OLYMPICS / Cultural Olympics

Beijing live

China Daily
Updated: 2008-08-16 14:00

 

Beijing live site

Yuting Park

Built in 2002, Yuting Park occupies 33,000 sqm. Stone sculptures and pavilions decorate the natural scenery. On the occasion of the Games, exhibitions will be staged, focusing on the Olympics, cultural heritage and Chongwen District.

19 Binhelu, Chongwen District

Take Bus 25, 39, 43, 686, 36, 525, or 610 to the Beijing Amusement Park Performances

Guangming Square (Shunyi)

A taichi performance, waist-drum dancing and a photography exhibition focusing on Shunyi County are all scheduled.

Take Bus 915 or 915 sub line 2 at the Dongzhimen Long-distance Bus Station to Shunyi

Exhibition Center of Yanqing County

Head to Badaling Great Wall and Longqing Valley during the daytime and enjoy the evening with performances from the American Wind Orchestra, China Ping Opera House or Hebei Bangzi Theater.

Qingyuan Jie, Yanqing County

Take Bus 919 at Deshengmen to Yanqing Station

Performances

Elegant sound

A vocal concert by American soprano Renee Fleming and German tenor Jonas Kaufmann is staged.

7:30 pm. National Center for the Performing Arts, West of Tian'anmen Square. 6655-0000

Latin music

The guitar quartet of Wang Zhen, Li Huizhe, Lai Kangkang and Zhang Kai perform Latin music. The program includes a tango and a merry-go-round suite.

7:30 pm. Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, Northwest of Tian'anmen Square. 6559-8285

Marco Polo memories

Inspired by the legendary traveler, Marco Polo - The Imaginary Voyage combines dancing, singing and animated video to reproduce the trips of the explorer.

7:30 pm. National Center for the Performing Arts, West of Tian'anmen Square. 6655-0000

Marley is back

Jamaican singer Julian Marley will brighten the stage. The concert is accompanied by the Beijing band Hip Hop Live Experience.

7:30 pm. Star Live Concert Hall, third floor of Tango, 79 Heping Xijie, Dongcheng District. 6425-5166

Exhibitions

Up, up away

The museum's open air exhibition includes world famous airplanes. Inside there are photos and models tracking the history of aeronautics as well as an exhibition of aeronautic paintings.

9 am-5 pm. Beijing Aviation Museum. 8231-7513

Surrealistic flavor

Lin Tianmiao's solo show includes recent installations with a surrealistic flavor. The works, light and small, have as their theme the bodies of plump women and convey the idea of gratitude, love, maternity, life and inheritance.

11 am-7 pm. Long March Cultural Transmission Centre, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District. 6438-7107

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