thick red heavenly drum has a diameter of 4.5 meters, with golden lucky cloud pattern on it.

DRUM CART

With various drum styles of minority ethnic groups in China and typical ethnic patterns as the creative elements, the "drum cart" deconstructs and restructures the splendid traditional visual elements with modern shapes, creating a "multi-functional moving performance platform" with unique, changing and modern metallic style, which can perfectly combine with performance.

Each cart is about 10 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3.6 meters high.