The world's eyes were on Beijing on Aug 8, 2008, as the Olympic Games opened grandly at Bird's Nest - the national stadium for the Games, on that day. On its 10th anniversary this year, the Bird's Nest Culture Center will open an Olympic-themed exhibition free to the public.
Featuring photos, documents, videos and interactive installations, exhibition From 2008 to 2022, Olympic Spirit in Motion will showcase Beijing's achievements in inheriting the Olympic spirit and promoting the Olympic culture, the after-Games use of the stadiums, as well as the preparation work for a green and sustainable winter Games in 2022.
Technology is bringing new vitality to exhibitions nowadays. One big selling point of the show is the interactive apparatuses using VR and sensing technologies, which invite visitors to play and test their sporting skills.
Stadium, Past and Future, the first of the exhibit's four sections, focuses on the importance of after-competition use of the stadiums. Inheriting the Beijing Olympic Legacy narrates Beijing's achievements in inheriting the Olympic heritage over the past decade. The 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games presents preparation works of the 2022 Games as infrastructure constructions and reconstructions are underway. Exhibition of the Olympic Culture traces the history and development of winter sports in China. It's also in this section that Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) painting bingxi becomes dynamic and interactive, thanks to digital media and motion sensing technologies.
