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  2. 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The proceedings began by a flame and an ancient Chinese sundial, awakened by the light of time from the sky, lights up 2008 bronze Fou drums. The drums, running like a time machine, formed giant digits (in both Hindu–Arabic and Chinese numerals) to count down the seconds to the Games. The digits were formed in ten-second intervals starting ...

  3. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Using the definition of kè as 1⁄100 of a day, each kè is equal to 0.24 hours, 14.4 minutes, or 14 minutes 24 seconds. Every shí contains 8 1⁄3 kè, with 7 or 8 full kè and partial beginning or ending kè. These fractional kè are multiples of 1⁄6 kè, or 2 minutes 24 seconds. [ a] The 7 or 8 full kè within each shí were referred to ...

  4. 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony - Wikipedia

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    Danny Boyle, in the ceremony programme. When Boyle returned to work on the ceremony in the spring of 2011 he asked Rick Smith of Underworld, with whom he had worked on several film projects as well as his theatrical production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, to be the musical director. At the same time the team moved to the Three Mills studio complex in east London, where a 4x4 metre scale ...

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  6. Drum Tower and Bell Tower of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    The Drum Tower, as seen from the Bell Tower at its rear The Bell Tower Principal drum in the Drum Tower. Out of the original 25 drums, this is the only remaining one. The Drum Tower of Beijing, or Gulou (traditional Chinese: 鼓樓; simplified Chinese: 鼓楼; pinyin: Gǔlóu), is situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City to the north of Di'anmen Street.

  7. I Love Beijing Tiananmen - Wikipedia

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    History. The lyrics to the song were written by Jin Guolin, a 12-year-old student who was in 5th grade in 1970, and the composer was Jin Yueling, a 19-year-old apprentice from Shanghai Sixth Glass Factory. This song was part of the daily routine for many primary schools. It would be sung, following "The Internationale" and "The East is Red".

  8. Time in China - Wikipedia

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    The National Time Service Center in Mount Li, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time) based on the National Time Service Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences located in Mount Li, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, even though the country spans five ...

  9. 24-hour clock - Wikipedia

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    24-hour digital clock in Miaoli HSR station.. A time of day is written in the 24-hour notation in the form hh:mm (for example 01:23) or hh:mm:ss (for example, 01:23:45), where hh (00 to 23) is the number of full hours that have passed since midnight, mm (00 to 59) is the number of full minutes that have passed since the last full hour, and ss (00 to 59) is the number of seconds since the last ...