#1 Beijing 2008
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If we are being honest then it would hard for any opening ceremony, at least for several years to come, to match the grandeur, magnificence and the sheer large scale of the 2008 Beijing Olympics event. Just to put things into perspective, it took around a great film maker in Zhang Yimou, 14,000 people and approximately $300 million to put together this show, which was unlike any other in Oympics history.
The highlight, by far, was the extraordinary fireworks display but the performance of the 2000 odd drummers at the beginning of the evening was equally stunning. China, perhaps, had realised that the world was watching and wanted to do everything possible to show its might. And it did so with quite some elan. Showcasing inventions, rich heritage, culture, modernisation, the 2008 opening ceremony was something never experienced before.
