Huge Olympics LED screen to reappear during Paralympics ceremony
29/8/2008 17:25
A massive, carpet-like LED screen, which displayed a huge scroll during
the Olympics opening ceremony, will be used again during the opening for the
Paralympics on Sept. 6, according to today's edition of the People's
Daily.
The 147-meter by 22-meter screen might also be used during the closing
ceremony for the Paralympics, the newspaper reported, quoting an unidentified
source.
During the Olympics opening ceremony on Aug. 8, a huge scroll was
displayed in the center of the National Stadium where performers danced, drew
and staged puppet dramas.
"The screen can bear up to two tonnes per square
meter, so it's OK for 10,000 people to dance on it," said Lan Xia, president of
Hong Kong-based Glux Group, which produced the screen.
The huge screen is
actually composed of 15,000 small screens. "After the opening ceremony, the
screen had to be removed within two hours. We devoted much effort to making the
process as short as possible," he said.
Technicians can actually remove the
screen within an hour, he added.
The Paralympics opening ceremony, with about
6,000 performers, will start at 8:00 p.m. on Sept. 6 and last for about 2 hours
and 50 minutes.
Xinhua
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