Grand drum concert held in Beijing

时间：2007-03-06 00:58:09

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Chinanews, Beijing, March 5 – On March 4,the Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the first lunar month), a grand drum concert with players from 50 bands all around China was given at the foot of the Badaling Great Wall.

 

Though it was very cold that day, tourists flocked to enjoy the show.

 

The concert will last for 2 months to hail the 2008 Beijing Olympics, particularly on the day 500 days before the opening of the Games. A special percussion1 music week will be held in Beijing, too.

 

Before the 5th Olympic Cultural Festival, a 1,000-strong drum band will be organized, to give a marvelous show at the Olympic forest park, which will make a new Guinness World Record.

 

At the opening ceremony of the concert, a “dragon festooned vehicle” and a “Olympic drum” arrived in Beijing from Shanghai. The 17-m-long vehicle was decorated in the shape of a giant dragon with a large square stage on its back, where the drummers would give their performance.

 

The Olympic Drum was made in Luoyang, Henan Province, with a diameter of 2.008 m, and a height of 1.28 m. There are 2,008 clinch2 bolts on its side. A giant brass3 Olympic gong was in place there, too. The sound of the 800-kg gong can last for over 2 minutes.

 
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1 percussion K3yza     
n.打击乐器；冲突，撞击；震动，音响
参考例句：
  • In an orchestra,people who play percussion instruments sit at the back.在管弦乐队中，演奏打击乐器的人会坐在后面。
  • Percussion of the abdomen is often omitted.腹部叩诊常被省略。
2 clinch 4q5zc     
v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench
参考例句：
  • Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
  • We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。
3 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器
参考例句：
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

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